Willie L Bennett by Rich From Baltimore – Model Shipways – Scale 1:32 - First Build

[u21rw87]

Built the frame to build the hull around.

 

 

 

Build the Keelson, Stern Post, Skeg, and cut out a few other peices to join the Keelson together.

 

 

This will be slow going since this is my first build and I am taking my time.  I really don't want to frustrate myself right out of the gate.

 

Rich

[russ]

Rich:

The moulds for the hull look good. Everything seems squared up. Nice start.

 

Russ

Edited July 6, 2013 by russ

[SkerryAmp]

Really good start Rich, so much depends on those hull frames being square and solid; and yours appear to be really well done..

 

Welcome to the Willie Bennett Club!!

 

-Adam

[RiverRat]

This will be slow going since this is my first build and I am taking my time.  I really don't want to frustrate myself right out of the gate.

 

Rich

Perfect attitude!

These builds seem to take longer than first-timers realize (I know ---I'm one). Taking your time and thinking things through pays off big time. Cuts down on the mistakes, re-works, and frustration.

 

Good luck! Patience!

 

Brian

[Richard Bradfield]

Rich, as Adam said, welcome to the Willie Bennett club. There are four other Bennett's underway on this forum and one in the completed gallery. Its great to have another!

[u21rw87]

Thanks for the support everyone, I hope to get more pictures up this weekend.

[jprince]

Great job Rich. You're way ahead of me. If I can get mine going as good as yours I'll be delighted.Keep the photos coming. I'll be needing them

[u21rw87]

Hi all, I was finally able to get back to the model and I have more pictures.

 

Getthing the sides tied together and planking the deck.

 

 

 

More pictures soon, my wife is the photographer so I am still figuring the camera out.

 

 

 

[u21rw87]

OK, more pictures.

 

The deck is planked, just the chunks to go in.

 

 

 

The chunks are in and 2 coats of primmer are on.

 

 

 

 

I left teh sanding a little rough on purpose.  I have seen many working skipjacks on the eastern shore and none of them look brand new,  They are beat up just right.

 

 

[russ]

That is the bottom you have planked. It looks very good.

 

Russ

[gerty]

Nice Job Rich !  - look forward to following along.

[u21rw87]

Thanks Gerty,

 

I'm going to try to get new pictures up tonight.  I will need to slow down a little as I am waiting on missing parts from Model Shipworld.. 

[u21rw87]

I did not get a chance to load the pictures last night so here it goes.

 

 

 

I'm still waiting on missing parts so the build will be even slower, however I may begin some of the other areas that don't depend upon the missing parts.  However, I will need to do a little more research before I feel comfortable building out of sequence since this is my first build.

 

Have a great day everyone,

[u21rw87]

Hi all, I'm finally back. My mother just retired and is moving to upstate New York, so I have been helping her get packed up. Here are the latest pictures, please note that I took some liberties with my build. Since all of this work will be covered up (and I made a few newbie mistakes ) I decided to practice different joints and cuts with the deck beams and carlins. I would also like to throw out an awesome job to the other Willie Bennett builders that I have been following, especially Adam, Richard and Gerty. I would have been so lost without your build logs to refer to. Maybe I'm more visual, but once I was able to see your builds, it all fell into place.

 

So without further adieu, here are the pictures.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 10, 2013 by Rich from Baltimore

[gerty]

Hi Rich - thank you for the kind words  -  you are moving along very nicely & soon I will be viewing your work for reference !

 

Great Job  -

[u21rw87]

Thanks Gerty!

[Richard Bradfield]

Hey Rich, good job so far. I'm not sure if the photo is skewing the view but you might recheck the dimensions for the hatch and cabin openings against the boat center line as they appear off a bit.

[u21rw87]

Thanks Richard. They are off a little, but I plan on decking over everything so I'm leaving it alone. I really only went that far to learn new techniques since I am brand new to all of this.