Smuggler by East Ender - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1/4" = 1 foot

[East Ender]

47 minutes ago, MrBlueJacket said:

Hi,

 

Unfortunately, Charlie passed away in Oct of '20 - Make the deck to fit the boat, or possibly the base of the stern is thicker than the top?

 

Nic

I’m sorry to hear about Charlie. I was unaware he had passed. You're correct about the stern, I need trim the bottom inside to match the deck. Thank you NIc.

[East Ender]

Trimmed down the bulwarks, cut and fit Quarter Deck veneer today. 

Edited October 6 by East Ender
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[East Ender]

Question for those that have built Smuggler about the veneer deck. The instruction manual says to use contact cement. Is this the best practice, or is wood cement more forgiving for minor adjustments?

[East Ender]

When fitting main deck veneer, my mistake templating the hull is obvious.  This photo shows the veneer trimmed to fit the deck.  Trimmed to fit.  The hull templates are exact so I’m a bit confused. Wondering where I went wrong and if I should proceed at this point,  or call it a day and buy a new hull. At least I was consistent and made the same mistake on both sides.

Edited Tuesday at 08:42 PM by East Ender

[JacquesCousteau]

I can't really tell what the mistake is from the photos. Is it that there's a bit of a gap down the middle? If so, maybe you could add a king plank down the center. If there's a gap on the sides of the deck, maybe some waterways could fix the issue?

[East Ender]

It looks as if I shaved too much off the outside of the hull on both sides from the grub beam forward to just before the jumbo horse. The hull should be fatter to the tune of about  .150  on each side. I cut the both veneers to match the print, but they were much too fat on the outside edge. I  needed to trim down the veneer on the outside edge(s), both sides,  so they fit the narrower hull, tight up against the bulwarks.  The "cut to fit”  veneer lying on the print you can see the large gap, between the veneer to the outside of the hull, especially in the area of the bulwarks. Hard to describe, but I think I royally messed up. (The veneers are not glued down, still loose)

Edited Tuesday at 10:22 PM by East Ender
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