Armed Virginia Sloop by Dsmith20639 - Model Shipways - 1:48

[Dsmith20639]

I purchased this kit several years ago but quickly realized it was too advanced for me at the time. Now that I have several completed ships under my belt I have decided to tackle it at this time.  I will be basically following Robert Hunt's practicum with some modifications based upon reviews of of other completed builds on this site. I marked out the bearding line on the center keel and then cut the rabbet joint, attached the keel, stem, and sternpost. I then further refined the rabbet joint and began attaching the bulkheads. Since this is a double planked model I created a short test piece combining the planks of the two layers of wood to check the depth and width of rabbet. Some bulkheads fell short of the bearding line so I used some leftover wood from my stash to shim up the bulkheads where needed to meet the bearding line and rabbet. I am adding reinforcement blocks between the bulkheads and at the mast slot.

 

 

[aliluke]

Always good to see another AVS underway. Looking good so far and I'll keep looking in.

[CiscoH]

Another AVS!  While I abandoned Robert Hunt's practicum for most of the planking I've followed it for the rest.  Keep up the good work

 

cisco

[Dsmith20639]

Completed the installation of the sub decks.

and the stern transom

 

 

and cut out and added the bow fillers as well as the knightheads and timberheads.  So I this stage I've just started Chapter 2 of Bob Hunts practicum. I also have a copy of Clayton Feldman's book to use as a reference while building.