USF Confederacy 1778 By KennyH78 - Model Shipways - 1:64

[KennyH78]

Not much progress to report.  I am still formulating a plan on how to proceed with the second layer of planking on wales.  

 

I have, however 3D printed the final version of the cannons that I will be using on the model instead of the pewter cast ones provided by Model Shipways.

[RossR]

I am jealous of your 3d printing skills.  I have no CAD experience, so I am pretty intimidated to even try any 3d printing.  These look really good.   

[KennyH78]

9 hours ago, RossR said:

I am jealous of your 3d printing skills.  I have no CAD experience, so I am pretty intimidated to even try any 3d printing.  These look really good.   

Thank you, Ross; but I cannot take credit for the files.  I also have zero CAD experience, but I’m pretty good at finding 3D files on the internet to print on 1 of my 3 printers.  The files I used for the cannons were downloaded from the NRG website and all the credit goes to Ron @thibaultron for the files.  He also has a great how to article on how to get into 3d printing cannons in resin.

[KennyH78]

All of the second planking rows for the channel wales, black strake and wales have been installed on the starboard side. Tomorrow I hope to start on the port side. Once the port side done, then I will sand them all smooth before starting work on the molding strips.