Norwegian Sailing Pram by Dcox - Model Shipways - 1:12

[Dcox]

Any tips on smoothing out the hard angles along the garboard and second plank along the port side?  Starboard side faired well and has a pleasing curve from stem to stern.  These were caused from the planking jig and I didn't notice until I took the hull off and started to sand.  I did prebend all the planks and they fit without force prior to glueing so I really don't know why this happened.

Edited February 3, 2024 by Dcox
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[ccoyle]

Honestly, it's not very noticeable. Remember that we modelers are the only ones who will ever look at our models from really up close. A lot of what we consider to be glaring mistakes doesn't particularly stand out at stand-off viewing distances.

[Dcox]

I understand no one else will probably see it or care, but I would like to know an easy way to fix it for me.

[Dcox]

Moved along a little ways and made some changes that deviated me away from the plans. But for me I think they are much more pleasing to the eye.

First one and the biggest change was how the second plank had to be notched at the stern transom step.

 

So here I did some major changes so the sheer plank would run even with the transom step. I had to reshape the second plank for the change.

 

 

Next, I didn't like the way either the bow or stern transom was above the inwales (top of sheer plank), There may be a real reason this is the case but I am taking artistic liberty on this and made the following changes.

 

 

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Once I get the hull finished, I will be painting it after some filler, few coats of sanding sealer then primer to give a smooth finish.  I'm sure I'll need to adjust the rudder length for my changes but that is no big deal.

 

Edited February 3, 2024 by Dcox

[Dcox]

Even though I am going to be painting the hull I thought I'd take the time to check on a couple of things. 1st was to see how the basswood took a stain and check on grain scale which I knew wasn't going to work and 2nd was to see how bad my glue up was. I'm fairly competent when glueing up full size furniture and other items but I need a whole lot of practice at this scale.