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I am excited to start with my next project, the planking tutorial. Prior to receiving the kit, I had the manual printed.

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I am impressed with the kit contents and how it was packaged.

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Next I mounted the build sheet, on a piece of 1/2 foam I had as a build board using some spray adhesive.

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I need to pick up some markers, and chart tape, but I am eager to get this project moving forward this week.

 

jim

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Looking forward to following along.  Good luck.  

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1 hour ago, RossR said:

Looking forward to following along.  Good luck.  

thank you 

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Looking forward to seeing your work on this..  I know you are looking to get the planking thing down..

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I think you are going to enjoy this build.

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Good evening, 

 

After a challenging week, I was able to get some modeling done tonight.

 

First I labeled the parts so that I could remember what is what :)

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Next I then cut out the keel, keelsom, stern post, fore keelsom, stem, stemson, deadwood and the l-piece from the kit. 

 

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I then used some double sided tape to help dry fit the piecesIMG_2403.thumb.jpeg.02895f5f99657f1cfbf885a11eb129b9.jpeg

 

Next I focused on getting the stemson and stem lined up correctly with a nice joint.

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I then removed the char from the pieces, to work on the fit. I ended up making a couple sanding sticks after trying to use an old blade to scrap off the char. The results are as follows:

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Finally the fit for the stemson to the stem now looks like:

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I continued per the manual with the following items to get a nice fit. I realigned my keelsom to the its matching bulkhead location, and then worked on the fore keelsom to get it to fit. and match its bulkheads.

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The final result is IMG_2413.thumb.jpeg.a80a3846159bfd0f59662370ea51d9ea.jpeg

 

Finally today, I marked out the rabbets. I will let it sit overnight before I make some sawdust and cut them out.

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jim

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  • The title was changed to 18th Century Merchant Man Half Hull Planking Kit by Jim M - NRG - 1:48

Good afternoon, 

 

I made some progress on my kit today,

 

First I added the rabbet

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Next, i cut out the 4th and 5th bulkhead so I can get a better visualization of the  the rabbet on the stem, and stemsom.

 

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I  was able to get some good contract with a sample 1/32 piece from my last project.

 

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Next I spent some more time deepening the rabbet, and getting the angle right. I also use an eraser to remove some of the pencil marks

 

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Hopefully you can see the transition to 90 here in the stem

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Finally I started the gluing process

 

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I did break the stem post as I had to move it and it was setting up faster than expected. I noticed my crafting room was 78 :(

 

I also found that the stem was lifting, so I used a couple or 3x2x1 blocks to hold it down.

 

Cheers

 

jim

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Update here is the better picture of the glued keel. you can see where the keelsom broke. 

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Good evening. Here is my next update.

 

Today, I extended the slots on the keelson.IMG_2452.thumb.jpeg.3369fc792b14895b452aefad475974b6.jpeg

 

Next I glued in the frames in two batches.

 

Batch 1 -> Frames E, C A, 1, 3

 

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Batch 2 -> Frames -> D, B, DF (O), 2, 4

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Next I added the fillers, and knocked off some of the char on the bulkheads.

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I then marked out the bearding line use frames G and H as guides. I then took a french curve to make the curve.

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Next, I shaped the bearding line by marking 1/32 and then blending in the curve.IMG_2459.thumb.jpeg.309b5099b27aeb1485cb7bc05625cde0.jpeg

 

Next i extended the rabbet along the keel until the the stern post. This rabbet is 90 degrees.

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I then glued in the deadwood, sternpost and L-shaped pieces

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Finally I glued in F and G frames. I initially had H glued in but I was a  little hasty and removed it before it set.

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I will let this firm up over night and continue on the next step tomorrow.

 

Cheers 

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Batelina - MarisStella

 

Completed

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