Canadian Canoe by halvoric - Midwest Products - 1:8

[halvoric]

One floorboard fully installed.  I will be touching up the shellac on the ribs/interior to hide the nail holes. 
 

 

 

and the hull finishing is coming along slowly but surely

[halvoric]

The French polish magic is pretty much complete.  Now it’s on to the second floorboard.  Then seats and center thwart.

 

 

 

 

 

[king derelict]

Beautiful finish Dan

Congratulations

alan

[halvoric]

Now both floorboards are in and the hull polish is “done” (it’s hard to resist adding a micron or two more and then buffing it out again).  Had to add a few coats to one side as my very last floorboard bracket screw hole popped all the way through.  Oops.

 

 

And I’ve found one more reference canoe online, this one with the glossiest finish I’ve seen yet.  Makes me feel a bit more “scale”.

 

 

Now for a lot of measuring twice and cutting once as I decide where the two seats and single thwart and their mounting pieces need to go.  Not really looking forward to caning the seats as it is remarkably tedious work.  But worth it I hope.

[ccoyle]

That finish is looking very nice indeed, and it has a kind of old-timey look to it that is appropriate for the subject.