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.

[halvoric]

It’s taken me a while to plan out exactly how to manage the seats (basswood, with a light stain, and a semi-gloss clear lacquer varnish) and seat supports (3/32 x 3/16 mahogany), and to settle on the sizes and hole patterns for the caning.  
 

Still not sure if I’ll be happy with the scale (thinking they may read as a bit oversized), but if not perfect I can always re-make them with another 30 hours of meticulous labor (😆).

 

 

Another batch of screws/bolts will be needed for the seat supports, and some tiny screws for the brass keel strip, which has been weathered/patinated, just needs straightening. 

 

Here is the test warp & weave caning job at scale, although I will be using the flat waxed linen thread (visible in lower left corner) rather than the gold woven thread.

 

 

Already screwed up the front seat (was supposed to be 9 rows high by 11 wide, somehow I only made 8 rows high).  

Edited Tuesday at 03:28 PM by halvoric

[halvoric]

The seats frames are finished along with the mahogany supports.

 

 

So now begins the tedious caning process.  Have to take care to keep twists out of the visible linen thread, to maintain the flat “cane” effect.  
 

 

I like that my miniature “caning pegs” are just cutoff toothpick ends.  🤓