Friendship Sloop by gsdpic - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1:12

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Thanks to those who have taken a look and to those who've hit the like button.

 

I've taken a bit of a detour.  As above, I was working on bending the strips for the rail around the edge of the deck.  But before installing that rail, I decided that it might be best to install the sheer trim strip on the upper side of the hull first.  It is likely that my only way to "clamp" that piece is with some tape and I'd prefer to do that before putting the rail on.  But, before putting on the sheer trim strip I wanted to put on the trail boards because I envision the sheer trim butting against the aft end of the trail board.  

 

The kit indicates using some of the 1/16th basswood sheet to make the trail boards.  I was hoping to carve some design into them and basswood is not the best for that.  I had some other thicker sheet that I believe is Castello Boxwood and thought that might be a good alternative.  But so far in working with it I am not sure.  It seems very hard and difficult to carve, though I have not yet tried soaking it in water, which I have found to be helpful carving other hard woods.   

 

Anyway, the pictures below show my patterns and the original pieces I cut out  (Though I made the rookie mistake of not considering orientation of the grain when laying out the pieces.  Not sure if that will be a factor).  The second picture shows the pieces with some initial sanding and marking for port/starboard.  The third picture shows the port side pieces with additional fitting and shaping, but no carving yet, temporarily fitted using a bit of double sided tape.  I'll probably continue a bit down this path though no guarantees I won't turn around.