HMS Winchelsea 1764 by shauer - 1:48

[shauer]

This update is about a week later than I anticipated but still making progress.

 

First of all, forgive the bad color balance on this series of photos.  I upgraded my phone to iOS 26 and it seems to not be the same any more when it comes to automatically color correcting for the fluorescent lights on my workbench.  I'll figure it out eventually.

 

I have the first layer of inboard planking completed and in the process of installing the deck clamps now.

 

View of the bow, rough sanding is completed and the forward deck clamps will be installed tonight.  I wet the deck clamps and clamped them in place overnight to set some of the curve into them.  Will use some heat per Chuck's instructions during the final install.

 

 

Looking aft, in the process of dry fitting the deck clamps and checking the placement of the deck beam at the beginning of the paneling.

 

 

Closer view of checking both sides for equal alignment of the deck clamps.  There are some rough spots in the first layer of planking and I'll smooth these out a little more, but they will be covered with the panels and the second layer of planks anyways.

 

 

Dry fit of the panels checking to see how much work I'll have to fit them between my gun ports.  All looks good with a little material to be removed width-wise on all the panels.  So it looks like my gun ports are in the right places.  Good to know...

 

 

And where I stopped last night with the aft deck clamps glued into place.

 

 

Steve