Lowell Grand Banks Dory by Phez - Model Shipways - 1:24

[Phez]

Hi everyone. This will serve as my build log for the second model I am attempting to build, the Lowell Grand Banks Dory. It’s been almost a year since my last build and I was exited to get started. My job and moving to a new house kept me plenty busy since that project, but I finally managed to get a nice work area together to give it another shot. Since there was a little layoff since i completed that model, and based on recommendations here and elsewhere, I decided to purchase the shipwright combo so I had something easy to start with and step-up projects to follow it with. 

 

The first few steps were uneventful and I’ve really enjoyed the historical explanations and photos used in the manual.  That said, the Midwest stuff certainly had many more detailed drawings. The photos used in this product are also very good, but for an amateur, I really liked the detailed drawings. Oh well, so far so good. 

[robert952]

Joining in on this build.  I look forward to seeing picks (even uneventful ones) 

[Phez]

I worked on the frames the last two nights and ran into my first issue, which led to my second issue as you might expect. First, when sanding the char off frame 4 I snapped one of the pieces clean in half. I decided to reattach it using thin CA—not really sure if that’s the best method but it seemed like a good idea at the time.
 

The second issue I found is that I didn’t do a great job attaching that same frame to the cross piece and it was quite crooked. I cut it off and re-glued it tonight. While that was drying, I worked on setting up the other frames in the building block. 3 fit nicely—snug with no sanding needed—while one was somewhat loose. I wet the wood a bit as instructed and it fit a bit better. I’m going to let the glue on frame 4 sit overnight before adding it to the frame. From there I’ll work on cleaning up the the remaining char and beveling edges a bit, and then it’s time for planking. But first, I need to find some more rubber bands.