San Francisco Bay Scow Schooner by palmerit - Midwest Products - 1:48

[palmerit]

Gluing and clamping on the sides. Will need to sand the bottom flush after the glue dries. Then the bottom pieces will be added. 

[palmerit]

So I made a mistake that I think I’ve corrected. 
 

While I read things over a couple times, I skipped over the step of adding the deck before adding the sides and bottom. I think I was just remembering how some of the other model kits have gone, where the deck is after the hull. Also, the diagram that goes with adding the deck doesn’t look like adding the deck. Well on this kit, the deck is before the sides. I ended up have to cut the sides from the top batten (that I so proudly announced in my previous post). The deck needs to be sanded quite a bit to fit. If you actually follow the directions you add the deck and then sand it flush with the battens, then add the sides, then add the bottom. (Again, this model does not have traditional planking.) I did split the sides a bit so I will need to add some glue, filler, and do some sanding. The whole model is painted, so filler and sanding will be fine in the end. 

Edited May 9 by palmerit

[Jim Lad]

She's coming together beautifully.

 

John

[palmerit]

Note that the instructions include some steps that aren’t needed. For example, cutting out a notch out of the cabin roof for the door and rounding the corners of the roof. Those are done in the laser cut piece now. 

[TerryPat]

Very nice build!!

[palmerit]

I’ve been making a bit of slow progress on this model, even if I haven’t added any posts. I added the cabin - which you can’t see because I have it and the desk masked off - and doing some painting of the hull. A couple more airbrushed coats to go. For the hull I chose a Vallejo Model Air Pale Green 71.095. It looked nice with the Vallejo Model Air Yellow Ochre 71.033 that will be used in various other places. Other colors will be some Off-White 71.270 and Black 71.057, maybe a couple others.