HMS Beagle by Maid of the Mist - OcCre - 1:60

[Maid of the Mist]

 

The round-to-square transition is done and the connection piece fits snugly.  

 

 

The transition has to leave a bit of an edge as a guide for the maintop supports:

 

 

Before the maintop goes on, however, we have to stain all the pieces a nice sapelli wood colour.  The 3x1mm limewood pieces on the right side below will be stained, and then bent around the edges of the main top.  As you can see from the maintop below, the curves required are quite tight, but my plank bending tool and some CA glue got it done for the foretop.  

 

[Greg Davis]

6 hours ago, Maid of the Mist said:

I would love to have a precision tool for this to get a perfect square,

You may have some success using a vice - after filing / sanding / cutting the first flat, put that side to one of the vice jaws and make a second flat using the top of the jaws as a guide, rotate 90 degrees and repeat, ...

 

You may find Amazon and / or a local hobby store - even Hobby Lobby a quicker location for picking up wire and wood to finish your build.

 

Regardless, your HMS Beagle is looking really nice!

 

Happy New Year

 

Greg