Swift 1805 by giantdog - Artesania Latina - first build

[giantdog]

Hi everyone, I haven't been on for a while as my mother managed to burn her house down 

She was unhurt thankfully but it's been a bit busy sorting the rebuild out.

 

But on the plus side my little ship has been my escape, 9 months on the clock and still plodding along 

So, where am I up to?

 

Well I got the deck done.

 

Edited July 14, 2015 by giantdog

[giantdog]

The bulwarks were a NIGHTMARE!!!

 

I just couldn't figure out how to get them to lie right.
I substituted the ply bulwarks that came with the kit and cut ones out of base wood, still getting them to fit was hard.
I'm sure I took some photos of how I wrestled them into submission using numerous clothes pegs, clamps, elastic bands, tears, cuss word and force of will.
Just can't find them right now.

 

Once I got them on one thing I noticed was they had a concave profile, not sure what I did to get that but there you go.
A little bit of filler smoothed them right out.

 

 

Edited July 14, 2015 by giantdog

[giantdog]

and on to the transom

 

So, that's where I am.

 

Edited July 14, 2015 by giantdog

[Watto]

On 2014-10-25 at 5:03 AM, giantdog said:

Thank you all for your input, I'm slightly less terrified of the planking stage (slightly).

 

In preparation I've put the false deck on to help stiffen the bulkheads, give me a better idea of the ships lines and something else that I can't quite remember at this moment (it'll come to me).

 

I steamed the deck for 20 minutes and dry fitted, leaving this to cool over night and it did seem to hold it's shape pretty well.

I've now glued it in place.

 

 

 

Thanks for the method of fitting the deck. Here was my own attempt