US Frigate Confederacy by mrmadalena - Model Shipways - scale 1:64

[mrmadalena]

Thanks guys and thank you for all the likes. Augie, good suggestion, I think i will hold off on the nailing until after working on the stern and thinning out the bulwarks.

[Trussben]

Some very nice planking there! I remember at that point needing a break too, you could always do something completely different like building the stove or getting all of your PE sheets prepped and painted.

 

Ben

[yancovitch]

gee...i wonder what happened.....hope you're ok....been awhile..............

[mrmadalena]

The break I wrote about was a bit longer than expected. LOL. I have been working on the Confederacy, just slowly. I did treenail the hull, which took some time. I then moved onto the stern and quarter galleries, which proceeded with several stops and starts. Of course I broke the cove over the stern lights. Also, for some reason, I just couldn't get the molding to look good on the quarter galleries. I had to redo the molding a couple times. The stern decorations took some time to get to line up correctly, but once done, things looked good. The rudder went quickly and looks good. I completed the rest of hull details before moving on to planking the bulwarks.

 

I did sand the bulwarks down before working on the stern section. The planking was relatively easy, but things are tight in the captain's cabin and I think it would have been easier to plank before closing in the stern. The last thing I have done was install the margin planks and the checkerboard floor.

 

Some pictures on how things look now on the build. Looking at the pics, I did notice some clean up needed on a piece of molding in the stern area that has some paint on it.

[yancovitch]

hey...super.....glad all's ok with you, as augie seems to be having a bit of a rough time.....gee...ya got me wishing i had done the treenails ..........stern looks lovely........

[mrmadalena]

Yancovitch, Thanks for checking in. Everything is great. Sorry to hear that about Augie.