HMS Diana 1794 by CTDavies - Caldercraft - 1:64th Scale - as built

[CTDavies]

Progress ist still slow...

I'm using Walnut for the wales and Boxwood for the rest. I ran out of Boxwood just after I had started so I ordered a bunch 4 and 5mm wide strips. Not only was this new material much darker than what I had it was also much wider. So I can only assume what I had been using below the wales was 3mm material. Bummer (although it measured out to be 3,5 of 4mm). I want to stay with that width as it is a lot easier using and shaping narrower planks although it might be more work in the end. Above the wales 5mm was used as the curvature was mainly in one direction and no shaping with water was necessary.

I didn't check if the formers produced a nice curved line and did end up with some deep ends and higher bits. As I was moving ahead quite swiftly and enjoying it this was only noticed after a few planks above the wale had been done. Below the wales wasn't an issue as the balsa fillers assisted in a nice and even curvature. To rectify this I used thin Balsa packing strips placed stratigically where needed between the frames and the planking.

A bit of wood filler was needed here and there. Remember this is the first planking, but I want to do this right to avoid extra work when I'm doing the second.