Amati Dorade questions

[ortho85]

Under orders from the First Sea Lady, my next "build" is the Amati Dorade - for display purposes:

 

 

 

 

It's more of an assembly, than a true build.  Should take weeks, not months (or years).

 

Questions:

1. Is it worth making a log for this?  I couldn't find anything similar.
2. Can I get help on supporting the parts during assembly, please?

Here's the problem.  This is the first page of instructions:

 

 

 

 

The parts to be positioned as in Fig 1 & Fig 2 are loose fits.  The frames are irregular shapes.  There is no obvious way to support the model at this stage of assembly for gluing.

 

Normally I could just invert the model, but the timbers running fore/aft are not flat either:

 

 

 

 

So, back to the 2 questions - do I make a log, and any clever ideas how to support it during gluing?

 

Thanks,

 

Brett

[justsayrow]

Please YES! to a log! This is a kit I've been interested in building.

 

Maybe use instant set CA to accelerate the build and hold manually?

[ortho85]

Thanks, but I need to be able to have all the pieces in position when gluing.  Plus, I prefer the slower set and easier ungluing of PVA (white glue).

 

Cheers,

 

Brett

[GuntherMT]

I vote for a log also, as the more modern style ships are a rarity here, and I enjoy seeing how they are built, even if there isn't one in my current build queue, you never know what might be in the future!

[ortho85]

Thanks, John - I will try that.

 

And I will begin a log, RSN.

 

Cheers,

 

Brett