Le Requin-Zebec-1750 POF 1:48 (ZHL)

Daniel20 said:
Hey Smithy, if you put your mind to it, you'll be able to do it and enjoy it at the same time. There are 89 frames plus 6 pieces that make up nose section at the bow.
Most of the frames consist of 3 pieces each.
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I think perhaps it's worth me having a go at mine. I already own it, it's paid for already, and what's the worst that can happen? I think it's very likely that I won't finish it but I certainly won't finish it if I don't ever begin. I shall make it my next boat project after the Amati Xebec (which is a kind of preparation for Le Requin anyway).

Thanks for the encouragement, Dan.
 
Smithy said:
I think perhaps it's worth me having a go at mine. I already own it, it's paid for already, and what's the worst that can happen? I think it's very likely that I won't finish it but I certainly won't finish it if I don't ever begin. I shall make it my next boat project after the Amati Xebec (which is a kind of preparation for Le Requin anyway).

Thanks for the encouragement, Dan.
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Good afternoon Smithy. That is good to hear as it is a wonderful model of a beautiful ship. Cheers Grant
 
Now back to the shipyard.
I just reached part of a milestone; all 87 frames are now glued up. I will share the rest of this celebration when I have all the char sanded off, in who knows how long it will take. :D

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I just dropped in to say hi with a progress report.
 
Daniel20 said:
Now back to the shipyard.
I just reached part of a milestone; all 87 frames are now glued up. I will share the rest of this celebration when I have all the char sanded off, in who knows how long it will take. :D

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I just dropped in to say hi with a progress report.
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That’s a great milestone and I’m sure you are glad to be done with building frames! The sanding too will pass and then the fun part of putting them on the keel and seeing something that looks like a ship is just around the corner! ;)
 
Daniel20 said:
Now back to the shipyard.
I just reached part of a milestone; all 87 frames are now glued up. I will share the rest of this celebration when I have all the char sanded off, in who knows how long it will take. :D

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I just dropped in to say hi with a progress report.
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Good morning Daniel. Whew that is done. Now onto the part I personally dislike- removing all the char. It will be fun to finally start fitting them into the jig tho. Cheers Grant
 
Smithy said:
Thanks Daniel. Wow, what a job! That's something else for me to look forward to. ROTF
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Not nearly as boring, tedious, or mind numbing as one might think. ROTF Applying a fast sand down with my Dremel almost to the reference lines takes out most of the char then file and sandpaper to fit. Once glued into the keel then just some minor sanding to fair out the frames, internal sanding for fairing is a bit more uncomfortable due to limited access though.

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Hey Smithy, one heads up with the ZHL kit. They burn the fairing lines on one side only; you have to draw your own fairing reference lines on the opposite side (you can see my pencil lines in the photo). The company YQ who actually made this kit was kind enough to burn in reference lines on both sides on my Bluenose frames but not for this kit. This procedure is called out in their instructions.
 
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