Good morning Gentlemen.
I decided it was time to re glue my stern timbers on for the third time
. I absolutely know I will break them again so to strengthen them the windows and supports are to be done.
Whew this takes a long time………
I decided I am going to build this as per the kit with some of Grants creations.
Stern timbers with the inner window guides:
I added some walnut panels to the “guides” to keep the aesthetics of my cabin.
Windows. The kit windows are very cool boxwood. It takes a minute to cut these out and clean up. The inner side does chip so for my other windows I need to find another way of cutting these out.
The reverse side is just flat. I am having a very open upper deck so I added some frames on the reverse side for the glass to go in. In the pic below you can see the thin inner frames where they broke when cutting.I gave my first ultra thin glass cutting a go. Wasn’t tooooo bad.
Had to clean up the pillars- this was a mission. I think they are made from bone?
I stuck every thing on with prestick so excuse the alignment and prestick oozing out.
It is best to take all the kit pieces and check if I got my framing right, stern timber angles spot on, etc……..
…….MOSTLY
.
I was reasonably happy how the slid in nicely however there is plenty adjustments to do.
With little head scratching and some alignment work, I’m sure she will come out pretty good.
Will I ever show you guys a finished product….. Ricochet Rabbit is on fire
.
Cheers Grant
I decided it was time to re glue my stern timbers on for the third time
. I absolutely know I will break them again so to strengthen them the windows and supports are to be done.Whew this takes a long time………
I decided I am going to build this as per the kit with some of Grants creations.
Stern timbers with the inner window guides:
I added some walnut panels to the “guides” to keep the aesthetics of my cabin.
Windows. The kit windows are very cool boxwood. It takes a minute to cut these out and clean up. The inner side does chip so for my other windows I need to find another way of cutting these out.
The reverse side is just flat. I am having a very open upper deck so I added some frames on the reverse side for the glass to go in. In the pic below you can see the thin inner frames where they broke when cutting.I gave my first ultra thin glass cutting a go. Wasn’t tooooo bad.
Had to clean up the pillars- this was a mission. I think they are made from bone?
I stuck every thing on with prestick so excuse the alignment and prestick oozing out.
It is best to take all the kit pieces and check if I got my framing right, stern timber angles spot on, etc……..
…….MOSTLY
.I was reasonably happy how the slid in nicely however there is plenty adjustments to do.
With little head scratching and some alignment work, I’m sure she will come out pretty good.
Will I ever show you guys a finished product….
. Ricochet Rabbit is on fire.Cheers Grant
. So far all appears good just one area of about 0.5mm. It’s crazy how such a small error impacts the ship. Anyway plenty planning as each thing I change requires a mode elsewhere to maintain symmetry and appearance. I will get this right or fail miserably- no middle ground here.
