Pavel Nikitin - Santa Maria

[Pathfinder65]

The ultimate goal of this kit from Pavel Nikitin.



The first part of the build was to cobble together the building jig. Unfortunately the major pieces of the jig were warped. I sprayed them with warm water, clamped them between a couple of pieces of shelving, waited a couple of days and finally assembled it

The jig, the keel and the frames, dry fit for this first time.



Jan

 

[Pathfinder65]

Another dry fit of the frames with all the extensions and spacers added.

A lot of sanding to remove char and shape the pieces.



Jan

 

[Pathfinder65]

1st problem with a part not fitting.

I had to trim this part to get a good fit between the frames.





Jan

 

[Pathfinder65]

After multiple dry fittings the gluing marathon got started.




All frames and spacers permanently glued.

Jan

 

[Pathfinder65]

Another minor problem with a frame

The slots for the spacers are missing from frame #20.



Trimming the tab off the spacer shoud fix this.

Jan

 

[dockattner]

You were hiding this one from us! I'm glad you decided to share!

 

[Pathfinder65]

You were hiding this one from us! I'm glad you decided to share!

Jan

 

[Pathfinder65]

The fix:

A little bit of grinding, sanding, gluing and everything fits.



Jan

 

[Pathfinder65]

@dockattner, @lakedaisy, @ari63 , @Papatotalos, @Snowy

Thanks for stopping by.

 

[GrantTyler]

Good morning Jan. Another ship….boy you gonna need three shipyards . As always I’m pulling up my chair. Cheers Grant

 

[Pathfinder65]

boy you gonna need three shipyards

Hi Grant,. Plenty of space inthe front row, glad to see you follow along.

Yup, I need to negotiate with the Admiral for display space.

 

[Pathfinder65]

To clamp, or not to clamp or....

This one of those "how do I hold this part while the glue sets".



Jan

 

[Pathfinder65]

Todays shipyard chore was to add the last frame to the stern.





Next on the build list is gluing up the bow fillers, sanding them to shape and fitting them to the hull.

Jan

 

[RussF]

It looks like you've got a good handle on this Jan. I'm gonna wedge myself in between Grant and Paul - you know how rowdy they can get when they're together.

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Can I get a seat on the other side of Paul, so I can watch you figure out these issues.