Artesania latina let hussard 1848

[Peterairfix]

I have got bored of some of my other builds so I forgot about this one until I opened a box and found it hiding.
I brought from a boot sale for £5 last year.
So it's time to see how i get on with it most of the planking has been done a few other bits to put right one was the deck piece on the stern was attached wrong so I have put that right.
Time to show what I got to play with.

 

[Peterairfix]

One of the first jobs to do is finishing off the planking only two each side and I found out that the previous builder only nailed the planks on but that's OK as there will be a second layer that will cover them over

 

[Peterairfix]

Gave the Hull it's first sand and finished planking the decks

 

[Martin By Eye]

This is , in my humble opinion, the kit the most abandoned in all history. I have one (same sort of price, same condition or worse) that i have just started to rebuild allthough i have other projects on the go. I intend to finally do justice to this much maligned goelette.

 

[Peterairfix]

Fitted the keel and finished off the decking

 

[Omega]

Did you do the second planking & if so do you have any details ie
1 type of glue used
2 did you use contact adhesiove or nails to fix your second planks
3 what order was your second planking
As I am close to the second planking on an old le Hussard Model, any info would be good

 

[Martin By Eye]

Did you do the second planking & if so do you have any details ie
1 type of glue used
2 did you use contact adhesiove or nails to fix your second planks
3 what order was your second planking
As I am close to the second planking on an old le Hussard Model, any info would be good

i always second plank with contact adhesive, sometimes (rarely)cyano if it is a really odd curvy bit . No nails are necessary . As far as order goes i usually have to put one or two at the top, against the deck edge but then i go direct to the keel and start to work upwards with the correct taper to fill the space that is left.
I usually calculate the taper, then i make a stack of strips held together with a touch of cyano at the end, then i simply sand the whole block down to the calculated taper. i then cut/split the glue apart one by one as i glue to the ship.