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Black Swan - Black Swan custom VOC-pirate ship conversion / first wooden ship build

I Bended it!!! ... using lots of elastic benda and Wellington soaking in hotel water and restino all night , after 3-4 days of attempts.

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But a small problem I hotel to fix with sone glue and a clip...

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Another problem is I bent too much ... but may be I should adapt the reat deck or try to unbend part of the stern ?

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I have a question , about the side galleries , are there any other sugestions on how to build them and make them stable and fitting to the boat or else? I wanted them to have also a side window and a door entrance as I saw on some ship models but I am not yet sure on how to build the underlying infrastructure to hold everything in place .
 
Today I glewed all together , I think I am final on structure of double deck and rear , either



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I think next phase is lower side planking or start planking underdeck area , make walls cover , Doors, Windows etc .
 
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Here is what I was thinking to do for the lower galleries part , not yet decided how to plank the rest, basically I am cutting several layers of tilia wood to give a shape and fit into the side shape , the idea is to later plank it better after sanding it to shape and plank around it ... not sure if its a good approach but it is what seemed to me The easiest way.

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To shape I am using a rotating tool.
 
I have redone the stern shape , to make it more symetrical and a little bit more large to host better the side galleries .

Also closed the open area where the pole could be seen ... now its different rooms , the lower ones will just feature a gun probably.

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Update on the stern, I worked with wood putty20261003_015610.jpg20261003_015619.jpg20261003_015852.jpg, sanded , filled in holes with more materials and fitted more pieces to hive a more rounded and continuous shape. I am studying now the archways to build the galleries structure and the remake of the side panels for the ship .
Undecided if to cut the last support that i intrudes much of the cabin to replace with side supports may be.
 
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