I stumbled upon this kit on Ebay and the price was right! I thought I would try my hand at my 1st wooden kit and went with a solid hull model. I noticed that this schooner seemed to have a lot of builds and information online. My wife was kind enough to purchase Frank Mastini's book "Ship Modeling Simplified", which I'm very grateful to have as a reference. When it arrived, whoever originally owned it had already adhered the two decks to the hull and did not make a clean cut in doing so. They had also cut through some of the pieces and some pieces of wooden parts were missing. This explains the 'great deal.
No worries - I was lucky to pick up some basswood strips and sheets at Joann's and started in on this project. First, I used different grades of sandpaper to smooth out the hull. I then used Elmer's wood putty to fill in gaps and dents in both the hull and keel. Then re-sanded, primed, re-sanded and primed. I then went on to shape the rudder to the hull and primed as well. I tried to clean up the cut mark on the deck and stained the deck with Cabot's Autumn Glow stain & sealer.\
No worries - I was lucky to pick up some basswood strips and sheets at Joann's and started in on this project. First, I used different grades of sandpaper to smooth out the hull. I then used Elmer's wood putty to fill in gaps and dents in both the hull and keel. Then re-sanded, primed, re-sanded and primed. I then went on to shape the rudder to the hull and primed as well. I tried to clean up the cut mark on the deck and stained the deck with Cabot's Autumn Glow stain & sealer.\
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