Beautiful job Loracs!
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That looks very nice, Loracs. A great job!
Regards, Peter
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Front and back hull: Let me say that there is no easy way to tackle those two areas. You need to carefully sand those tiny pieces and dry fit over and over... and more. They will test your patience. They are difficult to both fare and glue in place. That completes the hull for now.
I did a first pass on fairing the hull (still dusty). The outside went very smoothly. The interior is more challenging. It is hard to get into the small space.
Well, this is it for now. Happy holidays all!
I did a first pass on fairing the hull (still dusty). The outside went very smoothly. The interior is more challenging. It is hard to get into the small space.
Well, this is it for now. Happy holidays all!
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Excellent job! Way better looking than my start.
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@Daniel20, thanks a lot! but you are selling yourself short... ;-) Happy Christmas.
Edit: I look back at your log; it was indeed quite nice. Now, my question: did you broke the back area at one time? I just saw a little crack. That repair was outstanding. That made me realized that I did a small mistake... I sand off the 1mm protruding of piece #53... oops! will be an easy fix thought with a 1mm plank.
Edit: I look back at your log; it was indeed quite nice. Now, my question: did you broke the back area at one time? I just saw a little crack. That repair was outstanding. That made me realized that I did a small mistake... I sand off the 1mm protruding of piece #53... oops! will be an easy fix thought with a 1mm plank.
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You did a fine job, also with the parts at the bow and stern, Loracs. After starting with the sanding she is showing her lines very nice from bow to stern.
On this picture I see ‘some shifting shadows’:
No problems at all for now. I used a thin slat to bend it over the curves to check them. And a ticker piece of paper to slide back and forward over the frames with the four fingertips of one hand resting on that paper. Then you still feel the last irregularities that are sometimes not even visible. (Even better to slide it with your eyes closed ……
)Regards, Peter
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@Peter Voogt , thank for the tips... will definitively look more closely. A good faring makes such difference in strips adhesion that this is something I want to be careful about. I'm pretty sure that the interior still needs a fair amount of work. Have a great holiday!
I had done a poor job of building the transom section and when I attached it to the aft end you can see how uneven the the individual pieces are. In addition to that they were not in the same plane as the two center pieces which were part of the main assembly.
To fix it I attached an overlay about 1.5mm tick and a little longer than the originals on top of the 4 original pieces built off ship. I sanded all of them down into the same surface plane and trimmed the ends to make a smooth top for the eventual rail base to sit on. It was all a recovery attempt which is just one example out of many I encountered on this build.
