OK, so we are back... now i need to pick up where i left it some months ago...
The new stern was build tracing the original part and adding some extra millimetres that will be sanded down after. The process consisted of several short sanding stroke, measure, test, sanding again, measure, fit.... The part was glued and left overnight to completely dry.. Some shaping and sanding will be done next.
Then the last plank on the keel was installed...
While these parts are drying i start working on the main deck. The main deck planking is done with laser cut part, out of one piece, very precise and neat.
Not sure if because of some months in the open box, but the deck was getting out of shape (like myself with limited amount of outdoor activities due to corona)...
I tested with dry fitting and all was looking OK. Applied a glue on the whole deck and put so called false deck on the ship.. during fitting process some parts started to dry and deck starts to twist. Not sure if this is related to water in the glue or something else but the end results have some parts (where two planks are connected together) sticking out and creating kind of rotated V shape...
So tons of rubber and spare wood pieces are called in to assist pushing those areas down to the deck and help gluing them properly.
Then i realized in this case the bulwark edges can be in danger of getting chipped off so i removed rubber bands and put a layer of protection on the bulwark' edges.
Today i will continue working on the deck and correcting those "V" issues. Not sure what woudl be the correct procedure to avoid this type of thing; maybe mounting a deck before all bulwarks are in place to allow you to squize the whole deck with one big piece of wood, or some other way of installing it... We will see the results.
Happy modelling..
