As promised on my HMS Medea scratch build log, here are the plans I will be working to for the longboat.
End of day one I've sorted out the pieces, cut out the keel, false keel and stem and shaved the edge of the false keel to simulate the rabbet. Tomorrow I will begin gluing.
What this has taught me already is that I need to go slowly and carefully. The basswood in the kit is so much more fragile than the Silver Ash I am using in my Medea build.
The tiny clothes pegs I bought a long time ago for clamping small pieces needed modification to sit flat so I have trimmed off their leading edge with my razor saw.
Day one done and not yet dusted.
End of day one I've sorted out the pieces, cut out the keel, false keel and stem and shaved the edge of the false keel to simulate the rabbet. Tomorrow I will begin gluing.
What this has taught me already is that I need to go slowly and carefully. The basswood in the kit is so much more fragile than the Silver Ash I am using in my Medea build.
The tiny clothes pegs I bought a long time ago for clamping small pieces needed modification to sit flat so I have trimmed off their leading edge with my razor saw.
Day one done and not yet dusted.