Hello friends
I am starting the build of the Caldercraft HMS Victory.
I plan to add lights inside the hull and officers quarter and I am investigating where are the best places to add LEDs. I have ordered 3mm warm white 12V LEDs and should receive them quite shortly.
In the meantime I have assembled the keelson, bulkheads, the middle deck, the dummy gunports, the quarter deck and the gunport patterns. Of course dry fit only at this stage. I have also tapered the keel for the bearding line.
Dry fitting the hull allows me to precisely determine where to include the LEDs.
When assembling the hull, I had to widen the slots on the bulkheads and on the keel in order to fit smoothly. As noted by other builders, the slots where a bit too narrow.
One interesting thing to mention is the fact that the laser cut plywood for the various parts (bulkheads, keel, ...) are not burnt on the side which is very nice and avoids sanding. By the way the quality of the wood is excellent.
I also noticed that I had to widen the foremost slot on the keel and the hole on bulkhead 1 in order to fit the foremast and the bowsprit. I am glad I checked that before gluing the skeleton.
Some pictures below
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