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Sanding The Bulkheads This was quite an experience! I though i could do with the small sanders that came in my model kit.. But boy! This needs some heavy duty stuff. I ended up buy a set of 80 and 120 grit sandpapers for course and fine sanding from home depot and a 6 inch wood dowel and 1X2 and made my own. that did the trick. I had to be precise and ending up creating so much dust in my apartment. Thanks fully I had a respirator mask and that was a life saver. I highly recommend a respirator mask in closed doors for any major sanding action. Unfortunately I didn't take the pics of that step
After that I fit the bulwarks which needs some shaping. I got mine somewhat ok but the front ones broke since I didn't soften them enough. I still used them with lots of pins and eventually sanded them well enough that you can see the curve as intended. Occre's instruction are great but I realized that you need to have your own judgement on how to use the materials and that where all the experience would play out. I am still happy that this is my first build and it is so far turning out well
Planking - Finally came the step that I was most worried about. I had no idea what to expect here and just took the plunge. I was planning to hammer all the pins but boy it was loud for an apartment. And looking at the number of pins, i decided it was a good idea to get the pin pusher. Thankfully one was available at Ebay for a reasonable cost and i continued only after it arrived. The pin pusher was a real game changer. It lets you use the precision as well as is noise free.
and less or almost no wastage of pins by bending.
I planked the hull over 2 days trying to be as close a possible to the instructions. but eventually you can be the best judge and after a while i was quite comfortable with the combination of wood glue and pins
Sanding the hull - I was contemplating if I should keep the pins and just sand them but tried a couple of them and decided to just remove them. Woodglue is enough to hold the planks to the bulkheads well. That was mighty good decision. I also used some wood fillers at a few places where I surface was very uneven
and it worked well to level off after letting it dry overnight.
See you in the next article where I discovered the magic that's called contact cement...
Sanding The Bulkheads This was quite an experience! I though i could do with the small sanders that came in my model kit.. But boy! This needs some heavy duty stuff. I ended up buy a set of 80 and 120 grit sandpapers for course and fine sanding from home depot and a 6 inch wood dowel and 1X2 and made my own. that did the trick. I had to be precise and ending up creating so much dust in my apartment. Thanks fully I had a respirator mask and that was a life saver. I highly recommend a respirator mask in closed doors for any major sanding action. Unfortunately I didn't take the pics of that step
After that I fit the bulwarks which needs some shaping. I got mine somewhat ok but the front ones broke since I didn't soften them enough. I still used them with lots of pins and eventually sanded them well enough that you can see the curve as intended. Occre's instruction are great but I realized that you need to have your own judgement on how to use the materials and that where all the experience would play out. I am still happy that this is my first build and it is so far turning out well
Planking - Finally came the step that I was most worried about. I had no idea what to expect here and just took the plunge. I was planning to hammer all the pins but boy it was loud for an apartment. And looking at the number of pins, i decided it was a good idea to get the pin pusher. Thankfully one was available at Ebay for a reasonable cost and i continued only after it arrived. The pin pusher was a real game changer. It lets you use the precision as well as is noise free.
and less or almost no wastage of pins by bending.
I planked the hull over 2 days trying to be as close a possible to the instructions. but eventually you can be the best judge and after a while i was quite comfortable with the combination of wood glue and pins
Sanding the hull - I was contemplating if I should keep the pins and just sand them but tried a couple of them and decided to just remove them. Woodglue is enough to hold the planks to the bulkheads well. That was mighty good decision. I also used some wood fillers at a few places where I surface was very uneven
and it worked well to level off after letting it dry overnight.
See you in the next article where I discovered the magic that's called contact cement...
