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G'Day all.
Ben here.
Normally, I do art, RC planes, Warhammer and Trains. But in the last 12 months I completely lost the creative mojo. Like a writers block. It is hoped I can get it back. I really want to learn skills to build a Caldercraft kit, and so I need to get some ships under my belt. Watching too much Drach, and weeks of 'How to - Hull Planking' videos may have helped get it back somewhat...
People with keen eyes will see I made a large error in that I fixed the upper deck and planked it about 20 steps too early. My excuse is I was reading it all downloaded on my phone as none of our computers have a CD drive! There is only so far the phone allows for zoom and it is quite tedious to use. I have since set up a monitor and can now plug the phone into that to see the manual... whew! Ignoring the fact I can now never really rig the cannons to the inner hull properly, it would have been an OK way to do it, as it keeps the hull sides sturdy, had I left the planking near the sides off
Ill soon have to sand the bottom of the hull.
It will be interesting to see If I can get away with cutting away those frames and patching up the deck.
Thanks for looking.
Ben here.
Normally, I do art, RC planes, Warhammer and Trains. But in the last 12 months I completely lost the creative mojo. Like a writers block. It is hoped I can get it back. I really want to learn skills to build a Caldercraft kit, and so I need to get some ships under my belt. Watching too much Drach, and weeks of 'How to - Hull Planking' videos may have helped get it back somewhat...
People with keen eyes will see I made a large error in that I fixed the upper deck and planked it about 20 steps too early. My excuse is I was reading it all downloaded on my phone as none of our computers have a CD drive! There is only so far the phone allows for zoom and it is quite tedious to use. I have since set up a monitor and can now plug the phone into that to see the manual... whew! Ignoring the fact I can now never really rig the cannons to the inner hull properly, it would have been an OK way to do it, as it keeps the hull sides sturdy, had I left the planking near the sides off
Ill soon have to sand the bottom of the hull.
It will be interesting to see If I can get away with cutting away those frames and patching up the deck.
Thanks for looking.
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