Hello Everyone
Today was another busy day in the shipyard but there is not a lot to show for it. However, it formed part of what I call my "Checks and Balances". If I want to build a truly accurate model, I have to pay particular attention to this.
Even though laying down the deck only comes much later in the build, I know myself - I had to see how the curvature of my "reworked" hull stack up against the curvature of the deck. If there were big discrepancies here, it would point to an incorrect hull shape. Normally
@Kolderstok Hans supplies a deck which is well oversized so that it can be sanded to the exact line. On WB #1, I wasn't a big fan of this idea as I had to remove quite a lot of material. Today, I could not thank Hans enough!
I used every mm of that deck and then had to cut the notches considerably deeper so that I could slide the deck fully home.
So, this is what the dry-fit looks like on the Starboard side with only two push pins to hold the deck down temporarily.
I was very pleasantly surprised to see the deck fits this well and for the deck and hull line to be virtually identical. I have a build!!!
(I went a bit overboard on the notch at Bulkhead #2.)
This picture shows how nicely the deck line follows the sheer of the hull on the starboard side with the upswept at the bow. Note how the planks join at the bow.
Thus, I am happy with the visual lines and fit, but let's go to the ruler.
The widest point on the upper deck measures 7.5cm according to Ab Hoving's plans. Ab builds in 1:75 so that distance converted to the 1:50 scale of the Kolderstok model comes to 11.25 cm.
On the picture it looks like 11.1, but viewed from the top, I get 11.2 !
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Heinrich, nicely done.
