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HMS Alert [1777] 1:48 POF by serikoff. (Two hulls: skeleton and fully rigged)

Today I was finally doing what I had been waiting for - diagonal planking under the stern. And in order.

First, according to the drawings, I outlined the angle of inclination of the boards.

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Then glued together 3 boards...

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... before gluing, I made small chamfers on both sides so that there was a gap between the boards. And he did the second one right away, so that when they closed they were exactly symmetrical.

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Then I glued one workpiece to the body, but so that the glue did not get on the sternpost (it will be removable until the last for the convenience of grinding).

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Then he glued the opposite part.

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Well, then, one by one glued on both sides...

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I chose reiki from ready-made (cut and covered with oil) to use only uniform colors and without stripes and color transitions.

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Then I scratched the waterlines with a sharp tip with a high-altitude meter.

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And along this line...

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... I cut off the excess and began to glue below the dark pear board.

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It ended up like this.

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Then I filled the CA waterline gap with gel...

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... and after grinding I got the following result:

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There are gaps between the boards, which will appear when coated with oil and bitumen, and the waterline (since it does not actually separate the part, it is filled with glue and will be with a dark floor, without forming a gap between the fragments of as if one whole part).

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Well, by tradition - a photo of symmetry...

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Next in line is the lining of the sides to the waterline with a light pear... it will be a challenge! Since the boards do not go end to end, but overlap!!! Eh...
 
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