Thank you all for the nice comments! It really helps me to get motivated when I need it....
waiting for some dovetail cutters I need for...
... I started to sand the hull into shape. This is no sinecure...
In the meantime I already have a set of mini chisels from a well-known supplier from a well-known Asian country to be able to make these kinds of parts, nice framework that slides into eachother, very curious how that will go...
Many frames are only attached to each other at the bottom at the keel and at the top with a temporary filler piece, and the latter, given the small surface, too often has a tendency to come loose. To prevent this, I pasted a thin temporary strip along the top, which gives enough strength to the frame to be able to do more with it....
And now a confession and a warning in advance, it is not easy to sand such a lump of oak wood by hand. A fear for many model builders (I can imagine), but I still use some tools, not really intended for model building.....
I have to admit, it's actually going pretty well. Very carefully, with some policy, the result is certainly not wrong. I often check the line of the hull with a slat, and then it is doable. It's still a lot of work, but at least I'm not chafing a lame arm...
While further shaping the hull, I discovered that frames have been placed somewhat impurely here and there. I can't quite explain why. They are made exactly according to the drawing, and yet some frames seem to deviate just a little too much from its neighbor... I must have done something wrong.... However, it is not a serious issue. The frames will be almost invisible because they will be planked on both the inside and outside (wondering why I make such a fuzz about it then). To get the line of the planks in shape, a small correction has to be made here and there by means of an extra thin slat that I attach on the parts of the frames that are too deep.... I must say, after finishing it is hardly noticable...
This job is going to take a while....
Looking at what is approaching, it is about time to start looking at which types of wood I am going to use that will be a lot more visible, namely the planking.... And given the size of the model, I need quite a bit of it. The planks are about 5 mm wide and 2 to 5 mm thick. I also think it would be nice to 'colour' one half of the hull by using different types of wood. Now I have no further knowledge of wood types other than those available at the local hardware store, and would like to hear what you could advise me on this... I know that pear is a commonly used wood type in model building, but what are other suitable applications for such a hull?
