Le Coureur 1776 1:48 (CAF) by Salty

[BradNSW]

Deck is looking awesome!

Leaving it open so you can see your great barrels, interior bulkheads, mast steps, etc is perfect!

Thanks for sharing!

 

[GrantTyler]

Good morning Salty. You are building a good ship. I agree the open deck looks fantastic it’s good to see all the work in the lower decks. Cheers Grant

 

[Albert Mary]

Onto the last cabin:

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Each cabin has had its challenges and this was no different. This time it was getting the panels to fit neatly with the beams which runs across the middle of the cabin and making sure they don’t cross under any carlings.

This is the end of the internal fittings and it’s onto the deck next.

Kind regards

Salty

Hey Salty. Exquisite details all over the place, congrats!

 

[Salty]

Brad and Grant, thanks for your compliments about the deck. As you can see below, I think there a balance to be had between leaving off enough planks to show a hint of what below and having enough planks so you can actually finish the rest of the deck furniture!

Albert, thank you also. There’s certainly lots of detail in this kit and you not necessarily have to “invent” things to make it look nice.

The finished planking on the poop deck:



I think it’s not looking too bad, but there’s been a bit of work to get a nice fair finished surface. I do some work on the kitchen bench and the sun coming through the windows shows every little imperfection.

As an aside, if you want a traditionally laid deck with seams on a full size boat, you would use Jeffrey’s No 2 Black Marine Glue

https://www.classicboatsupplies.com...ack-marine-glue/?searchid=0&search_query=Glue

It’s comes as a solid block. You chip off bits, heat it up in a tin and pour it into the seams with a ladle.

Kind regards

Salty