Le Requin-Zebec-1750 POF 1:48 (ZHL)

Good evening, all, two layers of 1mm pear planking has solved my nose gap problem. Its ugly at first but gets better check it out.

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After some preliminary sanding and dry fitting, the gap is filled.


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A little more honing will be required along the bow stem slot and with a complete hull covering on one side, I will have to come up with a clever covering along the open side at the bow only.

Looking under the jig top it appears there is too much gap between the ribs and the bearding line however according to the plan drawings there is a significant gap so this all is going to work out well.

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Only 70 more frames to go. Thanks for stopping by.
Till next time!
 
Good afternoon, everyone. There is nothing much exciting for this post, very little progress this last week other than sanding char and fitting frames. I started the 2nd of four stacks of frame sections which when finished gets me almost halfway through. I plan on finishing all the frames plus dry fitting before I begin glueing them in. So here is more of the same.

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A neat little hack I found. The long narrow keel does have a tendency to lift up when placing and removing the frames for fitting, so a thick piece of balsa and two flats of basswood fit perfectly between the lower jig and top of the keel holding the keel firmly in place.

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I am really liking this threaded rod w/nut secured jig, it gives plenty of room for access.

Thanks for checking in, till next time, have a great week!
 
Daniel20 said:
Good afternoon, everyone. There is nothing much exciting for this post, very little progress this last week other than sanding char and fitting frames. I started the 2nd of four stacks of frame sections which when finished gets me almost halfway through. I plan on finishing all the frames plus dry fitting before I begin glueing them in. So here is more of the same.

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A neat little hack I found. The long narrow keel does have a tendency to lift up when placing and removing the frames for fitting, so a thick piece of balsa and two flats of basswood fit perfectly between the lower jig and top of the keel holding the keel firmly in place.

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I am really liking this threaded rod w/nut secured jig, it gives plenty of room for access.

Thanks for checking in, till next time, have a great week!
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Looking good Daniel, all part of the process. ;)
 
Daniel20 said:
Good afternoon, everyone. There is nothing much exciting for this post, very little progress this last week other than sanding char and fitting frames. I started the 2nd of four stacks of frame sections which when finished gets me almost halfway through. I plan on finishing all the frames plus dry fitting before I begin glueing them in. So here is more of the same.
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Daniel20 said:
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A neat little hack I found. The long narrow keel does have a tendency to lift up when placing and removing the frames for fitting, so a thick piece of balsa and two flats of basswood fit perfectly between the lower jig and top of the keel holding the keel firmly in place.

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I am really liking this threaded rod w/nut secured jig, it gives plenty of room for access.

Thanks for checking in, till next time, have a great week!
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Hello Daniel. I know this feeling. Remove char, make frame put in pile……repeat etc, etc. You are making some good progress. Hopefully sometime soon our models will start to resemble something like a ship;). Have fun. Cheers Grant
 
Here is another frame-report. Yesterday I glued up a whole stack of 24 frames. From left to right, the second stack of 24 assembled but not de-charred, then the first stack of 24 assembled, de-charred and sanded down to 320 grit. Next are two stacks of cut-outs waiting to be assembled and finally the remaining 4 frames that go with stack #2.
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Not a lot of excitement here but the photos are kind of interesting, I think.
Till next time!
 
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