Le Saint Philippe 1693 after Jean-Claude Lemineur (Ancre) in scale 1:48

[dockattner]

Lovely precision and care.

Much appreciated, Richard.

 

[Peter Voogt]

Hello Friends,

Before turning my attention to the wales and hull planking it was necessary to clean up the stern facade:

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The lower portion remains unfinished. I'm waiting for some square copper wire to arrive and then I'll need to conduct some nailing trials.

In the meantime, I profiled an additional rail(s) - the larger of these is technically the uppermost wale:

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All that scraping was tough on my aging hands .

Thanks for stopping by!

Some very nice profiled rails, Paul. They lined-up the top of the frames very well.
Regards, Peter

 

[dockattner]

Some very nice profiled rails, Paul. They lined-up the top of the frames very well.
Regards, Peter

Thanks, Peter. The European pear wood is really very nice to work with. It is a wee bit softer than the Castello Boxwood I used on the Kingfisher but not too much (I say this while in the middle of trying to sand the upper counter smooth and it is fighting me the whole way).