LEUDO

OK SCREWED UP HEINRICHS LOG AGAIN THOUGHT I DID IT WRONG THANKS MIKE S HERE ARE PROGRESS PICTURES ALL4 BULWORK PLANKS INSTALLED ONE SIDE CUT OFF BULWORKS ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTIONS SEEMS TO BE OK LIFTING JIG UP. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE ALL DON
 

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OK AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS ONE SIDE BULWORKS COMPLOETRE TURNED OUT OK NOT WHAT I WANTED NOT HEINRICH BUT OK, WILL BE DOING THE OTHER SIDE TONIGHT, BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR NEED SOME SANDING AND CLEANUP MUST, MUST BE CAREFUL WITH SANDING, IT WAS MY INTENION ALL ALONG TO DO TWO BUILDS THE FIRST ONE IN ANGRA WILL BE GIVEN AS A GIFT SON-IN-LAW THEN WILL DO ONE IN PEARWOOD HOPING TO AVOID MISTAKES IN POOR CRAFTMANSHIP FOR MYSELF NOT RIGHT AWAY BUT IN SOME LATTER TIME I DO LOVE THESE FALCONET KITS MARYA BIGGER SCALE WOULD BE GREAT FO FUTURE. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE DON
 

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YEP VERY CAREFULLY. HOW DO YOU THINK THE FIRST BULLWORKS TURNED OUT, TO ME JUST SO, SO I KNOW I CAN DO BETTER, SENDING YOU EMAIL. GOD BLESS YOU AND ANNA STAY SAFE DON
 
OK A LITTLE MORE PROGRESS, A LOT OF COSMETICS ON THE EXTERIOR QUITE A BIT LOOKING BETTER, DRY FITTING THE INNER RAIL, IT IS THIN AND DEICATE VERY MUCH SO, BE CAREFUL ALSO DRY FITTING LARGE BULWORK WHERE ALL THINGS COME TO BEAR IN THIS KIT IT BETTER BE RIGHT THAT IS WHY THE DRY FIT MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES, COMENTS THIS KIT IS ADDICTIVE SUCH TINY DETAILS I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD HANDEL THEM BUT SO FAR. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE ALL DON
 

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That is looking much better Don! I agree with you. Falkonet could really have made this in 1:24 scale, but at least in 1:30/1:32.
 
YES HEINRICH WHAT FACINATING KIT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IT A LARGER MUCH LARGER SCALE, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL DO A KIT IN A LARGER SCALE. GOD BLESS Y0OU AND YOURS DON
 
The new Dusek/Mamoli kits are nice and the 1:24 Leudo is no exception with nice plans and materials. The roundness of the hull makes the planking harder than one might think. I do not know if he made any major changes.
 
LITTLE MORE EACH DAY SOME MORE, INSIDE RAIL DONE ONE SIDE CLEANED UP WITH MINERAL SPIRITS NEED TO PUT THE STIFFENERS ON BEFORE GIVING IT A COAT OF WATCO BLACK WALNUT, THIS PART WAS OH SO DELICATE AND HAD TO USE THE DREADEAD CA JUST A DROP HOPE NONE GOT ON THE FACE OF WOOD WILL KNOW WHEN STAINED, AGAIN WONDERFUL KIT. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE ALL DON
 

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She is starting to come together Don! Delicate is the name of the game with that kit!
 
oh yea heinrich slow going but getting there i am not going to rush this, INSIDE RAIL, AND STIFFINERS IN PLACE ONE COAT WATCO BLACK WALNUT, ONE SIDE DONE STILL HAVE CAP RAILS TO DO, ADDICTIVE KIT. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE ALL DON
 

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A LITTLE MORE PROGRESS ON THE LEUDO, DECK HAS WATCO GOLDEN OAK WITH ONE TUNG OIL FINISH THE UPPER BULWORKS INTERIOR RAILS ARE DONE ONE COAT OF WATCO BLACK WALNUT, CAP RAILS READY BUT NOT INSTALLED YET, AND A VERY SLOW TEDIOUS PROCESS OF FILLING GAPS IN THE BULWORK EXTERIOR PLANKING VER SLOW WORK BUT WORTH IT. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE YOU AND ALL DON
 

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Hello Don. Nice to see that you are progressing. Now it is almost time for all those deck fittings.
 
HI FRIEND HEINRICH, YEA IT IS I HAVE MOST OF THE SHELLS DONE NOW THE TINY TRICKEY PART, NEXT POST WILL TALK ABOU ANGRE WOOD, MY EXPERIENCE WITH IT. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE ALL DON
 
MORE PROGRESS, CAP RAILS GOING ON, EXTERIOR BULWORKS STAINED AND FINISHED, AFTER CAP RAILS DECK FURNITURE, LOVE THIS KIT. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE YOU AND YOURS DON
 
You are plan to do breasthook (or deckhook) on both ends stem? We decided that its shape should be different
 
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