Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack by MBerg - Model Shipways - 1:24

[mberg]

Hi all,

I've been a member here for a couple of years, but have simply used MSW to post my build logs. Like many others, all that info is now likely lost. My dory and pram logs were quite detailed, and I plan to repost the pictures, but I likely won't bother adding much text.

I never planned to post as detailed of a log on the MBLS and I likely won't change, making logs takes a long time and at this stage in my life time is precious, so most modelling time will be used for actual modelling. I'll update here when taking a bit of a break or waiting for something to dry. Hillbilly Modeler also has very good build videos so a 'tutorial' or 'problem solving' log on this kit is less needed for the community.

I've recently just begun the planking stage, but rather than jumping right in there, I'll preface with a few posts from the original log pictures I took. This kit has a decent amount of quality control issues so some of the pictures may be a little hard to understand without the text context, and I'll leave some of those out. Feel free to ask for any clarification, or if I have any specific photos.

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[mberg]

Shown above, I planked the seats with mahogany strips. Coming up, I also scratch built the cockpit floor out of strip wood.





















Slicer is lovely

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[mberg]

More QC issues, the cabin walls had some sort of oil and laser burn at the same time. The wood was stained, and crumbly.

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[mberg]

On to the planking. The presplied planks aren't the most ideal since they rely on a 'perfectly' faired hull and no two hulls will be identical. Nevertheless, trimming, sanding, bending and finally filler and paint will eventually do the trick.

I formed both garboards and both first strakes before I glued anything in.














And we're basically up to date. I've trimmed in stern end to fit the rabbet, and needed to wet and reform them since they weren't in the rabbet the first time the bend wasn't quite enough. I think I'm going to have a bit of a bad fit on these ones, but we'll see in the morning.