Pavel Nikitin San Bartolome

The way the kit cap rail is designed it shows the glue lines and where everything is sandwiched together. So I decided to laminate the cap rail. I thinking the kit wood is beech wood. Did not have beech veneer but had some maple. I think it’s a pretty close match after it was dyed. I can probably work with the dyes a little more to get a closer match to the kit wood. What does everyone think.IMG_9140.jpegIMG_9141.jpegIMG_9142.jpegIMG_9145.jpegIMG_9144.jpegIMG_9143.jpeg
 
Pathfinder65 said:
That is a neat substitution. Was it difficult to form?

Jan
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Super easy. Just wet it and clamped it to the top rail to use it as a former and used my plank bender. The trick will to glue it down uniformly since I glued the top rail down already. Still thinking about how to do it. On the starboard side, I will laminate it before gluing it to the ship.
 
Jagpilot said:
Super easy. Just wet it and clamped it to the top rail to use it as a former and used my plank bender. The trick will to glue it down uniformly since I glued the top rail down already. Still thinking about how to do it. On the starboard side, I will laminate it before gluing it to the ship.
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Hmm, something to think about when I get to that stage. I’m waiting for warmer outdoor conditions so I can do some serious sanding outside. Currently it’s 22F and snowing. Forecast is 10 plus inches.

Jan
 
Pathfinder65 said:
Hmm, something to think about when I get to that stage. I’m waiting for warmer outdoor conditions so I can do some serious sanding outside. Currently it’s 22F and snowing. Forecast is 10 plus inches.

Jan
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Good day to stay inside at the bench.

Just massive amounts of rain for us.
 
Jagpilot said:
Good day to stay inside at the bench.
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Yessir, I'm in my little boatyard trying to follow Pietsan's example for rigging the Foremast on my WB build. also trying not to glue my fingers together. I dislike using that "superglue stuff" and avoid it if all possible.

Jan
 
Jagpilot said:
I have a little update to post. I have been working on the cap rails and some deck fittings on the port side. Everything thing is dry fitted and will be fine tuned after gluing in place. I also used filler blocks in the bulk heads to have more surface area to glue the cap rails. I also may laminate a piece of veneer on the main deck cap to eliminate the glued up layers. This depends on how well it looks after dying the wood. I can’t imagine they will disappear.
Hope everyone is well!!
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Wonderful. These are exactly the pictures I wanted to see to give me confidence to do the same. I have begun.

Thank you . . .


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