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Pinta Caravel 1:65 by Amati - an End of Build Log

Regarding the video only instructions for the Artesania Latina Pen Duick ... they leave some hull details to the builders imagination. :oops: Plus the planks at the bow do not end at the keel, but instead meet/join in the air in front of the keel. Cautious And the stern assembly o_O ... Geeze but I miss good instructions.
 
9 strakes mounted, starting from the top.

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Not following the video for this, as the planking shown changes during the vid without explanation ... with the port side being planked differently than the starboard. And even shows a long plank being added, longer than anything included with this kit. So ...

I do preliminary sanding while laying planks, to be sure that I am not doing anything that cannot be sanded out later.

This gets sanded and puttied and sanded again, so I was mainly concerned that the bow apex was in line with the hull frame, and that the stern was correctly shaped. Looking for symmettry.
 
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Hull is planked, plus I applied the acrylic putty, and sanded it down.

Still a couple of blemishes to putty out. Then it gets 3 coats of primer filler, before any finish coats are applied.

I have never puttied a hull before, so this was all new to me. Before thus, I always chose to show the planks and the grain, even with finish coatings applied. Anyway, I put too much putty down, and had way too much putty removal to do.

Here are some picks, of the final planking, putty unsanded, and the puttied sanded hull.
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Cheers.
 
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So ...
  • sanded it down pretty good
    • made a point of removing some artifacts
    • to that end, I also used flat (not sponge or finger held) sandpaper blocks to remove some high plank edges - a big YES to this technique
      • sponges or holding sandpaper in my fingers won't do that - tends to remove everything equally, smoothing the high spots almost as much as the low spots - and if the high spots are wood, even moreso as the putty sands off easier than the wood
  • applied 4th coat of primer filler
    • likely gonna sand it down again - more flat sanding block work and some sponging -
    • and apply a 5th (and last?) coat of primer filler -
    • yeah - if 5 coats doesn't get it there - this isn't for me.
    • And I''ll have to go with a worn fiberglass hull look
    • Or more realistically, since some planking lines may still be visible ... it will look like what it is - a carvel planked hull built for sailboat racing - with most planking edges feathered out in the finish.
    • So - maybe the 4 coats of primer filler is enough then. Should still look like a sleek carvel planked sailboat hull built to cleave water.
Hmmm ... maybe I don't want to go to the effort of removing every single artifact from that hull? Maybe.
 
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