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Royal Louis - Mamoli

Good morning. Having completed the first stage of the hull it was time to start the process of second planking, Normally I would apply the second planking starting at the sheer strake level with the deck and work down, then add the strakes and wales on top of those planks but this kit is designed to build the wales in rather than add them on later. So that they would be in the correct position I decided to start with the main wale and work upwards placing each wale according to the plans. These wales were made up from 5x2mm walnut strip, there were thankfully enough to not worry about running short because of mistakes. I soaked then shaped them using the heat from the shaft of a large soldering iron. I used long strips for ease then cheated by cutting in the scarf joints to give them a better appearance. I stained them using an ebony coloured spirit dye, I was quite pleased with the result.

When I studied the plan closely to position the wale I saw that I’d shaped the stern wrongly, I had made the part below the gallery flat instead of curved, it was fairly easy to correct, I must pay more attention to the plans or I’ll end up in trouble.



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BEFORE and AFTER
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