Very nice.
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Royal Louis - Mamoli
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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.
BEFORE and AFTER
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.
BEFORE and AFTER
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Been there done that on the wales.
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Hi Vic. I’ve built quite a few models now but this was the first time I’ve done the wales this way, it was so simple yet effective I wish I’d started doing it much sooner
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The build continued. Not a great deal to show for many hours of work, but good progress all the same. The planking on the upper part of the hull is made up from boxwood, 1x3mm strips, this gives distinctive lighter colour bands between the ports without the need to paint, I like seeing the wood grain so was pleased with the unusual choice of wood. This is quite a large hull so I’m sure you’ll appreciate the extra time that it took using narrow 3mm planks and having to size them exactly between the ports. I completed the first section then put the middle wale on which was made up from 2x3mm walnut strips. I stained the wale ebony again but before doing that I sealed the boxwood so that I would be able to wipe it clean if some stain got onto it. It was coming along nicely as I’d hoped.
