Odd jobs. The blocks are pretty good, but need staining. They come in little grip top bags, so that's handy. L to R - dark oak (deadeyes), walnut and light teak (oil based) -
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Washed off with thinners. I even made a container (is my OCD showing?) to foil the workshop gremlins -
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The longboats are white metal castings. Some clean-up necessary, but the definition is pretty good, so I will just spray them white. There needs to be a deck, so I made a card template ' -
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Planking glued to the card -
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Interiors painted, deck stained, gunwales roughly bent to shape -
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Gunwales and thwarts (seats) fitted -
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Oars and mast -
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Stands and accessories fitted on the boats -
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This is where they go on the deck -
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Chain plates. A length of pin (to be cut to length) will secure them into the hull -
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Fitted, plus some triangular strengtheners-
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The hull so far -
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I have painted the external parts for the stern -
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...but I don't like them, they are just too 'blingy'. These will be consigned to the 'might come in handy' box and I will go with some much simpler windows as per the full scale sailing reproduction.
