School for Shipmodel Building School for model ship building

[Dave Stevens (Lumberyard)]

The way i work is to start big and work the piece down to a snug fit on the model. What i am fitting is the front edge to the wale and planking, once the curve is cut in the planking it is now a matter of fitting the molding to the planking.



The more you sand and adjust the front edge the more material you're losing at the other edge, so that is why i start big to leave enough material to work both edges



You need an overlap at the stern edge for the stern planking to butt against



With a lot of shaping and testing the fit to the hull finally the molding is the proper shape and in place and a nice tight fit to the wale and planking.

 

[Dave Stevens (Lumberyard)]

Almost ready to start the upper works but first there is a molding that runs from stem to stern along the top of the bulwark planking. In model ship building it is common for one thing depending on something else and if you are doing thing out of order you find yourself in trouble. The red section of the molding is actually the edge of the cap rail so it has to go in first.



Before the cap rail can go in the gun ports have to be cut in and those are cut with a razor saw.



Oops i put the top of the gun ports in before i cut them out, no big deal i just cut through the top of the ports then redid the tops



The inside of the bulwarks has to be planked before the cap rail so i will get that done this week