Sovereign of the Seas - Mantua by Brian

[GrantTyler]

reasonable $199 then came UK customs and charged £76 import tax so not so good value in the end

Good morning Brian. I know your pain. We get 60% to 100% duties and at an exchange rate of 1:20 it hurts…. . Cheers Grant

 

[Bri62]

We get 60% to 100% duties

And I thought we are hard done to @ 20% vat plus handling fees

 

[Bri62]

Morning guys starting to think about planking but short of some supplies (waiting for the model shop to open)

 

[Bri62]

Made a start on the planking, to hot to be bothered so called it a day.Us Brits are wimps when it comes to hot weather give me cold windy rain

 

[Bri62]

 

[Bri62]

The instructions say to now fit the deck? doesn't make sense to me. I'm going to finish the hull unless you guys know something I don't?

 

[oldflyer]

The instructions say to now fit the deck? doesn't make sense to me. I'm going to finish the hull unless you guys know something I don't?View attachment 614319

Indeed it does NOT make sense - I'm becoming resistant to say but, I discuss that in the early pages of my log for this kit. I tossed the instruction
booklet - almost useless..

 

[oldflyer]

I would like you opinion on whether to run the bowsprit parallel to the keel as per the book or centeralised, I have drilled a pilot hole but nothing is final

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The museum images of this ship model, of the ones I've seen, all angled the mast inward enough so that the spritsail yard aligned at its center with keel stem.

 

[Bri62]

The museum images of this ship model, of the ones I've seen, all angled the mast inward enough so that the spritsail yard aligned at its center with keel stem.

Thx John, I think I'll go with that

 

[Bri62]

Plenty of clearance for the figurehead 6.5cm and lines up nicely with the keel

 

[Bri62]

Have to admit the building slip is one of my better purchases

 

[oldflyer]

Plenty of clearance for the figurehead 6.5cm and lines up nicely with the keel
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Looks just about perfect! --last image

 

[Bri62]

My OCD kicked in and I stripped all the planks off and started again I just wasn't happy with the shape of the bow.

 

[Bri62]

 

[Bri62]

Got to admit I'm struggling with the first planking

 

[CLB]

Hi Brian

I have some hopefully friendly advice here before proceeding with your planking any further. There are not enough bulkheads in this kit to support your planking. You can see it the way your planks are not forming a gentle curve as they are supposed to towards the bow. I would remove these planks and put some fillers in between the bulkheads. You can use balsa or better yet basswood. This way you can sand/fair everything properly to get the right lines and have some wood to support the planking between the bulkheads.

If you have to discard the planks you have already installed thats OK, its a long term project and buy some additional wood. Better to correct now than hope you can sand this out later before the second planking
Chris

 

[Bri62]

Thanks for the advice and agree about the bulkheads but I can't bring myself to stripping the planks a second time, I'll have to manage other builder have without the fillers

 

[AllanKP69]

My OCD kicked in and I stripped all the planks off and started again I just wasn't happy with the shape of the bow.

That is probably the most impressive post I have read today. Good for you for not accepting less than what you are striving for!!!
Allan