St. Roch Bruce Ives

[Magic Mike]

Way to go Bruce. Beautiful craft!! Well done, Magic Mike

 

[Alex Binkley]

Hi Alex

I’m afraid I don’t have any pics of my model at that stage but you glue the wood pieces ( which are soft balsa ) into the two sides of the stern in such a way that they stick out everywhere and then carve/sand them to the shape you want. I did this after the rest of the hull was planked so I could sand them flush. I thought that getting the two sides to be symmetric would be difficult but it wasn’t. Does this answer your question?

Thanks Bruce. That's what I was thinking was the way to do it but wanted to be sure. Happy Family Day

 

[Gizmoone@123]

Nice build! What was the level of difficulty on the St Roch?

 

[BruceIves]

Very sorry for such a tardy response but life gets in the way. I think Billings says the St Roch is beginner - intermediate. I found it challenging, but because it has so many components to build I just did one bit after another until it was done. It took me a long time - much of which was taken up by my searching on the floor for the tiny part I had just dropped...