The Great Republic 1:48

I have a confession to make. I didn't hit a lick at the GR this whole past week. As I said before bad things come in threes and the third thing was my sciatic nerve went crazy and laid me up for the whole week. I am better now but it sure hurt bad for awhile. So there is no progress on the GR at all and everything sits as I left it last week.
Looks like I'll have to try it again this week coming up. Cheers!
 
It's been two weeks since my last post and it took every bit of that time to finish the second deck. Guess I was too optimistic on the time it would take to finish this dek but it's finally done and looks pretty good I think. The next deck will be at the sheerline and I'll need to level out the sides so the line is equal on both sides. It's close now but I can get it refined a bit too. I have given up on installing any cargo on these decks. The decks are way to big and I just can't bring myself to spend the bucks for that. I also think the cargo would add a lot to the weight of the model and it's going to weigh enough as it is. I've let the second deck run into the stern area since there is more room at this level than below.The sheerline deck will have housing cabins on it so there will be some cargo area below it under the rear cabin for the Captain. I still don't know what this area is supposed to look like but I'll know pretty soon. Another thing is the stanchions for the next deck. They are all turned posts in the plans so I'm going to try and figure out a way to turn them all the same. May as well learn how to do this now as there are turned stanchions all along the upper rail too. However as soon as the decks are complete to the sheer plank level I'll be able to turn the hull over an start on the planking for the outside.
Meantime here are a few pis of the latest progress.
#1) Stem to stern picture of the semi finished second deck. Still need the holes drilled for the masts.
#2) Stern section with the second deck extended to the stern frame. The lower deck was stopped by the mast step framing.
#3) The second deck extends into the very stern area with more cargo room. It's narrow back there.
#4) Bow to stern. The larger holes are for the water tanks which I think I'll fashion from brass.
#5) A shot showing the interior under the second deck.
#6) the lower cargo area but not enough room to get a good picture.

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Rob or Rich once suggested making a special blade from a piece of steel for turning multiple stanchions. Can anyone elaborate on how to go about making such a blade? Can these blades be bought? Not sure where to start and what kind of metal to use. Pete
 
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