Finishing the Hull

| April 16, 2007

The deck and bulwark planking having been finished to my satisfaction, I could finally turn to the hull exterior. First, though, I drilled and shaped the hole through which the rudder head would extend above the deck; the rudder itself had yet to be addressed by the kit instructions, but I found it in the […]

Just When You Thought The Planking Was Finished

| February 6, 2007

I’ve been model-making rather than writing. I’m horrible. So anyway…. The hull planking having been completed, I next turned my attention to the deck planking. The supplied material — .5mm x 4mm strips of something neither basswood nor walnut… maybe tanganyika wood — was a bit disappointing; the color tone was inconsistent, and the edges […]