The Build....
Step-by-step!
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This is the page where I'll detail the build-process. Needless to
say, there'll appear to be loooooong periods of inactivity because the
kit will take me a few months to build.
The very first step for me here is to take a good look at the
contents of the kit and compare all the components with the plans and
the instructions to try and feel familiar with it all.
Another very important step is to invest some time learning all the
shipping terminology and apart from reading some good books, one of the
best places is
Bosco's Visual Glossary.
29-Sep-06 Started the model
tonight! Carefully identified the parts and marked them off. It would
seem that you build the hull in two halves which feels odd but when you
think about it, it makes perfect sense. The first half of the keel is
pinned to a "building foundation" which is a piece of supplied
MDF. Then the frames are attached, followed by the decks.
There were no problems to speak of. Any "issues" were down to lack of
modeling experience rather than kit errors. One example of this was that
once I'd glued all the frames into their slots, I noticed that a couple
of them stood proud above the deck level. Because the keel was pinned to
the foundation board, it made it difficult to correct. I had to unpin
the assembly and sand the frames down slightly before gluing the decks
on.
One very positive tip I picked up on
MSW was to dry-run all the assemblies
and that saved me from making another couple of errors. Because this is
my first model, I'm going at a snail's pace and feel like this thing's
gonna take forever at this rate :-)
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