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Well shes got a name on her now, I feel shes looking like a ship now and with the lines on the side the proportions are looking better (I did think without them she was looking slab sided)

Hi all well I'm on to the gunwale covers (why they are called that I dont know, they cover nothing have nothing to do with guns and what wale's are I've no idea) anyway I've made a jig to get all the holes in the same place. Drilled all 52 holes Gunwales installed Bit annoyed with the instructions (and myself for not checking) they tell you to drill 52 holes @ 1.5 mm but the brass wire they supply is only 1 mm

Bit more done on this.

Hi all, more progress it's a good kit as regards fit the instructions on the other hand.

Hi all planking done and varnished, made up the stand, painted the black top part and added some more to the decking structure.

Finally finished the planking of the hull, luckily the top half is black so I can hide the bad bits under the paint, I'm really pleased with the bottom half though which is good since I will just be varnishing that and leaving the wood to show. I must admit its turned out far better than I hoped it would.

Looking good

Hi all, sooo close Shaping the planks to fit the ever narrowing spaces (scharf joints I think their called ) is a very slow job (and each one is a different shape) but it is surprisingly satisfying when they finally fit.

More done to this one, it's a nice little kit and goes together well.

First 2 wings complete and a mockup of them on the plane (this thing will be huge)

Rigging of these ships is quite a complex thing. Airfix do simplified rigging instructions on most of their model ship kits I would suggest downloading some of those. Rigging of this ship would really add to it no end, you would be amazed at the transformation (it would be easier than doing the sails and it would have more impact imho) just start with the standing rigging and work out from there.

Great pictures of a great model.

Planking nearly done now Hope things carry on the way they are.

Got some work done on the middle wing

Bit more done to this.

Well got the upper wing structure done (shes going to be a fair size)

Well got the upper wing structure done (shes going to be a fair size)

Hi all couldn't resist a bit of varnish (just to see the beauty of the wood grain)

That is a beautiful ship.

That's a great looking ship

Hi all I know I shouldn't yet but I wanted to see how she would look when sanded down so had a quick go. I know still Leeds a bit of filling in places but I'm really chuffed how it looks at the moment.

Hi all heres my next foray into balsa model aircraft, the instructions are in another league to hobby kings (mind you its dwarfed by hobby kings Fokker)

More work on the planking, getting there (mind you so is christmas)

Hi all more progress on this

Water based stain Pete. Hi all more progress on this, I'm really enjoying this, I'm considering adding the serves and control cables just to add more interest to the finished plane.