Hello Forum Friends,
I'm building a swan class ship from the 1770's. I've built the 'lower' deck and I'm just getting started on the 'upper' deck. As I'm fitting the upper beams into the hull I can't help but notice that they seem to line up vertically with the lower deck beams (or nearly so).
Here is my question: should the deck beams be vertically lined up? That is, should they be perfect? I suspect I have not transferred beam locations on either the upper or lower decks perfectly so my beams are very close (with a few millimeters) but they are not exact. But I can make them exact if that is the way they would have been installed on the real ship.
Your guidance please!
I'm building a swan class ship from the 1770's. I've built the 'lower' deck and I'm just getting started on the 'upper' deck. As I'm fitting the upper beams into the hull I can't help but notice that they seem to line up vertically with the lower deck beams (or nearly so).
Here is my question: should the deck beams be vertically lined up? That is, should they be perfect? I suspect I have not transferred beam locations on either the upper or lower decks perfectly so my beams are very close (with a few millimeters) but they are not exact. But I can make them exact if that is the way they would have been installed on the real ship.
Your guidance please!