I would widen the frame, expect they did this on purpose because otherwise it would be to fragile to mill. With 5 mm your frame fits perfectly to the keel.
I'm sorry, this illustration is missing from the manual. The shadow needs to be polished off. When grinding, you need to be careful, the sharp corner is easy to break.Yes, that's the next "groove-problem" I have too ... working on Rib 57 today I noticed that the cutout was too small again... my main problem here is, the Keel is 5mm thick, the cutout 4 ... if I widen it to 5mm I'll loose almost all of the tips at its sides ... so there will be no more "brackets" holding on the side of the keel ...
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maybe I should better narrow the Keel?
How will you work that out?
Hi Paul, thanks for the latest video.Very quick update Ribbing DONE!!!, I Apologise for video quality and rambling on this one, but I accidentally deleted the part of adding the "Additional Ribs" or Spacer Ribs or " SPARE Ribs", any way you will get it. simple process push up against upper berth under neath, add glue and push into place between ribs. NO shaping or reduction needed.
Now to clean it all up internally when dry. So far impressed and the best bit, NO special tools, just the very basic's and some elbow grease! and a drink or more!.
Hello Roger. For the most part, inside sanding should be minimal -just a touch-up. I echo Paul @paulv1958, for all stem and stern 'cant frames' you should use the provided template to fair (shape) them up. There are also 5 full-frame templates. I hope you save them when cut out from the MDF board. Each frame consists of two templates: for inside and outside shapes. You must carefully trace the shape of the template, making sure it aligns across all the borders of the frame. In the end, you will be rewarded with nice and smooth transitions.Fantastic progress Paul!
So how are you going to tackle fairing the inside? Never done it myself, so would like some ideas.
Sorry , but I have to disagree here with @paulv1958While I'm waiting for the long process of ordering my kit I saw your drawings above and decided to look closer at the ship in the Anatomy of a Ship book for the Alert and noticed the two lines in the drawing (red arrows), I'm not sure what they are supposed to represent.
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Does anyone know what these lines are?