You are making great progress. Well done.
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Very good progress and result - and like Poul already mentioned: You are very fast !!Start of second side. This will be partial.
Often we are more critical referring our own work, because we see the model every day in a macro view - so we know often very well the unperfect areas.Quite nice! And same here... my planks have been far from perfect. But when I set it down for a few days and look again, the work is quite remarkable.
We are our own worst critics
You are right. Sometimes you do not know, what is visible and which parts not....... so there is one way to prepare everything as perfect as possible, or cleaning and final preparing afterwards only the visible parts.On the contrary, nobody can see how the frames looks when they are fully planked. so it is good if the better looking side of the frames is the one where the frames are visible.
Sounds very good - and we hope that you show us the status also with some photos ......complete ballast box. with bulkheads 2 & 3. Error on bulkhead #2 sitting 2cm too high on deck beam but easy to correct, must leave room for deck supports. Also had to make sure planks on box set close enough otherwise little ballast rocks will be flying all over the place. I just grabbed pea-gravel from our path.
Hello Poul................. I work about 4 hours in the afternoons on my model. Being retired and with our Covid restrictions I have the time.
In BC we are discouraged travel, even in our own Provence. ( like being in jail ). Keep in mind that I have not done a thing on the interior as yet, just trying to get through the #@%@X planking. I like your work, I think it will turn out very nice.
Hope she didn't read your post, LOL I always help my Admiral with 'her' to-do list.. in my spare time, though.Well, I just got retired yesterday and I thought that I also will have lots of time to spend with my models.....little did I know that my wife popped out a “honey do list”.
I think she is going to have to wait.
complete ballast box. with bulkheads 2 & 3. Error on bulkhead #2 sitting 2cm too high on deck beam but easy to correct, must leave room for deck supports. Also had to make sure planks on box set close enough otherwise little ballast rocks will be flying all over the place. I just grabbed pea-gravel from our path.
Well let me just say retirement is everything it's cracked up to be except you still don't have time to do all your stuff. But you better listen to the Boss, or else no more toys for youuuuu......
Congratulations.
oh... forgot my photos.