Artesania Latina Hermione Plank on Bulkhead

Stem and keel installed.  

This should be interesting.  I will follow this closely!

Bill

Thanks!I think it will be fun.

Philo,

These kits are frequently denigrated, but, with care, solid research, some "surgical skills", and the replacement of some out-of-scale parts, they can be turned into excellent models.  I enjoy building them, as I do all historic sailing ship kits.  I am looking forward to see what you do with this kit.

Bill

Thanks!Got some work done on the stern piece.  

Nicely done!

Bill

Thanks,it looks pretty good.I wonder if I should glue a piece of white plastic behind the windows?

That's an interesting idea.  I would dry fit it to see the effect before doing something permanent.  I also saw your posting on MSW. 

Bill

Another wood scale model....fantastic!

Now I have to get ready to plank the hull.

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Soaked the first planks in water and bent them over a couple cans.I will let them dry and install them later.  

carved and sanded some balsa on the bow.  

philo,

Have you looked at any photos of the replica ship?

Bill

Further progress    

Coming along nicely......

Rob

Thanks!

Nice job with the planking!

Bill

Yes it is going well thus far.

Gett   ing ready to plank the lower hull.Nice clean construction so far!    

Plnked up the lower hull.I ran out of basswood planks so had to replace some with mahogany(The 15 planks i bought on Friday were not enough!).It is ok because I plan to either paint the hull white or copper it.I should have not put the bulwarks on the rear deck because they were damaged due to the force required to drive the nails into the bulkheads.Now I have to fill the larger cracks with wood strips followed by some filler.Coming along pretty well.  

Transitioning the curves of the hull can be problematic...and requires custom cut planks that fit in the spaces left over by symetrical planks.

Lots of sanding and filler....are you going to add a second layer planks?

Rob

Yes in retrospect I should not have added the lower  two planks to the side but I am not willing to remove them so it will remain as it is.Future builds will be different as I have learned much from this build.I am not sure about a second layer of planking.I raided this kit of the wood so that I could complete the Ersarzia and The Admiral Vernon.That is why I am using basswood as it is readily available at local craft stores and relatively inexpensive. 

I'll be watching this and you're planking. I have several wood plank ships and have quite a time with them.

Yes it us a bit tricky ,but very doable and much more interesting than a solid hull.

Philo,

Have you made any progress?

Bill

Yes,I primered the hull and am getting ready to airbrush the white.     

Good beginning. Waiting to see the end results.

  Happy modeling   Crackers  

Yeah!I will make it look good,I am good at that!

I airbrushed Tamiya flat white as a guide coat.needs a little more body work but it should be fine.Just for fun i did a paint test with Tamiya Desert Yellow,Lemon Yellow and Model Master Flat Black.I like the results.