1733- 36 gun- Dutch armed merchant ship--Hof van St Janskerke

outside sealed with glue--ready to epoxy inside.  

2 left  

3 from keel.  

four from keel on port side.  

Thanks for the post Nino.  As to the " caulk the lines ", When the port side is finished from gun deck to keel--I will : paint the out side of the hull with glue to seal it up.  Then paint the the inside of the hull with marine epoxie to seel it against bilge woter . oops--forgot.  All the decks come out the back.  Then file off the glue on the out side to smoth the hull= my eyes have gotten week and the collar change of the glue on the wood helps me due this.  Then I will glue in the lower gun deck with the locations of the cannons marked. Then plank the sides of the lower gun deck.  Then cut the holes for the the cannon ports.  And THEN-plank the " inside " of the hull.  Then repeat this prosess for the upper gun deck--and so on.  Thanks agen for the post Nino.

Thanks for the close-up shots.  Hull looks good. Caulk the lines, ballast the hull and I bet she floats perfect.

 Looks like you'll be done with the Lower hull planking and can get to the Gun decks. Putting in the Gun ports will be informative for me. Will you Plank around them or Plank the full hull and cut in the Gun ports?

Thanks.  It is a great view from the back seat.   Don't let any big trucks park next to you, it'll spoil the lighting.

       Nino.

sent you a PM rwiederrich.

starboard side planked from lower gun deck to keel.  And back to work on the port side.    

Super job for sure....Just one question that is plagueing my mind....

Why are you building this model in your car in parking lots around the community?

Is it a new *thing*?  Or are you that short of space?

Rob

two planks left to finish the starboard side.  

closing up the starboard side      

and from the stern.  

oops--looks like I skipped posting the 17th.plank--o-well, here's the 18th. plank pinned and drying.  

and the 16th. plank pined and drying.    

here are thows close up picks you asked for Nino.        

Great to here from you Nino--I soke the planks in apple vinigur for 20 minets, then squish them a little bit with a pair of nidle nose plyers to ferther soffen then-giveing them a little bit of a bend with each squish.  Please try this--I have never had a problum.  Yes- use pins, but no need to use steam.

Wow. Your skill at trimming the planking shape and making such tight fits is mind-boggling.  Nice forming of the hull curves too. I have but one wood ship to practice on. I have tried bending planks to fit but the compound curves never work for me.  Guess I need more steam, better glue, and pins instead of clamps. 

    I would love to see bigger pics of this "dashboard build" if you can manage it.

    Love your work. It's a wonderful season to be building. 

            It's "SanteClous" time.

      Nino.

P.S. When your ship is completed, will you display it in the "Car Port"?

15th. plank glued.  

up to date.  

up date.  

up date.  

up date.  

up date.  

tenth plank glued and eleventh pined and drying.  

side view.  

eight and ninth planks glued on and tenth plank pinned and drying.  

from the stern.  

side view.  

Thank you Kilo.  Here are three views of the seventh plank glued and pined in place.