Hi all,

First model ship for me and I pretty much have most of the early planking done.

Just a few questions around the rear of the ship. I am very happy with my sides and front but am not sure if I need to do some tweaking around this part.

3 photos uploads.
The side with a light sanding except for the rear prior to a little wood filler. I am very happy with this but if I've done anything wrong feel free to advise me.

The rear top I have 3 questions around. The top circle there is a bulge outward as the rib there was very pointed to the very keel, Im not sure if it should bulge or if I should take off the top plank and sand the rib away so the plank sits flush or not.

The second mark going down the rudder bit the last four planks have a fairly prominent curve thats close to a bend, should I fill this in a little so the rib to the anchor area is a very light curve or is this correct.

The third line is a question about should there be a nice curve I can fill where the planks intersect at close to right angle or is the sharp direction change suppose to be how it is.


I also have a fairly downward trending straight line from the edge of the side where the planking curves towards the rudder area and at the rudder area its a fair bit lower (looking downwards) straight line to where the planks change direction. Should I raise the lat 3 or 4 planks to make this look roughly horizontal looking from the rear.


Last question.
When I undercoat the ship, do I need to use a different glue to add the extra wood and metal parts or does wood glue work fine on paint to wood/metal?


Thank you
Regards
G

Thanks for the help. Here is the 2 pics you asked for.

Ty, the bulge I was aware at the time that it looked a bit weird but I didn't want to take any more off in case it was meant to be there. So I will just remove the first row, sand it down and that should be good.

I was intending to put some filler in the other area if I needed to but once again wasn't sure so that's good to have that clarified.

Is the angle from the sides to center correct at the back it looks a little weird but not having any idea what its suppose to look like I wasn't sure. I didn't see a picture square on to confirm from your link but I suspect its suppose to look a little weird.

Also where the transition at the back from the horizontal to the vertical suppose to be a nice smooth rounded transition or a fair sharp one like in my rear photo. I haven't trimmed anything at the back in case I have to modify it a little.


Lastly. When I use some undercoat on this to protect it, does normal wood glue work to glue the metal and wood pieces on further down the build or do i have to get some other type of glue to bond.

Thanks once again.

Hi G,

Have attached a couple of pics showing the stern of my build taken square on so you can see how it should look.

If using a wood undercoat then the use of PVA to glue wood to wood shouldn't present you with any problems and when gluing metal to wood I tend to use either a Superglue Gel or a 2 part epoxy...

Hope this helps..

Regards

Alan

Happy to be of help. I'll be here if you need any further assistance.... Good luck with the rest of the build....

Regards

Alan