Session 15: Touch-ups

Just a short session by myself. The only work done was the cutting of the rope ladder and reinforcing small parts that stuck up slightly. Time Spent: ~2 hours Figure 1: Ropes (Uncut) Figure 2: Ropes Figure 3: Ship  Figure 4: Ship Figure 5: Ship ...

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Session 14: (Almost) Completed!

The penultimate session was our longest yet! Today we made the second mast and the compartment at the stern. The ship is structurally completed, all that is left are some small details that need to be glued on. Those will be done tomorrow to finalize the ship in its entirety. We started with the back...

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Session 13: Front Mast and Sail

The front mast and sail was made today in our longest session yet. The addition of the ship's front mast, complete with their trademark crew symbol really gives the model more character as we race toward completion. The crow's nest at the top of the mast was made first, small pieces for sure but due...

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Session 12: Deck Extras (Part II)

We finished the deck! Woooohooooooo! This session was spent creating the stairs [Figure 1] with our cheat tool, a hot glue gun. Even with that, it was hard to situate the pieces in such a way to make the stairs look angular, especially the two curved ones near the middle of the deck. After...

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Session 11: Bow Attachment and Deck Extras (Part I)

Long session today, but very little apparent progress to show for it. We attached the cabin [Figure 1] and the completed bow of the ship [Figure 2, 3, 4] to the main body, which looks amazing ! The reason why we made so little progress today was because after that, we began constructing...

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Session 10: Ship's Bow Complete!

Somewhat sorter session today, but great results! The disparate pieces that we created last session but did not combine were assembled into a singular unit. The lion's paws were created [Figure 1] and added to the bow first. The claws were kind of confusing but they look alright so not going...

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Session 09: Ship Bow and Figurehead

Another long session today! We started by adding the last structure to the side panel [Figure 1], which should be the final detail to that section [Figure 2, 3]. We cut out the pieces for the figurehead of the ship [Figure 4] and the pieces that made up the lion's mane [Figure...

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