Oops
I'd put on the top two strakes of the second planking, and was getting ready to stick the wales onto the hull, when something struck me as odd. The bulwarks didn't seem to be high enough, even though the instructions and drawings were clear that the bulwarks should be two plank-widths high.
A look at the box cover art seemed to show the bulwarks as three planks high. Uh oh.
By way of confirmation, I used a cannon to check the height. . . .
There's just not enough height there for the gun ports — and there will be even less when the deck planking is added. Uh oh.
Now, as is usual (I'm told) with kits, the planking supplied is just barely enough to do the job. And sure enough, I'd used every stick of the basswood for the first planking, and right now I'm thinking the walnut supplied for the second planking is going to be barely enough for that task.
So, what do do? I need to add another level of planking on top of what's already there, but I haven't the material.
Well, there's always Model Expo....
The additional timbers should be here by the end of the week.