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about the "frames"
As the kit calls them - frames - or formers.
Cut out all the frames from 1mm card, not too much fun. Took about 1.5 hours and chose to use good scissors, though did try and switch to dull knife for a time, and while trying to distract myself with something else while cutting. Still, I can only imagine trying to make them all out of wood would take a great deal longer, and would be much more expensive. Next up I cut out reverse pieces from thin unmounted card and glued them to the reverse side, sealed the edges with white glue, flattened them under wax paper and books to harden up and dry flat.
Next step is to attach the port frames to the port side keel, then add the deck with the frame tips fitting up through slots in the deck. Since I know my frames *may* not line up exactly with the slots in the deck, or fit the edges exactly, I’m thinkin I might put the frames in the slots first, and see where it all lines up, before just going ahead with attaching them.
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