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Complete

Got this new engravers cordless drill. Works great for minor excavating!

That was hard. Didn't help that I forgot to pre-drill some holes... actually it might have been harder with the holes

Very simple kit. Not many pieces.

Slowly but surely they drew their plans....

Finally done!

Figuring out the planking plan. Got *one* "garboard strake" plank down. Only took another 2 hours.

Initial prime coat. Tried out the PS-290 and was literally blown away by it. Seams came out well. Thinking of using Mr S...

Weathering done. Ready to assemble

Tried to get the black edges of the windows as good as I could. Masking and using black enamel paint. Happy enough with ...

Doing a dry fit and trying to figure out how to paint and assemble...

Completed

Need to find a better Q-tip...

She's done!

Straight Vallejo Flesh. Multiple layers of thinned paint.

Upgraded compressor to a 1 gallon 1.6 CFM @ 40 PSI. Added a water-trap regulator at bench level which I really like. Noi...

All parts sanded and primed

Box art

Trying some pre-shading

Using Super Clean to de-chrome. Amazing stuff. So quick and simple.

Messed up the body trying to do fancy masking for the panel lines....