• Starting the Hull

• First Planking

• Gun Deck Planking

• Upper Deck & Planking

• Hull - First Planking

• Hull - Second Planking / Rudder

• Sanding & Painting Hull

• Wale, Cheeks & Bulwarks

• Outer Decoration / Stern Fascia

• Cannons & Channels

• Deck Fixtures & Fittings

• Preparing the Masts

• Preparing the Blocks etc.

• Rigging the Masts

• Main Rigging

Must Have Tools

• Craft Knife (with lots of blades)
• Stanley Knife
• Selection of Needle Files
• Razor Saw
• Small Wood Plain
• Small Electric Drill or Pin Vice
• A Selection of Drill Bits (from 0.5mm to 3mm)
• Sanding Block
• Selection of Sand Papers
• Selection of Good Quality Paint Brushes (Hide them from the kids!!)
• White Spirit
• Pliers and Wire Cutters (various sizes)
• Good Quality Tweezers
• Lamp with a 100w Bulb for Detailed Work
• Dividers or Compass
• Steel Ruler
• Electronic Measuring Gauge (some bits of wood are nearly identical)
• Dust Buster
• Cloths Pegs or Clamps
• Keel Clamp
• Tee-Square
• Good Quality Pencils
• Masking Tape
• Waterline Tool (or make one)
• Pin Pusher
• Small Hammer
• Plank Nipper
• Tall Vase or Equivalent for Soaking the Planks
• Modellers Bench Vice
• Large Cutting Mat

Paints, Stains and Adhesives

• White PVA Glue
• Dark Wood Dye (for topmasts and topgallant masts)
• Cyanoacrelate (thick and thin)
• Indian Ink (black for Ratlines)
• Matt Polyurethane Varnish
• 3 Tins of Black Paint (Humbrol 85)
• 1 Tin of White Paint (Humbrol 34)
• 1 Tin of Blue Paint (Humbrol 25)
• 3 Tins of Yellow Paint (Humbrol 74-linin)
• Red Paint (Humbrol matt 60 mixed with 25% matt 70) 3 Tins of 60 and 1 Tin of 70 for inside Bulwarks
• 1 Tin of Gold Paint
• 1 Tin of Etching Primer (for use on brass parts before they are painted)

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