Centre Cabin continued...

Lemonwood now laid, and sanded, several back several times.. Robbe kit instructions show her trimmed with spruce strips, that are sanded back really hard, to a fraction of their original thickness.

As a trial, I have not done this, instead have trimmed the edges with thin mahogany strips.

Looked nice at this stage... So made a start on the 2 skylights.. Robbe supply a thin diecut ply template, to which one adds spruce strips, which are cut to size and glued.

The spruce, is much much too thick.. as you can see .

Mega sanding required to get these skylights down to a sensible level. This is after sanding... but still virgin wood, not yet oiled or treated.. and there are brass portholes and a roof hatch , yet to be added... so tis a long way from finished.

Looks okay from this view, but the sides are awful.

I have tried to cover up the splintering veneer with trim strips, and it hasnt been very succesful.. I am too emabarrased to display the side photos !

So likely I shall rip the sides off and start again.

Watch this space... Steve