New parts!!!

The first post in over a month! It really doesn't seem that long ago that I last posted, but there you are!

Partly this is due to being very busy with buying a house but mostly it is to do with Model Space having troubles with their stock and not shipping my second installment until now! Although this was pretty frustrating, they have been very good at responding to queries and have done everything they can to make up for the problem, which is nice! So hopefully from here on out updates will come much more regularly.
Not much to report at this stage, other than to say that the second installment contains the next two cut sheets pictured below:

These cut sheets contain the following parts:

- 11 Bulkheads (referred to as Frames on the parts list) meaning that I now have all the bulkheads
- 2 Stern Knightheads (not sure what these are, I'm sure I'll find out soon enough!)
- Two Stern strengtheners in vertical keel (These sound pretty self explanatory. The stern refers to the rear part of the ship)
- The first bulkhead at the bow. (The bow is the front of the ship. The first bulkhead looks like it will be an important one as it is situated at the point where the hull planks will do the most dramatic bending)

Looking at the next set of instructions my first step will be to construct the "winding frame." I'm not really sure why it is referred as a winding frame, but from what I can see it is basically the structure which forms the shape of the bow. There are 6 "winding frames" which are glued perpendicular to the first frame at the bow. This gives a solid surface to lay the planks around the bow to stop them from buckling. I think I will need to add additional supports between the winding frame so that this section is as solid as possible to make the hull planking as easy as possible.

I will then need to fit all the remaining frames into the vertical keel. At this stage I'm still unsure about whether I should be glueing them square or waiting until I have the deck. I'll put my thought in more detail in the next post when I come to fit them.

Finally the stern collars and knightheads need to be fitted to the stern of the ship.

Hopefully the next post will be soon with some actual work done on the ship!

Happy building,

Jonny.