To form the bulwarks around the bow at the inclined angle required a template was made from cereal box cardboard. A strip was cut and taped in place round the edge of the deck at the required angle and marked with a soft pencil. This gave the bottom cutting line of the bulwark. The cardboard was cut out and placed on the deck to check it fitted correctly. A small amount of trimming here and there and the template was then placed onto a sheet of 0.8mm thick plastic sheet and drawn around to give the required shape. The plastic was cut and shaped to the lines drawn and test fitted on the bow. Along the bottom edge a slight angle was sanded to give a better joint with the deck. Once happy with the fit the section was glued in place using Tamiya Extra Thin Liquid Cement as it easily runs along the joint. This was left to set overnight.
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With the bow section set the anchor recesses could be made. First a cardboard template was made to get the angles correct and then transferred to a sheet of plastic and cut out. The end of the bow bulwark was trimmed to the correct angle and the first section of the recess glued in place. Then the first section on the other side was worked on and glued in place to allow the other side to set before adding anymore sections. This process was repeated for the second and third sections to complete the anchor recesses.
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Down each side of the bulwarks are nine wash ports so the positions of these were marked onto the deck as taken from the plan. To make it easier to construct the side bulwarks I decided to divide them into three sections each containing three wash ports. More cardboard was used to get the correct curve of the deck and transferred on to the plastic sheet. This was then cut out and shaped to fit on to the deck at the correct angle. Once happy with the fit the wash port locations were marked out on the plastic and then filed to shape with a round file for the corners and finished with a flat file along the top edge. The bulwark section was then glued in place and left to set whilst working on the other side of the hull. At this moment the bulwarks are not cut to the correct height but have been marked and the excess will be removed later.
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