BROADSIDES BOARD -- POST #4

The project continued. Now came the tedious task of using glue to affix "wood planks" to the deck. I tried to stagger the sticks in length, and cut them at odd angles sometimes to give the planks a realisitc look.

I added a white foam container to serve as an elevated part of the ship's deck. Here I placed three wooden shower curtain rings that I bought at Goodwill awhile back. I started to glue them down three at a time using Elmer's Glue All. I found out the hard way that surface tension and the expanding glue didn't allow me to stack more than three at a time unless I wanted the rings sliding apart and ending up all crooked.

Then I cut out a small area in the top of the main deck in order to add a cargo space. I used styrene grating that I bought awhile back.

I placed a lid from an air freshener (painted silver) on the foamboard of the deck to simulate a steam vent. I then planked around the "vent" with my wooden planking. I also glued the "steam engine" into place and started to plank around it as well.