Holy smokes! That is some model. I had a model of the Missouri back in the early 60s. My father got tired of seeing it and had me get rid of it. So we wired her with cherry bombs, made little fire pots around her deck to simulate battle damage, lit the fuses and gave her a push. Her ending was glorious!!

That piece you're using to align the keel to 90° would be known as a right triangle ruler in junior high school. A protractor is shaped like a semicircle and measures degrees. Upon closer inspection, it looks like you have a 2-in-one unit capable of both functions. A carpenter would simply call it a square (even though it's triangular) because its purpose is to square two pieces together.

Protractor.

“To make it a little bit more stiff” = To make it rigid.

This will be a great build series. I will follow every step.

Impressive...!! Did not know that this kind of ship could be build in wood. Looking forward to your progression! Good luck!!

Looking forward to this build. Subbed here.

Buenas tardes a todos

The little plastic device in Dutch we call it a "geodriehoek". I used this in math class voor angel calculitions etc. In Englisch it is called a protractor. I used google translate, so when its wrong blame them. Good luck.

Im looking forward to watching this build, It certainly looks very long

Perhaps docking bumpers

That is humgous didn't mind the music ? Great job and build 👍💞🍺🙏💪

That is not a Sterling kit! I actually have one on a shelf somewhere.  You should find some used sealed lead acid batteries, the kind used in UPS systems. They make awesome weights for keeping part aligned and flat.  Those holes in the hull are vents for the  pumps, waste water, and drains for the upper decking. Their positions coincide with equipment placement in the engine rooms and boiler rooms, there is also a aft generation room and evaporators where you see the group of holes near the stern.

This is going to be amazing to follow and new to me.

Beautiful pictures and nice paper manuals. I wonder why they're just stapled together instead of professionally bound.

I find uesing clamps and machines 1,2,3 blocks work well for me

Cut the corner of the bord to fit in side the rib or a Lego block it's that easy

What ambitious project. I'll subscribe to this. I've missed my weekly dose of shipbuilding since Tally Ho was launched. So what's your name and where are you from? Did Occre sponsor this?

Holy fanden that is massive!!! Great start. This is going to keep you busy for quite some time. I'm already pulling up a chair to watch 😉

Very nice job.  Very labor intensive You have a lot of patience........I'm curious why you use white glue.  CA is faster, cleaner, and stronger

You're right there are no portholes. But on the picture i Saw, there are some protuberences on the actual hull nearby thé points you showed.