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| Peter Foele |
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 Registered Member #4491 Joined: Mon Sep 22 2014, 01:09pmPosts: 141 | Hi All, another small update, I am now over halfway with planking the hull.      | ||
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| Peter Foele |
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| Registered Member #4491 Joined: Mon Sep 22 2014, 01:09pmPosts: 141 | I had to use some weird and wonderful methods for making sure the planks made full contact with the bulkheads and did not end up looking like little steps.   See y'all later Slainte Peter | ||
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| John D |
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  Registered Member #4272 Joined: Sat Sep 07 2013, 12:36pmPosts: 67 | Bluenose really is a beautiful boat, and you're doing it justice! That's an interesting technique you're using there with the cross-hatched planks. Is that to maintain the 3D geometry of the curve? | ||
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| Peter Foele |
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| Registered Member #4491 Joined: Mon Sep 22 2014, 01:09pmPosts: 141 | Hi John, Thanks for your kind words yes, when gluing the planks in place I noticed a small gap between the plank and bulkheads - particularly where the hull curves a bit sharper near the stern. A rubber band was sufficient higher up, but now they no longer even touch the planks, and holding them in place like that seemed the most flexible (i.e. adaptable) technique I could think of. Peter | ||
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| aew |
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Arthur   Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 3070 | That looks to be an excellent planking job. Try using blocks of wood between your elastic bands and the planks. Lego bricks work even better if you have any; the glue doesn't stick to them. | ||
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| Peter Foele |
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| Registered Member #4491 Joined: Mon Sep 22 2014, 01:09pmPosts: 141 | hi All, time for another update. managed to complete the hull planking. The bottom plank was a bit of a challenge: the width of the gap was slightly less than 1.5 x the width of the planks provided with the kit. As I did not fancy playing with half a plank width and only a few inches long, I obtained some planks in the local shop. They are obechi and therefore much whiter than the normal planks, but as the hull will be painted I thought it did not matter.   Here are some pictures taken from different angles. There are some small gaps at the ends of planks, these will be closed with some wood filler mixed with sawdust.     Next step (after playing with the wood filler) will be to attach the top two planks on both sides. I have 5 bulkheads on each side that I can use (they will have to be narrowed a bit, but are in the correct position). All other bulkheads will then be replaced with ones that are separated to scale. I am not sure how to tackle the top-plank - I will probably make one from several bits using joinery, rather than trying to bend a plank in 3 dimensions. Slainte Peter | ||
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| Bill Edgin |
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  Registered Member #4362 Joined: Wed Jan 22 2014, 02:37amPosts: 372 | Your doing a great job! | ||
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| Peter Foele |
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| Registered Member #4491 Joined: Mon Sep 22 2014, 01:09pmPosts: 141 | Hi All, thanks for the nice works, and your tip Arthur. unfortunately I gave all my Lego blocks to my cousin - and he said 'once given, always given', so that is a no-no by the looks of things. Time for some kit-bashing. As mentioned before, the bulkheads were way too far apart  So I started by gluing in small strips of 1.8 x 2 mm obechi strips.   After the glue had set I cut them off with a small saw, and sanded the tips flush with the planks. I made sure that both sides of the deck had the same height of planking above deck.  The kit provided a balsa part to cover the stern. As I did not like the look of that I started planking the stern instead.  It was only then that I remembered I had bought the Eisner plans, so I decided to have a closer look to them. It appeared that those plans indicate that the stern is slightly curved - not flat. So I used a wood file to see what it would look with the small curve. It looked horrible, so I took everything off.  I bent some planks a little, and glued them together. This 'board' was then roughly shaped to match the stern.  Once this was glued on, I used a sanding stick to make sure it all was nice and flush. I am happy with the way it looks now, so I think i' am ready to start tackling the deck. Here some pictures of how the stern looks now. The black and white board is to give an idea of how big/small the model is - each mark is 2cm wide.    | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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 Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1776 | Excellent job on the stern. Looks great. Also, the stanchions along the bulwarks are nicely placed and finished. Gene | ||
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| Peter Foele |
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| Registered Member #4491 Joined: Mon Sep 22 2014, 01:09pmPosts: 141 | Thank you Gene, coming from you this means a lot from me, as I greatly enjoy your builds and aim to reach that level in the future. | ||
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