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Arthur   Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 3019 | Norman: That planking looks to have turned out nice and smooth. If you're painting it, the use of a spot of filler will be no problem whatsoever. I've just finished the hull planking on Vanguard. The first planking was 7mm wide and the second planking was 5mm wide. It seems counter intuitive but fitting the wider planks was actually easier than fitting the narrower ones! A couple of dropped planks at 7mm a time gets you quite a bit of space.  | ||
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 Registered Member #1932 Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pmPosts: 170 | It's quite surprising that, where the planking looks very uneven, after a bit of scraping and sanding I find that the planking is pretty good. There are less gaps that need "caulking" than I thought there would be. I couldn't imagine going through it all again as you have. Mind you when I first contemplated building this model I couldn't contemplate making it frame for frame, now I wish that I had. I am looking forward to finishing this one in order to start on a more accurate model. | ||
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| Arthur Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 3019 | Norman: Krick's instructions for my Gulnara kit were at least honest. They said "Our model is double skinned. Double skinned means double the work."  | ||
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| Registered Member #121 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 04:41amPosts: 429 | Norman one thing to remember. After you are done sanding, blow the hull with an air can or if you have a compressor use that. You will find there are more gaps than you thought. I have experienced that a couple times before I caught on. Even though I wiped the hull down with a tack cloth prior to staining. You start painting or staining and bam, there is a gap not previously seen. Tom | ||
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| Registered Member #1932 Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pmPosts: 170 | Yes Tom, I have fallen into that trap more than once. Once I've finished sanding and have cleaned it down I shall give it a coat of primer and then refill any holes, resand and then prime again. I think that I might thin the primer as I dont want the paint so thick as to hide the detalis. Wow Arthur, I've had a look at your Vanguard log, I've a way to go! | ||
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| Arthur Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 3019 | Thanks Norman, but you're the one scratch building! | ||
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| Registered Member #1932 Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pmPosts: 170 | I've given one side its first coat of primer. I am surprised at how few gaps there are to fill. I deliberately did not try to sand it too smooth for fear of losing all of the planking detail. If I had done so I might just as well made it from fibreglass.   | ||
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| Registered Member #1932 Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pmPosts: 170 | I did a bit of painting yesterday. I had planned on painting it from the beginning but on completion of the planking had second thoughts but then decided it was better to cover my mistakes, only to find that painting adds more! I am quite pleased with the frames on the rear windows, I initially planned to cut them from thin card but could not get consistent results so I made a jig upon which I wound some thread and then glued each crossover and then painted when it was dry. The result was stiff enough to handle and cut to size. I still have some touching up to do but I am mostly happy with the result. For my next model I might try to get the best of both worlds by using wood dye for the colour which would still allow all the detail to show. (if I get it right!)    | ||
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| Registered Member #121 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 04:41amPosts: 429 | Norman the hull looks great. Like you say if it is too smooth it won't look correct. After all a wooden planked ship looks like a wooden planked ship. Too smooth and it looks made of steel or fiberglass. Good job Tom | ||
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| Registered Member #1932 Joined: Fri Dec 02 2011, 10:02pmPosts: 170 | The painting is now complete. All I have to do is to give it a coat of satin varnish to tone down the awful gloss finish and then I can float it in the bath to see how it sits. Next the rigging!   | ||
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