It was good of you to bring the point up, it was only after I read what I had put, did I realise it was a bad example, but between you, Collin and myself I think we managed to make three points, so a winner all ways lol

Thanks for the prais on the graphics, I love doodling etc but need loads of practice. Im using Abode Photoshop 7, my wife bought it for me when I was trying to take up Photography, but the science of the hobby completely blew me away It's a good programe, I usually use it for making forum Graphics for a few sites I invade.

Here are some of the graphics I have made




Some clan medals



Some forum buttons







all the above were made with Abode Photoshop 7

PS Sorry for going well of topic

Sorry Mike I will be feeling guilty all day now

Trust me I'm not rich, the wife might be as I haven't seen my wallet for over a year now We got a copy from PC World a couple of months back, it was on sale for £59

Continuing on from the fairing of the hull and as mentioned before about laying a plank across the frames, these pictures show what a bulldog clip can achieve.

I got these pretty cheap and the idea really as mentioned is to help hold the planks in place until the glue has set, as I did with my bounty hull originally was to hold with my fingers, as you can expect this caused a lot of problems namely super gluing the tips of my fingers to the wood, not good!

These can be used when fairing as the example below shows.


The clip, 3 clips makes 2, the pictures shows how its done.



There is not a massive amount of tension onto the wood being held, but more than enough to hold the plank in place.


Another option is to keep the clip as it is and add a small bit of wood to hold the plank down.


I've just layed this down as an example following the lower deck.


This picture show frame 15, as mentioned before this needs to be faired/sanded quite a bit, small bits at a time and re check.


Its another option especially if you don't want to have nail holes in the wood.

if you use the brass pins,don't knock 'em right in.so they can be removed later,

Damn good idea Colin..where did you get the clips from??....much obliged...

Thanks a lot Colin, it's just that you posted pics of them up here, and its the first time I've seen em used that way..still a brill idea though mate...I will certainly get some myself...cheers pal...

Hi John,

I think the usual practise is to knock the pins part way in to hold the plank while the glue sets and then cut the heads off with side cutters and then sand down. If this is wrong someone please correct me.

Jimmy

True, pound shops are a great place to look for tools and stationery. I've had some great little finds in these. My last was a set of 8 little plastic clamps. Always worth looking in them before forking out more anywhere else.