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Hi Robert.
Looking good.
The Sapele is like the Mahogany on my san francisco 2, To get it to bend easily I left the plank in boiling water for a couple of minutes, then if you have an elecy plank bender get the bend with that, if you don't have one I used my wife's iron to do it. It works a treat and saves on breakages of the wood. ( the ends with a major bend like the first 2 planks at the rear just soak for 15 minutes will allow you to bend and twist them..
Hope you don't think I'm interfering..
Cheers Chris..On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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No NOT at all magpie m8. I use wooden moulds and if I need one I make a jig 4 it. keep your comments a coming it all helps. Regards
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Well that's the first two Sapele planks done now for the hard part lol    Regards
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This where I am Determining where the fist of the Sapele planks should start.   Regards
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Surprise is looking absolutely great...what will be the exact length of it? Looking for a second build...  Current Builds: Deagostini HMS Victory: Deagostini HMS Sovereign of the seas. Completed Builds: Del Prado: HMAS Bounty: Hachette: RMS Titanic: Del Prado: Cutty Sark...
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BIG...lol
Looking good there Robert, Getting those first planks right is hard.
Well worth building. I am enjoying my build. I am sure the rest of us HMS Surprise builders are too.  On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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magpie1832 wrote:BIG...lol
I am enjoying my build. I am sure the rest of us HMS Surprise builders are too.  Go on..rub it in why don't you  Rob Nolli Illigitimi Carborundum!!!Current Builds: HMS Victory, SV Thermopylae
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magpie1832 wrote:Hi Robert.
Looking good.
The Sapele is like the Mahogany on my san francisco 2, To get it to bend easily I left the plank in boiling water for a couple of minutes, then if you have an elecy plank bender get the bend with that, if you don't have one I used my wife's iron to do it. It works a treat and saves on breakages of the wood. ( the ends with a major bend like the first 2 planks at the rear just soak for 15 minutes will allow you to bend and twist them..
Hope you don't think I'm interfering..
Cheers Chris.. Looking at all of the pictures here are the planks supplied in one long length to go from stem to stern or are they shorter lengths please? Only asking because I am not sure when I eventually get mine what to use to soak them in. Not sure a washing up bowl would be large enough. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Kind regards Tony
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ajbird74 Please see Ask you re general questions here at Ask you re general questions Regards
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  Regards
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Hi Robert,
Looking good there now with the planks going in place. The sapele is less forgiving than the limewood isn't it..
I am ordering the walnut planks for mine next week so I can crack on with the hull.
Thanks Chris.. On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Hi Chris, Yes it is coping well though for now Regards
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you really have to love the way the planks bend and curve and compliment each other where the colours meet dont ya?
any updates recently on this?
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Yes the planks do look nice, will post pics later. today Regards
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for my sark build im giong to follow the planking guide to beginners with those odd planks...stealers? i want to avoid getting those long thin planks that you could stab someone to death with lol. mostly because i stabbed my finger on one of them on the longboat and snapped it lol. but i think the result will look alot more realistic and nicer too.
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