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Hi,
I've been thinking about buying some walnut strip from Cornwall models to plank the lower hull. A couple of members of the forum have suggested that a walnut veneer over the supplied basswood planks would be more appropriate because after the whales have been put in place, the extra marginal thickness would not be noticable. Also,it was pointed out that walnut is a more difficult wood to work with given some of the extreme contours involved in our build.
After some thought, I still feel that I'd like to use the walnut strip on the build but I have concerns now about it being to hard a wood to use being as I'm new to this. Surely though given sufficient soaking in hot water the strips would become more maleable? However I would value your expertise on this if you could help.
Many thanks and happy building
Daffy09
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Veneer is so thin its pretty easy to bend in all direction, any other 2mm wood like walnut would be extremely hard, I'm sure other would agree.
Its still worth getting the first layer of planking as good as you can, once you've done that and start adding your walnut veneer it should look the parts, but don't over sand the veneer as its so thin you don't want to have the lime wood showing through.
Walnut Strip 0.5x5mm, I guess it worth a try, personally I've not used this but buy a small quantity and try it out.
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Thanks Colin
I've got a little more information under my hat now, so I guess I'll just put my aspirations for the build on hold and get on with the basic build. I can't make any mods till the hull is finished anyway so I've got plenty of time to consider all my options now.
Thanks for you advice on that.
daffy09
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I know this was directed to Tomick and Zep. but may I just add my experience...I decided on the Walnut lower hull route and listened to the advice "It is very brittle breaks easily" and indeed this is good advice...however I decided to procede with the Walnut ...it has been a sharp learning curve and I have broken a few strips...what does make life easier is as Zep.has stated read the book follow the Tomick instructions...ie droppers etc and slowly it is coming right "I think"... look at the strips look at the run of the grain etc. Dave C H.M.S Victory
H.M.S Victory X Section
H.M.S Surprise under the bench
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Hi Trotsky, Brilliant  Thanks for that info. You could say that's just what I needed to make my decision. I did buy a book called " Planking techniques for Model Ship Builders" which I'm re-reading following all the advice I have been given on the subject. I'm still only half-way up the hull at the moment, (just cut my second row of gun-ports), so I've got a while before I have start tackling the lower hull. I'm finding it really satisfying to see the taking shape now. So after the challenge of the upper hull, I think I'm ready for the bigger challenge using a 'harder' wood. I don't mind if I make a few mistakes along the way, that's just part of the fun. Thanks again and happy building Daffy09
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