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Nytetrain wrote:Always love your work Jack.  This candle and can method you use to bend your planks... could you explain your process a bit more? How do you handle really sharp bends? Hi Ron, I built my "homemade" plank-folder, that is in fact a classic of its genre and that works 100 times better than all the electric tools that are sold in model shops to bend strips. Raw material needed for the tool: - a table of MDF or plywood of adequate size and thickness, - a metal can, eventually you can build many of them of different diameter and size, - two 3mm diameter countersunk-head bolts so that they sink into the MDF and do not protrude. Here below you see the finished tool. . 01  However, there are two other vital elements for proper use: - a gas lighter, - some candles like those shown below. 02  To use it just light the candle and place it inside the can, then take the strips to fold, previously soaked in water for enough time, for limewood about fifteen minutes, place them on top of the hot can, bend at will, waiting for the wood to dry (a handful of seconds) and you've finished. With a few experience this task become a game ! Here below one example of bent strips with this method . . 03  Hoping this explanation is clear to you, kind regards, Jack.
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Great update Jack  really like your plank bending tool great job  regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Hi Jack, nice to see the planking up and away, great build. I really like your tutorial on how to make a plank bender. That's a really simple and great idea.
Happy building
David
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Thursday, December 14th, 2017
In absence of news about the building of the Ragusian Carrack, I want to wish to all of you my greetings for a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2018 . .
Regards, Jack.Aubrey.
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Merry Christmas Jack! Regards, Phil W. Completed projects: 1/43 scale Bedford HA van / 1/43 scale MG TD sports car
Current projects: 1/48 scale U-boat [U230]
Future projects: 1/148 scale railway diorama / 1/50 scale R/C Volvo F89 logging truck / 1/148 scale Thunderbirds Fireflash
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Jack And a very happy christmas to you and best wishes for a happy new year. Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower
SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette)
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Merry Christmas and happy new year Jack to you and your family best regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Merry Christmas and happy new year Jack. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year to you and your family.
Graeme
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Have a good Christmas jack, looking forward to your builds of 2018 Jase “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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Friday, December 29, 2017Here in Pisa, the cold weather gave a pause of a few days and this allowed me to resume the activities related to the (carrack) hull planking . . just the time to apply a dozen strips for each side in the area above the main deck. A new cold weather wave is expected in the coming days, so I can not guarantee any new progress soon. Below a series of images to show the work done till this date. Best regards and best wishes for a Happy New Year, Jack. 01 Ragusian Carrack/29122017/IMG_20171229_183932.jpg  02 Ragusian Carrack/29122017/IMG_20171229_183953.jpg  03 Ragusian Carrack/29122017/IMG_20171229_184007.jpg  04 Ragusian Carrack/29122017/IMG_20171229_184018.jpg  05 Ragusian Carrack/29122017/IMG_20171229_184227.jpg  06 Ragusian Carrack/29122017/IMG_20171229_184237.jpg 
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Very neat work on the start of your planking. Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower
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nice progress on the first planking
Happy New Year to you too
Jase“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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Tuesday 9 January 2018The works to install the first planking over the stern castles are now over.
Yesterday I practically finished this task.
Now I missed only a couple of finishes (ie. to trim the excess wood), and after I'll have to schedule next new activities.
I believe that, before starting the planking of the quickwork, I'll concentrate on the tasks to arrange the inside of the bulwarks (read removal of the false stanchions and reinforcement of the sides internally) and the setup of the installation of the decks, in particular the main deck.
But for now let's give a look to the work done so far.
Sincerely, Jack.Aubrey.01 Ragusian Carrack/09012018/IMG_20180109_075817.jpg  02 Ragusian Carrack/09012018/IMG_20180109_075905.jpg  03 Ragusian Carrack/09012018/IMG_20180109_075924.jpg  04 Ragusian Carrack/09012018/IMG_20180109_080031.jpg  05 Ragusian Carrack/09012018/IMG_20180109_080102.jpg 
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Hi jack Looking very nice indeed, a beautiful shape for a ship, looking forward to seeing more. Regards Paul Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Really coming along great Jack regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Wednesday 10 January 2018Refined the external contours of the quarter deck and the poop deck . .
Installed the planks for the poop deck. In this case I used strips of walnut as for the first planking of the foredeck. Today or at most tomorrow I will provide the second planking of the poop small deck with the same tanganika veneer. I am thinking to simulate the planks with a length of about 6-7 meters, which in a scale of 1:60 would mean 10-12cm.01 Ragusian Carrack/10012018/IMG_20180110_094305.jpg  02 Ragusian Carrack/10012018/IMG_20180110_094322.jpg  03 Ragusian Carrack/10012018/IMG_20180110_094242.jpg  04 Ragusian Carrack/10012018/IMG_20180110_094255.jpg 
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Thanks to Tony, Jase, Paul, Phil and all the other users who appreciate my wip of this intriguing model . . thanks again. Jack.
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The upper stern deck looks to have two differnt plank clours, I have not seen that before Jase “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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Excellent work as always, WTG Jack.  Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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