Hi,

Thanks for the links Alan. I remember reading that before but I couldn't find now. Especially second link have very useful information and is very good written.



Stern part is finished now.

Because I changed shape and size of the windows so many times it turned out that holes for the windows are way to big for my final design.
I have to add layer of 0.5x5 mm to fit my windows before i used 2.0x5mm.



You can see here how wrong I was.



Here is the bow finished witch some sanding done. Dors are dry fitted for now because more sanding will be done after finishing the planking.Also I have to cut hole for the helm, I have this marked but is not visible on the picture.
As you can see I decided to use 45 degree pattern on top part of the bow and I have to say I really like final result.





Have a good weekend everyone!
Arek

Hi,

After long time of browsing through other members dairies, and some consultations I finally started planking! I have to say this forum is great resource for information also all help from other members is much appreciated!

When I was looking for some examples of planking in google i came across pictures of bow section San Francisco 1 and I really like the way that plank follows the curve of the hull to the head rails. without splitting between those two parts. Supplied planks are long enough to achieve that with one piece and I want to use that on my model. I just have to find some way to fit falconets at the bow.

Because off all that I started planking slightly higher than instruction says.

When I removed all laser catted parts I stored what left. Using part from the bottom of the bulwark I transferred bottom curve of the bulwark on to my ship and used this as my starting point for planking.



After that I nailed this piece in to the plywood and used as a template for my first plank. Timber was soaked in the hot water for about 20 min then simply using clamps I created curve and left this for couple hours to dry. I don't think I'm going to use this for all my planks as curve probably will change when I progress with planking but it was really helpful for the start especially doing planking for the first time.





Then I marked part that need to be curved around bow , soaked that part again in hot water and using electric plank bender I created desired curve. Have to say that was my first experience with this tool and it was very easy to create curve, just have to take your time when doing this.

Here is first plank ready to fit. By looking at the shadow of the plank you can see upward bend on the stern part and nice curve on the bow.



After all that i fitted first two planks on the top and garboard on the one side.







That was the easiest part, for now my plan is to fit second plank beside the garboard plank then I will start adding planks on the top moving downwards. I will start tapering them slightly an the bow part and see what is going to happened

Any thoughts, suggestions and comments are more than welcome !

Hi all,

Here where I'am at the moment after whole weekend of soaking, bending, tapering and gluing

I start tapering planks on the bow from second row. For all planks "work flow" was as follows:

1 - marking area at the bow that need bend and taper
2 - soaking for approx 20 min in hot water
3 - bending using electric plank bender
4 - tapering using sand paper
5 - pre-drilling holes for nails
6 - fitting

Some of planks need to be soaked again and bend again to achieve better fit.

Here is plank ready to fit



End result. Sides look fine to me but I'm getting small clinker effect on the bow. I'm assuming that all this will be gone after sanding down







Garboard palnk.



I don't like the look of that but by looking at other member dairies that how it should look, again more sanding I assume.



Bussy wekeend...

Thanks all for looking
Kind regards,
Arek

Hi Alan,

Thanks for the tip, any help is much appreciated.

Regards,
Arek

Planking looking good.



Congrats on your "Blue" medal for running a diary along with apologies that it has been overlooked for such a time.

Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

Nice start with the planking, looking good.

Graeme

Hi Arek

Looking good so far as for your planking I would add another two strips to the keel rows then start working down towards them. As you progress you may need to add more to the keel or upper hull as you go.

As for the nails once the glue is dry you can simply pull them all out and then apply warm water on to the holes to swell them shut. Any holes that are still there when it comes to the sanding stage just squirt pva into the holes and as you sand the sawdust will mix with the PVA and fill them.

Hope this helps.

Andy

You are doing excellent work on this well done regards Phil

Hi Alan,

Only looks like that on the pictures

Regards,
Arek