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court orchard wrote:Black paper works well, you can sand or scrape any excess off after the glue has dried. Thread is far too fiddly for me and as you say, ink leaches and this can be quite variable depending on the individual grain of the plank. Treenails look really good at the butt joints, if you can get them right. Have fun  Thanks for the tip Andy, hadn't thought of black paper, will give that one serious consideration.... As this area is a trial area and mostly out of sight then I will have a go at treenailing, after all if you don't try you don't succeed.... Thanks again....  Regards Alan
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Hi Alan, If you look at my build, page 3, you can see I have used black fishing line, really easy to use, and looks nice and sharp, I used it length ways and at the plank to plank joints. I just ran a little watered down Pva along the line to hold it in place, I also used it for treenailing.
Mo. ⛄. 🎅🎄. Mo
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Mo wrote:Hi Alan, If you look at my build, page 3, you can see I have used black fishing line, really easy to use, and looks nice and sharp, I used it length ways and at the plank to plank joints. I just ran a little watered down Pva along the line to hold it in place, I also used it for treenailing.
Mo. ⛄. 🎅🎄. Hi Mo, thanks for that... I have been looking at your build and am really impressed by your decking.... you say you stained the deck using dark oak, can you tell me the brand you use.... Have got fishing line coming to me from my son with the intention of using that for treenailing..... may use it as you described.... Looks like I have a little experimenting to do..... Thanks for looking in and I love your build and detailed diary... Regards Alan
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Progress on the decking took a back seat tonight with the arrival of issue 16 at the newsagents... All parts checked and found to be good.... here they are... Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Started by cutting all the parts free from the fret. Using a fine emery board cleaned off all the black ash from the gluing surfaces... once again there seamed to be more ash than usual.. Dry fitted the bracing pieces 46 to ensure a clean fit to the false keel and that the slot remained free to take the gallery.... When happy, glued in place and clamped until set... Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Moved onto the rib pieces, no 49 and again dry fitted to test... Glued in place ensuring they set square to the keel.... Before the glue set I fitted and glued the deck piece no 47, this allowed some movement to ensure everything was square and lined up... Clamped in place and left to set. Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Finally for this evening fitted and glued the gallery in place, ensured the gallery was square to deck piece 47 and of course level.... Again clampled in place and left to dry.... Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Tomorrow will fit the rib support pieces no 48 and then move back onto working on the decking.... going to try a couple of test strakes with oils, namely light oak, dark oak and teak, one to see how best to apply the oils and secondly to see which one looks the best...... Also have managed to obtain some black card with a view to using it between the planks as caulking.... will post results soon.. Thanks for looking in.....  Regards Alan
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Tonight I wanted to try and make some progress on the decking.. Took it nice and slow and am sure will get a little quicker with practice. First thing I did was to take a 4mm strip the length of the deck and pin it in place to give me my straight edge... Gave the strips a light sanding, layed the planks and caulk strips at the same time. Used PVA, watered down slightly and pinned the strips in place until set... Gandale attached the following image(s):
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To make the caulking strips I took some black card and cut strips about .4mm wide.... Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Found it rather fiddly trying to place the card strip between the ends of the planks. To make it easier I glued a small piece of card strip to the end of a piece of spare deck strip, this stopped the card twisting... It did help.... Gandale attached the following image(s):
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Hi! Some guys in Germany made their Victory planking this way. Of cause it´s a hard work but the finished deck will be very nice. Good luck! Regards, Bernd
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This is where I'm at just now, hopefully will get some more done over the weekend but have to start getting my butt into gear and put the final touches to our xmas celebrations.... Hope everyone has a wonderful xmas, a generous visit from Santa and a profitable & safe New Year.... Regards Alan Gandale attached the following image(s):
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der Gohfelder wrote:Hi!
Some guys in Germany made their Victory planking this way. Of cause it´s a hard work but the finished deck will be very nice. Good luck!
Regards, Bernd Thanks Bernd, it was from looking at the various builds and posts that made me decide to try it this way and have to admit I really like to look of it.... It's quite a straight forward method even if a little fiddly but the results hopefully will be very nice.... Thanks again for looking in... Regards Alan
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deck is looking really good, but how can you cut sheet material to a constant .4mm width. Merry Christmas to you too.
Mo. 🎅. 🎄 ⚓ 🚣Mo
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Mo wrote:deck is looking really good, but how can you cut sheet material to a constant .4mm width. Merry Christmas to you too.
Mo. 🎅. 🎄 ⚓ 🚣 Mo, I have a good eye...  ....(The other one is rubbish though).. It is approximate but the nice thing is when the card is in place and glued it can be sanded down to the level of the deck very easily.... Don't think I can use the card for treenailing though, will look to use your idea of fishing line for that one..... Regards Alan
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Nice work with the planking alan, that kind of detail would test my patience! Processing - Progressing
Previous builds: HMS Victory
Current build: HMS Sovereign of the seas
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Hi Alan, Looking excellent, keep up the good work and posts. have a great Christmas. Claret. Also working on:
SOTS.
Moebius 1/32 Flying Sub with PE & lights.
Waiting in the wings:
Polarlights Spindrift from Land of the Giants.
finished:
007 Iconic DB5.
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Admiral Anti Spiral wrote:Nice work with the planking alan, that kind of detail would test my patience! Thanks Admiral.... think the thing we all have to learn on building these models is to have patience, thankfully I am a very patient person and I do try my utmost to make things look good.... that's not to say it always works out but at least I give it a go.... Following your build with lots of interest so best wishes with it and a merry xmas to you and your family.... Best Regards Alan
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claret wrote:Hi Alan,
Looking excellent, keep up the good work and posts.
have a great Christmas.
Claret. Thanks Claret, always appreciate you looking in... Without readers the diary is useless except as a reminder of how I put it together.... Regards Alan
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