thanks tomick,but will be double planking and veneering second layering,and then varnish below waterline,another thing that has cropped up,that doe's concern me is,the pics of the old girl on face book shows the gunports with a picture frame around them,it this one the same???if so, no way am I going to do that,totaly wrong and looks it,will stick to framing inside of gunport.

Karl...After all the hard work you put into your model..I admire the guts it took to rip off all the old planking and starting from scratch again...a task, I would have had ruddy nightmares about before doing such a thing...I doff's me hat mate in admiration...keep us posted, its looking good so far mate...

Karl, not that far ahead to see as yet, but the gun and entry ports are certainly lined, which is at 34/35.

Thanks Tomick, we are to start the lining for the gun/entry ports at issue 34/35?
Do you know what wood is to be supplied?

Cheers mate,
Tom

this is what I meant 'bout the framing of the gunports,pic is from de-ags facebook

Well done m8y .. Looks nice in beech, I take it your staining her... My Planking is taking ages without using pins.. have to do one row at a time...

Chris..

maggie,the beech doe's have it's drawbacks,it is very hard,need to drill out the gunports,and sanding is taking ages,even using power sander wears out the pads.looking on e-bay for diamond sand paper,had it years ago,you can't wear it out,it is metal sheet coated in copper with industial diamond in it,was'nt too expensive neither.it was incorporated into a sanding block.ever seen one???? if not,keep an eye out for one,I mean your good eye.

Hi Karl,

Have you tried these

http://www.permagrit.com/

Hi Karl!

Well you beat that problem! replanked in double quick time, Fantastic simply Fantastic! had to say that twice it's that good. I'm still framing the mid deck gun ports had to many stops with the hospital last week not much time to build, you haven't had that problem.

I hope your happy with the way it all looks, keep up the good work Karl.

Darron