Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck

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1. Planking techniques and tutorials and videos, etc.

   By Chuck, April 22, 2020
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   • Gregory
   • May 31, 2024

2. Half Hull Planking Kit

   By DGraley, Wednesday at 12:07 AM
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   • tlevine
   • 21 hours ago

3. Does painting mean covering the mistake?

   By Turkic, October 1
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   • Snug Harbor Johnny
   • Tuesday at 09:02 PM

4. How to bend planks laterally

   By Roughy, October 23
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   • Cabbie
   • Sunday at 04:36 AM

5. Wales

   By -Dallen, October 4, 2016
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   • Mark P
   • November 27

6. Copper plate overlapping (< > 1794) - lower overlaps upper or vice versa? 1 2

   By Sizzolo, February 1, 2024
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   • Snug Harbor Johnny
   • November 25

7. Using Epoxy Glue to better connect fake gun ports

   By Captain Amateur, November 18
   • 5 replies
   • 239 views
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   • Snug Harbor Johnny
   • November 22

8. Basswood Strips

   By DGraley, November 12
   • 10 replies
   • 543 views
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   • Gregory
   • November 17

9. Interior boards - Cut-away "Santisima Trinidad"

   By snedley22, November 15
   • 1 reply
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   • Dziadeczek
   • November 15

10. Twisting planks to lay flat on ribs

    By Pitts2112, November 2
    • 9 replies
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    • tmj
    • November 6

11. Loose Planks

    By Rich Sloop, October 29
    • 8 replies
    • 294 views
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    • Rich Sloop
    • October 29

12. Planking precision and wood filler

    By Maid of the Mist, August 18
    • 19 replies
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    • The Bitter End
    • October 26

13. About to plank my first hull

    By Captain Amateur, October 21
    • 4 replies
    • 276 views
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    • Captain Amateur
    • October 22

14. Framing the helm port

    By Hakai43, October 22
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    • 89 views
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    • Hakai43
    • October 22

15. Treenail Question From A Newbie

    By DGraley, October 17
    • 13 replies
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    • dafi
    • October 20

16. Jig for planing planks?

    By Pitts2112, July 14
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    • georgeband
    • October 18

17. When did the British start coppering their hulls?

    By GrandpaPhil, November 23, 2019
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    • Aa-schipper
    • October 17

18. Fair American stern construction

    By townpiper, September 26   

    • Fair American
    • Stern construction.
    • 5 replies
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    • townpiper
    • October 13

19. Planking problems

    By Mrgj24, October 10
    • 6 replies
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    • bushman32
    • October 10

20. OcCre Albatross 1/100 second planking

    By sgrez, October 5
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    • sgrez
    • October 5

21. Trimming Bulkhead Extensions

    By Hank K., September 30
    • 1 reply
    • 220 views
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    • TBlack
    • September 30

22. deck planking options

    By manning16, September 25
    • 11 replies
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    • manning16
    • September 29

23. Question: Dowels in the riders in the hold on the HMS Victory

    By RolandR, September 22
    • 8 replies
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    • RolandR
    • September 24

24. Hull planking

    By The Bitter End, September 21
    • 5 replies
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    • Kenchington
    • September 23

25. "Floating" frame timbers

    By Hakai43, September 15
    • 11 replies
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    • Hakai43
    • September 20

26. Planking disaster

    By sgrez, August 29
    • 21 replies
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    • barkeater
    • September 18

27. A deck planking problem - shaping narrow grooves between adjacent planks.

    By Dr PR, August 26   

    • deck planks
    • 15 replies
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    • Dr PR
    • September 9

28. Bulwarks

    By sgrez, August 9
    • 7 replies
    • 601 views
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    • Wawona59
    • August 29

29. Worst Planking Job Ever

    By rhephner, May 22
    • 19 replies
    • 1.9k views
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    • ERS Rich
    • August 25

30. Planking

    By sgrez, August 14
    • 4 replies
    • 611 views
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    • ERS Rich
    • August 17