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

1,451 topics in this forum

1. Planking techniques and tutorials and videos, etc.

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

2. Cockpit flooring width

   By Desertanimal, 1 hour ago
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   • Desertanimal
   • 1 hour ago

3. Where to start the top plank

   By acaron41120, Thursday at 11:07 PM
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   • Baker
   • 10 hours ago

4. Planking Method Name

   By Thukydides, August 23
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   • Dr PR
   • September 5

5. Help on saving a (ruined?) bounty launch model

   By AlfredoCampos, August 29
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   • mtaylor
   • September 4

6. Floor and frame spacing

   By BANYAN, August 28
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   • BANYAN
   • September 3

7. Strategy reducing plank width consistently

   By Ronald-V, August 26
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   • Ronald-V
   • August 30

8. OcCre Bounty Launch – frames perpendicular to false keel & glue?

   By Highlander, August 29
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   • Highlander
   • August 30

9. Double planking a hull: pros and cons

   By bruce d, July 26, 2019
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   • wefalck
   • August 29

10. Lining help needed

    By Smok_Baltazar, August 7
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    • Johnboy650
    • August 29

11. How to accurately plate a hull with styrene with plate distortions like a real ship

    By Richard Dunn, August 20
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    • Richard Dunn
    • August 23

12. Planking without clamps, clean up, or drying time - a new way to use Titebond Original

    By Quimp Slattery, August 10
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    • michael101
    • August 17

13. Help with tapering

    By N1ckel, July 24
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    • N1ckel
    • August 11

14. Discover the Timeless Elegance of Ship Portholes with Aladean

    By Aladean, August 3
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    • Aladean
    • August 3

15. Real Battleship Portholes - Shiny Brass?

    By Captain Slog, September 6, 2014
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    • Aladean
    • August 3

16. Removing Char from bulkheads

    By woodartist, July 25
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    • woodartist
    • July 25

17. Schooner plank length

    By alross2, December 9, 2021
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    • CafeBikeGirl
    • July 25

18. cutting frames for gunports in a fully framed model

    By hamilton, July 16
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    • ERS Rich
    • July 22

19. Two Questions: 'Caulking' and 'Trunnels'

    By tmj, June 24
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    • wefalck
    • July 9

20. 18th Century Iron nails

    By tmj, June 29
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    • Keith Black
    • July 5

21. How to straighten a Bent keel

    By Riotvan88, April 2, 2020
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    • mtaylor
    • June 29

22. Book on planking

    By Fraser1945, June 7
    • 6 replies
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    • bushman32
    • June 15

23. Deck planking

    By tony1745, June 5
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    • tartane
    • June 7

24. Scale size questions

    By Desertanimal, June 5
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    • davyboy
    • June 6

25. How to measure and line off at the bow

    By Isaiah, May 23
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    • mtbediz
    • June 5

26. What level of finishing are we looking for?

    By Desertanimal, May 27
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    • Pirate adam
    • May 27

27. Frayed lines

    By Dindsy, May 19
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    • glbarlow
    • May 24

28. bolting frames onto keel

    By hamilton, May 21
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    • hamilton
    • May 22

29. How much more difficult is it to cut and lay individual deck planks vs full length strips?

    By MBerg, May 7   

    • deck planking
    • butt shift
    • 16 replies
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    • Snug Harbor Johnny
    • May 17

30. A question about glue.

    By danbloch, May 15, 2020   

    • question
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    • CD M Santiago
    • May 7