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

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1. 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

2. Help with tapering

   By N1ckel, July 24
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   • N1ckel
   • August 11

3. Discover the Timeless Elegance of Ship Portholes with Aladean

   By Aladean, August 3
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   • Aladean
   • August 3

4. Real Battleship Portholes - Shiny Brass?

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

5. Removing Char from bulkheads

   By woodartist, July 25
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   • woodartist
   • July 25

6. Schooner plank length

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

7. cutting frames for gunports in a fully framed model

   By hamilton, July 16
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   • ERS Rich
   • July 22

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

   By tmj, June 24
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   • wefalck
   • July 9

9. 18th Century Iron nails

   By tmj, June 29
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   • Keith Black
   • July 5

10. How to straighten a Bent keel

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

11. Book on planking

    By Fraser1945, June 7
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    • bushman32
    • June 15

12. Deck planking

    By tony1745, June 5
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    • tartane
    • June 7

13. Scale size questions

    By Desertanimal, June 5
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    • davyboy
    • June 6

14. How to measure and line off at the bow

    By Isaiah, May 23
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    • mtbediz
    • June 5

15. What level of finishing are we looking for?

    By Desertanimal, May 27
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    • Pirate adam
    • May 27

16. Frayed lines

    By Dindsy, May 19
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    • glbarlow
    • May 24

17. bolting frames onto keel

    By hamilton, May 21
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    • hamilton
    • May 22

18. 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

19. A question about glue.

    By danbloch, May 15, 2020   

    • question
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    • CD M Santiago
    • May 7

20. Deck Planking Shift of Butts - Flying Cloud 1851

    By hof00, May 2
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    • paul ron
    • May 5

21. Exploring different ways of hull construction

    By JKC27, April 30
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    • JKC27
    • May 2

22. Planking before or after transom install

    By Jamie Coleman, April 26
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    • Gregory
    • April 26

23. Avoiding Chipping while Milling Hardwood

    By ChrisLBren, January 13
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    • Isaiah
    • April 26

24. Type of glue to use planking a hull

    By Jerry Berenson, January 11
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    • tedrobinson2000
    • April 16

25. Hull Plug for a mold (reproduction of the hull maybe)

    By Scottish Guy, April 3
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    • Scottish Guy
    • April 9

26. Marking off the bow for planking

    By Dcox, April 5
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    • Chuck
    • April 5

27. Using wood as decking for a plastic hull model?

    By Scottish Guy, March 29
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    • wefalck
    • March 30

28. What have I done wrong

    By Dindsy, February 7
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    • allanyed
    • March 24

29. Gunwale details 1800 schooner

    By georgeband, February 25, 2021
    • 18 replies
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    • georgeband
    • March 24

30. Long term CA vapors

    By ricky86, February 10
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    • Mike Shea
    • March 23