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Richvee

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  1. Deck planking completed. Next I’ll cut in the wide support planks for the fife rail and windlass. Then sanding and staining.
  2. Deck planking had been moving at a decent pace. I’ve been sanding a little with 220 grit as I go. Nibbing isn’t as difficult as I thought it would be. I think it’s coming out pretty good. I switched from CA to a wood glue for the deck planking. Gives me a lot more control, and easier to pull up some planks where I wasn’t happy with how they originally looked. A few more planks to finish off, then sanding, and touching up the red combings and planksheer. I also need to cut in the wider boards that sit under the fife rails and windlass. Starboard side completed Soon I’ll need to start considering stain color for the deck. Question—— Do I apply a poly coat on the deck prior to staining? Or stain first, then poly coat?
  3. Planking continues at a snail's pace, and my first attempts at nibbing are complete. You can practice, but once you start making cuts into that planksheer, there's really no turning back. So far so good...No major issues. Far from perfect, but I can live with it.
  4. Thanks for the likes, all. Some progress. I've cut, sanded, painted, and installed the coamings. I'm sure the paint will need touching up before all is said and done, but this seemed to the best way for me to get a nice clean line of red coaming against the deck. Installing the coamings first also seemed to be the best way for me to get the coamings to look flush to the deck given the deck's curvature, I guess we'll see if how it works out as the deck planking procedes. I have started by installing the nibbing planks to the bulkheads and edged glued to the planksheer. This will be my first attempt at Nibbing plaks so I'm hoping to get the hang of it quickly and not butcher this task. But first, the two wider thicker planks down the center. These are simply one on each side of the centerline, straight down the ship. Can't forget to cut out the decking for the mast holes. Looks like I need to manipulate the fore side of the large cabin coaming. I'll unglue, and add some some wood shims on the port side. That should even out the coaming height side to side.
  5. Thanks Eric. I’ve actually just finished the coamings and I have a few coats of paint on them. They’ll be on the deck soon, and the deck planking will begin. I’ll add a few pics when the coamings are installed.
  6. The hull has been sanded, I've added the counter planking and the lower half of the transom, and the stern knees. Not sure if adding the stern knees at this point was a good idea, as I've already broke a small piece off one. I'll deal with that when I plank the upper half of the transom. That's not going to be until I have the bulwarks in place because looks like that whole Counter/transom, transom trim, rail, bulwarks is going to take a lot of tinkering to line up and look at least halfway decent. I figured I should get the stern knees in so I can add the planksheer in between them, get them painted before I start planking the deck. I've started a few coats of inboard planksheer paint, and measured out the areas for the deck coamings. That will be the next step. Building, paintig, and adding the coamings and stern planksheer. Then it will be on to planking the deck. The sanded hull The counter and stern knees And the layout of the coamings for the deck fixtures with painted and masked planksheer
  7. While planking the counter, and filling and sanding, I’m contemplating the next steps . Looks like there’s several directions I can take and see several different methods to accomplish these things. Once the hull is fully sanded and I’ve added some polyurethane, I think I’m going to add the inboard transom pieces, paint the inboard planksheer and pre paint and install the combings prior to laying the deck. Looking past there, I like the idea of building and painting the bulwarks off the model and then install. Seems that’s the best way to get sharp, clean paint on inside of the bulwarks being that the planksheer, stanchions and rails are different colors. . I’ve got time to figure that out. Sanding, filling, coating, transom, combings, and finally deck planking all before the upper bulwarks. That may take me into 2024 and beyond 😂
  8. Well, I've finally managed to finish planking the hull. I think it's OK. Learned a lot along the way, including the fact that cutting, fitting, and installing planks is not my favorite part of this hobby. I have to finish up the counter, and then on to filling some low spots and sanding. Maybe in another year or so I'll have that done 😁
  9. Wow. Two years into this build already. It's been sitting quite a while. I've gotten back into the shipyard a bit, and the planking continues. Nothing worth showing, as it's coming along the same as the first side. 🙂. Recently I've been looking over the plans a bit getting ready for the deck planking, stern and bulwarks. Hopefully there's more progress soon.
  10. It sure had been a while. I still need to finish planking the other side. It’s been a busy baseball season and that combined with work and house upkeep has kept me out of the shipyard. I’ll get back at it soon.
  11. One side done. No wood filler yet. just a little glue and sawdust in a few spots. It's been sanded some with 100 grit. On to the starboard side to finish up the lower half. Then I'l need to fix a few low spots, finish sanding and look into how I will seal the hull.
  12. I agree Bob. Even more so with sails. The pictures I’m accumulating of her under full sail is absolutely tempting me to try my first set of sails on this build.
  13. No one's ever going to accuse me of moving too fast. Closing in on finishing the port side planking. One thing I can say, this isn't my favorite part of the hobby. I'm plodding along, sanding with 100grit as I go to level out the planks. I think it's looking OK.
  14. It's been a busy summer. Baseball was back in full swing, (pun intended), and work is as busy as ever, and help is real hard to come by these days, so there's been minimum shop time until the past week or so. I did manage to reach a bit of a milestone. Belt "A" is planked. I've been doing a little rough sanding as I go in hopes of easing the final finishing when the hull is completely planked. I'm pretty happy with the results so far, being my first attempt at cutting planks. Chuck's Longboat was a nice primer, however it was real nice have precut and spilled planks. So there's plenty lessons being learned on this model. Anyway, here's what the first belt looks like today.
  15. What an absolutely beautiful model. Impressive size, and the details are amazing. Enjoyable read. Thanks for sharing.
  16. Slow going as work gets in the way. It also looks like we'll have a pretty full high school baseball season so I've been spending more free time in the rule book and getting in a little better shape. I installed the planksheer. I painted the outboard side, again, because I can't see another way to get a crisp line later. It was short at the bow, as many have mentioned. Pretty straight forward fix to add some length. I've added the whales, and I've started the first few strakes after lining off the upper belt. I found myself a nice pair of proportional dividers on E-Bay for under $40. I was amazed at the prices of this little instrument from retail vendors. The whales are painted, but I'll need to sand them more. The paint was more to get color on the top of the first whale strake, again, the only way to get a clean line for me.
  17. Some progress in between snow shoveling and work. I've faired the hull, along with sanding those low bulkheads to match the bearding line. Laying a plank across those spots seems to look OK. We'll know for sure when we start planking, I guess. I decided to go ahead and fill between all the bulkheads with balsa, taking the advice of @jwvolz . This being my first attempt at planking a deck, I thought this looked like a good way to go. I would also like to add the hatch and cabin moldings prior to planking the deck, so I though a solid base will give me the best shot at laying down level moldings. I have gone ahead and applied the first plank flush with the deck. this is a single plank, painted black. Above will be the planksheer painted yellow outboard, and below will be the wale also painted yellow. As I've seen in other logs, the only way I'm ever going to get a decent line here is to paint this plank prior to adding the planksheer and wale. Here we have the first plank installed, and the outboard of the planksheer pieces painted yellow.
  18. Thanks Joe. The deck planking are indeed 1/16 thick. I think I'm going to take your advice. I've seen others do things to get a sub deck on this mode. This seems like the best method to me, as to not run into any added thickness to the deck which would undoubtedly cause issues with the planksheer and bulwarks. Your Latham looks tremendous. Years ago, in my early teens, I lived close to Model Shipways in Bogota, NJ. I built the Taurus (pretty sloppily I may add, as most teens would). I then went for the 1/8" scale Latham. Back then they were all solid hull. I don't think I ever finished the rigging, but it was my introduction to the hobby, so the Latham holds a special place for me. Maybe I'll try it again some day in 1/4" scale. It's a beautiful ship, and you are doing it justice. (Unlike I did way back when LOL).
  19. Hope you can join us tonight, Michael. The zoom meetings have been going very well. I also have a little modeling background in HO trains. I'm currently in ongoing negotiations with the Mrs to obtain use of the spare bedroom for trains. Negotiations are not progressing well. 🥺
  20. Thanks for looking in Pat. Do you have a build log for your POBII? I'd love to see your progress. I wouldn't count on me passing you. I'm a slow worker, and just learning as well. There will be periods when nothing gets done for weeks on end, especially in the spring and summer. Besides yard work, I umpire baseball, so there's times in the boatyard is severely diminished. Which is OK with me. I need the distractions from time to time. .. I just noticed it's post #1 from you. Welcome. Take a little time and write a little something in the New members forum. Nice to have you with us. There's a wealth of info here!
  21. A little update. I will proceed with the plan of sanding the bottoms of the offending bulkheads to match the bearding line and run smoothly into the rabbet. The bulkheads have been installed, taking care to square each one up with the keel. I did one at a time, clamped it up, let dry before moving to the next. Added the stern filler blocks. Hopefully I've come close enough on the shape of this thing to make it work. In this photo the port side of the filler block hasn't been faired at all, the starboard has been. Obviously more fairing is needed, but I think it'll be OK. . I couldn't flip this next pic no matter what I tried. If you turn your head sideways you can see the bulkheads look to line up pretty evenly. ↩️ I'm happy that I was able to run a steel rule down the center keel and it looks nice and straight. I picked up a 2 foot length of 1" x1" balsa today. I think I'm going to add filler blocks between the bow and BH "A", and near the stern, between K and L. Hopefully it will help me not only visualize the curves a little better while fairing, it will give me a little more surface for securing the planks in the most difficult sections of the hull. Lots of sanding ahead. Until next time......
  22. Thanks. I just checked . They match up with the plans very well. All which leads me to believe my bearding line may be a tad high through this section. As mentioned above by Brian, I have tested a plank between the keel and the bulkhead, and I believe after fairing the bulkheads, that lowest plank will sit rather nicely between the bottom of the bulkhead and the top of the keel with a little edge beveling. I think I may be OK. I'm going to move ahead and start gluing the bulkheads in place. With the tops flush with the deck. Thanks everyone for the help.
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