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Hi Mr. Jack ... this deck looks brilliant! The last three photos look much better ...

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Thursday 8 March 2018 ---------------- Creative Planking . . .

 

Now that the cold weather of last days is over, I resumed the activities to conclude the first planking of the hull. As I had already mentioned, this task is giving me some troubles because of the particular shape of the bow and in part, though much less, of the stern.

 

After having found that the installation of the new courses from the top to the keel became less and less practicable, I decided to continue starting from the keel to climb upwards.

But the problem at the bow area remained unaltered and sincerely I regretted not having further filled the space between the first and the second bulkhead at prow with additional filler blocks. The space between the second and third bulkhead should instead be ok as it is now. But now it's too late.

 

So here I introduced a little creativity in order to simplify the remaining work, at least until the next crisis. Hence the definition of Creative Planking of the title, a concept that will surely horrify the orthodox modeller, but that for me isn't a problem as the whole will be subsequently covered by the second planking, which obviously can not follow this unorthodox method . .

 

What is it? Well, in this case, rather than spending a hundred words to explain it, I think that an image is enough to give the most of my idea . .
Then I attach a couple of images I hope can be interpreted correctly.

 

Finally, a couple of words about the pieces of wood glued above the strips, which in the picture can be seen in 3/4 points on the hull: these are fills of minimum thickness that serve to level a piece of hull with adjacent strips due to unevenness caused by various reasons. Once glued to the right places and properly sanded, they brilliantly solve the problem without using putty. At the end, with the fully closed hull, new ones will certainly be needed.

 

A cordial greeting, Jack.Aubrey.

 

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2 hours ago, yvesvidal said:

Ciao Jack,

I miss your updates on that lovely boat. I hope you are doing alright and will be back soon.

Yves

Hi Yves,

I'll be back soon . . . I've almost finished the first planking . . . just a couple of strips . . . although it wasn't a simple task :rolleyes:

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Sunday 25 March 2018

 

I almost finished the application of the first planking of my Ragusian Carrack. Due to my daughter's arrival at the airport of Pisa from Stockholm almost concomitant I had to stop and so a couple of "stealers" near the sternpost on both sides of the hull are missing. I think I will definitively close the matter shortly.

 

The last half dozen planks (on each side) were not a simple task, and honestly, despite the experience gained with this first planking, I have no idea how to properly approach the second layer in this difficult area of the hull. We'll see.
 

In the worst case, since it is an area below the waterline that should be colored (according to the plans of the kit) in black (but should it not be a dirty white?) I could hide with paint an incorrect arrangement of the strips.

 

Once applied the four pieces of wood still missing, I expect a nice session (or more) of sanding, so . . . sawdust and even sawdust.

 

Salutoni. Jack.

 

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Monday 26 March 2018

 

Here below somme additional images of the model . . same day of previous message. Regards, Jack.

 

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A nice present made of beers from Stockholm, hope they are good as beauty. I'll let them stand some days because of the journey and then . . . prosit.

 

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Thursday, April 5th, 2018

 

The first planking is now definitely complete.
The following three images show a small groove still to be closed in the connection between the hull and the forecastle. It is now closed but I didn't shoot other photos for such an insignificant detail. Now it is a matter of sanding and smoothing the whole hull to level the small differences in height between some strips and adjust a batch of small depressions in the lower area, below the WL, at the bow.

 

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While I'm waiting to get the will to breathe some sawdust, I proceeded to complete the second planking, with cherry veneer, on the transom. Three images of the final result follow here below.

 

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See you next time, even if I have a garden table with two chairs, a bit ruined by sun and rain to be repaired: sanding, a couple of paint undercoats and a final coat of clear paint with wax effect. This is to say that you probably shouldn't expect too many news soon. 
Greetings, Jack.
 

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Sunday 8 April 2014

 

Since I do not expect to have many things to show soon, I decided to discuss some aspects related to the finishing of the first planking, task mandatory to prepare the hull to receive the second planking. I remember that this second layer will be applied using strips from veneer of cherry wood.

 

Now let's clarify better: once you have applied all the strips of the first planking, you need to smooth the hull because you will discover a lot of imperfections, some of them of very little importance but also some problems that could affect the subsequent tasks and the expected results. Usually in this phase we'll work with sandpaper and sanding blocks to smooth and level the entire hull. In the worst cases using even some kind of putty.

 

One of the problems that occurs very often is the fact that two or more planks, placed side by side, are not properly aligned assuming the form of steps. They may be originated for different reasons, for example for a different thickness of the strips, maybe only for few tenths, or a curvature slightly different and so on. Regardless of the reason, during the finishing phase after the planking, you must resolve these aspects to get at the end a perfectly smooth hull, without steps, bumps or dips.

 

The solutions for leveling these steps are substantially two: 1) lower the area of the most protruding strip to bring it to the same level as the deeper one or 2) fill the area of the most hollow strip to bring it to the level of the most protruding.
In the first case it's a matter of sanding one strip in order to remove the excess part, in the second it is necessary to fill the missing part with a filler.
Regarding the solution to be adopted from time to time there aren't precise rules, it's our sensitivity, experience and knowledge of how we have applied the plank. However, most frequently, we will use both methods because these differences in height are very, very common.

 

Well, I have written that in the case of the solution #1 it is sufficient to smooth the affected area to achieve the result, while in the case #2, once the points to adjust are properly identified, we can choose between A) use putty as filler or B) glue some wood, in the form of strips of adequate thickness, in the area to be filled and then level it by sanding.

 

Photos #01 and #02 here below show on the hull of my carrack some areas, highlighted with a pencil, where you need to apply the filler. Thanks to the high contrast of the images in daylight, many other areas with steps are also visible. If not marked with the pencil, it means that I have decided to use the #1 solution. After a preliminary roughing, I sat in a well lit area and proceeded to identify these critical areas and to highlight them, marking their right positioning.

 

It's all for today, see you next time. I beg your pardon for my english, greetings, Jack., Jack.

 

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Monday 9 April 2014

 

Now it's a matter to apply the filler. Personally I try to avoid using putty and I prefer to use wooden strips as a filler.

 

For this purpose I have a supply of sweetwood strips of 0.5mm thickness which is usually good for almost all cases. The strips must be the same height as those used for the planking.

 

I cutout a piece of strip with the length of the area to be filled, then, using the cyanoacrylate glue I paste it in place and move to another area until the operation is completed on all the previously highlighted parts. At this point, I cover these areas with a coat of vinyl glue diluted 50% with water. In this way I soak the strip and fill all the outer edges with glue.

 

This operation adequately fixes the batten to the hull even in the most remote areas ensuring a bonding that covers 100% of the area ensuring a perfect seal. Images #03 and #04 show these strips applied and before the next sanding phase.

 

I let, for safety, spend a day to dry and then I move to smooth the part of the wood strip in excess. At this point the problem is 99% solved. Once polished with ever finer abrasive paper, I proceed to stabilize the area by reapplying a second coat of diluted vinyl followed a few hours after by a slight smoothing with a fairly fine abrasive paper. In the most difficult cases only at this point I consider the application of a small amount of putty.

 

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PS: This technique can also be used to fix areas of the hull where there are slight dips.
Photos #05 and #06 show two of these areas in the bow area in which I have implemented this technique. 
I think, instead, that for the bumps there is only one solution: prevent their formation by checking well the course of the plank before applying it.

 

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In the next message I will go on to show the result obtained when processing is finished.

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Friday, April 16th, 2018

 

Today, let's try to complete the speech interrupted a few days ago, relating to the removal of the gaps between a plank and its adjacents without using putty.

 

Once the preliminary tasks have been completed (glueing strip segments, fixing them with diluted vinyl glue, etc.), we proceed by sanding these sections to level them to the other parts of the hull.

It is advisable to work gently, avoiding to use coarse grained sandpaper. It is important to use only sanding blocks, avoiding, until the desired result is achieved, the use of abrasive paper only with hands.

 

The first two images show the work almost finished when this technique is used to eliminate the differences in height between one strip and another: depending on the height of the gap, the piece will be more or less thin, so that in some points the signs made with a pencil, to delimit the area, may appear, while in others not.

 

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In the next two images, instead, we see the results when using this technique to fill in depressions on the hull. Here the papersanding technique, although very similar, is slightly different but with a little practice and intuition you may easily learn how to proceed.

 

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Finally, an image from a particular perspectiv where it is possible to notice how the two slight depressions that were present are now disappeared. This is appreciable by observing the correct curve on the hull.

 

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Finally, as last step, a new coat of diluted vinyl glue over the areas where we worked on and, when the mixture of water and glue will be perfectly dry, a light refinement with very thin abrasive paper to completely smooth the whole. To speed up drying and waste little time, you can use a hair dryer.
  
Now that we have also fixed these problems we can move on to the final hull sanding which from now on becomes an ordinary matter, made of patience and sawdust. In some cases we could fill some small grooves in certain points of the hull with putty, but usually, having to apply above a second planking, this operation is not strictly necessary and could even be bypassed.

 

A friendly goodbye, Jack.Aubrey.

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Thursday 3 May 2018

 

In view of my return to Cinisello Balsamo, planned for Friday, May 11th after eight months in Tuscany, I packed all the necessary material for the Ragusian Carrack I have here in Pisa.
But, as a old italian proverb says, "the devil makes the pots but not the lids", and so a unplanned problem was born that forces me to postpone my return, probably until mid-June.

 

Consequence of this is that I am forced to keep the shipyard closed for longer than I thought, so do not expect further progress on this log for some time, at least until the second half of June.


Best regards, Jack.

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Friday, September 14th, 2018

 

Hi friends,

 

After a long absence from this forum and shipmodeling in general I'm now, finally, free to restart the "Ragusian Carrack" shipyard. 

 

I stopped shipmodelling beginning of May and I'm trying first to define a preliminary activity plan: I've forgotten a lot of issues and so I need to replan the next task of the project.

 

As soon as possible I'll resume posting on this forum. 

 

Regards, Jack.Aubrey

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Tuesday 18 September 2018

Finally, after months of total inactivity, on Monday, September 17 I started working again . .
The work is now aimed to prepare the hull to receive the second planking: there is to perform the final sanding of the hull but also many other minor tasks that must be started before applying the second layer.
I therefore focused on the prow and the foredeck, where there is still much to do.
 
To begin I refined all the details left rough on the foredeck.

 

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Then I started to prepare the grating at prow by assembling the elements supplied in the Marisstella kit and then joining them together to form a surface suitable for the required shape. In the picture below the composite of the grating and the template that will serve to shape the finished piece.

 

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Thursday 20 September 2018

Having in mind the latest photos of the central area of the model I took months ago, it is clear that the new details added and visible in the picture below should be applied now, so as to cover them with the second planking. The pre-cut pieces have been modified to adapt them to my model.

 

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I then finished the prow grating, shaped appropriately and finally I fixed it in position . . but there is still a lot to do, so the situation here is still evolving.

 

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That's all for now, though not much.
See you next time, Jack.Aubrey.

     
 

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Tuesday 25 September 2018

 

Last night, around 10:00 pm a fire broke out, most probably of malicious origin, on Monte Serra, north-east of Pisa, near the small town of Calci. The damages are huge and incalculable, it seems there are 700 people evacuated and the fire is still ongoing, thanks to a strong wind that hinders the operations of firefighters and firefighting aircrafts.

 

Calci is the country in Tuscany where I spent 9 months, before returning to Cinisello (Milan) at the end of June and where I plan to return the month of December to spend there winter and spring. It is the place where I started to build the Ragusian Carrack, the subject of this topic.

 

What a mess . . I have no words

 

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That looks terrible, hopefully they get in under control very soon and no one is hurt

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That makes my heart ache to see photos like that. Being a native of California, I'm no stranger to wildfires and have even had to evacuate for one. Watching the forest go up in smoke is always painful to watch, even if the cause may have been natural. 

Chris Coyle
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In fact, two days later, the damages seem huge: a thousand hectares of forest, vineyards and olive groves went up in smoke.
Yesterday another fire broke out about twenty kilometers from Calci, still in the Monti Pisani area.
It seems that it will take at least 5 years to restore the destroyed olive groves and vineyards and even 15 for the wooded area.
Not to forget homes, animals and flora and fauna biodiversity that will disappear.
When I'll come back there in early December it will be a sad day.

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Hello Jack,

Fires seem to be everywhere this year.  We've had our share here in the west of the US and while undamaged, I and others are deeply saddened by the loses.   I hope you and your family and home there are harmed by the flames.  

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

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Friday 28 September 2018

 

After the sadness for the great fire in Calci, luckily without any physical consequences for me (in this period I do not live there) and even for my house (apart from 1cm. of ash deposited on the terrace and shutters) I resumed work on the Carrack.
 
A first attempt of the second planking, in the area of the forecastle . .
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The lower supports of the foredeck . . 
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Next activities will still be focused on the foredeck, where there is much to do and helps me to get familiar with the model . .
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Below three images of how the model looks like now . . including one of my four feline assistants.
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See you next time, Jack.

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Friday 5 October 2018

 

With this new post in practice I've finished working on the foredeck . . . at least until I'll finish the second planking on the whole hull. Only then I will be able to resume works in this area and complete it.

 

Below are some pictures of the work done.

 

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Small columns made entirely by hand, and they are all of different height, although very little.

 

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Now other tasks await me . . I'm spoiled for choice. Need a planning weekend and then I'll restart again next week.
Greetings, Jack.Aubrey

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Tuesday, October 9th 2018

 

Another short update . .

 

Opening the gunports . . thank goodness they are few because it is a pretty boring activity. I strictly followed the dimensions of the drawing and they are 7mm. per side. Translated in full scale we are talking about openings of about 45 cm per side. Do not you feel them a little small?

 

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The same ports seen from the inside. Here the work has been longer because the stays and stanchions had to be applied before. I applied a tiny coat of wood oil to see the chromatic effect of the various wood essences.

 

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Even here I could not resist and I gave a coat of oil . . the wood color immediately appeared.

 

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See you next time, Jack.

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1 hour ago, jack.aubrey said:

Translated in full scale we are talking about openings of about 45 cm per side. Do not you feel them a little small?

Not necessarily. This ship dates from fairly early in the development of shipborne artillery and the guns were still pretty small - see the artillery from the Lomellina wreck of 1516 at http://www.archeonavale.org/lomellina/an/l_11a.html

 

Also this was a merchant rather than a dedicated warship (though it could have filled both roles if needed) and would not have carried the largest calibre of guns available.

 

Steven

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Steven,

your answer seems pretty reasonnable. The artillery of that period was still rather primitive and it is possible that the builders were conservative in sizing these elements so as not to weaken the structure of the ship too much. Excellent contribution. Thanks, Jack.

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Thursday 17 October 2018

 

At this point it's mandatory to finish to install the second planking on the external hull and, after, go further with new activities. But, before this, I should finish to refine the ground with a final and accurate sanding of the external hull. Unfortunately I do not want to dust everything and this leads me to delay. So I invented alternative tasks waiting for this will manifests itself.

 

Building of the ordnance trucks: job of complete rest even if each truck is composed of 9 individual pieces that must be assembled to resemble the finished piece. All the pieces, including the wheels, are obtained from a 2mm walnut board, laser cut. Very well done, it didn't cause any problems. For the moment, I have prepared all the guns planned for the main deck, although I will need only two in a short time.

 

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Then I started to prepare the beams for the next deck, immediately above the main deck. I installed the first two, not disturbing any future activity to see the result. Under this deck there will be two guns. They must be installed before building the deck itself. Plus a ladder and a supporting column between the first two beams.
The idea is to have all the pieces ready for when it will be time to install the deck.

 

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But now there are no more excuses: the next session will be dedicated to finishing the surface of the outer hull and then apply the second planking. Only at the end I will be able to resume work on the new deck.

 

See you soon, Jack.

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Friday 26 October 2018 - the second planking

 

Having finished all preliminary works, finally, about ten days ago I started to apply the second planking to the hull.
Today the situation of the works is well highlighted in the following images: the whole part of the hull above the main wale are now covered with veneer strips of cherry wood.
There are two areas of joint of the planks, well highlighted in the part of the hull still to be covered.

 

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On the right side of the hull I began to finish the gun openings for the four guns onboard. In this case it is only necessary to trim the part covered by the veneer and finish with a pre-cut laser frame included in the kit. In the next photo are visible three of these pieces already installed.

 

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All the borders have already been finished, as evidenced by these stern details.

 

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Cheers, Jack.

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Friday 26 October 2018 - the second planking, continued

 

I'm adding some other images of the carrack model, nothing new with respect to my yesterday's post. Jack.

 

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Friday 9 November 2018

 

The activities around the second planking are still ongoing, even if a bit slowly. I had an incredible sequence of boring setbacks that didn't allow me to spend more time on this model. However, the work seems to proceed very well.
See you soon. Jack.

 

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