Don Quixote

Catching up on your build. Okay, started looking closer after having perused it. Page 1, post of June 7. You mention not to forget to bevel the waterway. I've no idea what you're talking about.

I'm not looking forward to those stantions.

My daddy didn't raise no quitters. Darn it.

Just looked at the Glad Tidings Pinky. $90. Can't be passed up. That's my next ship. I don't care how many it takes, I'm going to do a hull right. Single plank.

I have one that is.

I know this is not supposed to be here, but I was touched by the act.

My neighbor got his metals today and I was the first person he showed. Had me pin them on his coat. He's been waiting 71 years. The same length he's been married.

Albert Vierra, 91. His LST 452 was the first to land on Leyte Beach.

4 hours ago, Dan Vadas said:

as it's easier to push the middle of the plank onto the

Now that I've done:) Not intentionally, but I learned from it.

Anything wrong with soaking and using a soldering iron? My wife straightens her hair.

For what it's worth to anyone else lurking about, I'm bi-polar. Concentration, focus and memory do not exist in my world.

I have another keel and bulkheads from Mofel expo and some hard wood I bought some time ago. I've neen saving it for this keel and I'm anxious to see the differencve.

20 hours ago, Dan Vadas said:

Brian, if you thought the Norfolk Sloop had some tricky plank shaping

I've seen ships like that, holy cow! Do you think that many bulkheads makes it easier to fare?

On 11/1/2017 at 9:30 PM, Nirvana said:

on the eight plank

Do you remember where you stopped spiling?

What if I live in a state where Mary Jane is legal? May I still consume a bloody mary?

Great advice. I don't understand why I'm having trouble at all, really. According ti Hunt's Lauck practicum, I should need but one stealer, no spiling.

I think I can see it now. I can see how spiling will reduce the urge to push up on a plank and bend it wrong. Can the width of a plank of bass wood be so inconsistent?

58 minutes ago, lmagna said:

I do not want to learn any more naughty words than I already know

Trust me, I tried them all. Even got some new stuff from my WWII sailor friend.

I have another keel, bulk heads and some hard wood planks. I'll try again in a few days. I really care only about learning to plank so I'll likely toss this one aside. '

All the different opinions and ideas. Eventually I'm not going to do it SOME ONE's way, so please don't be offended if I do it wrong again.

Dan, I checked out your build. That's an incredible amount of shaping! Glad I don't have to do that.

Yeah, I bought this boat because I understood it was an easy build and I want to learn planking specifically for future models.

Unfortunately, I've read several.

Thanks, Dan. I'm following Lauck's practicum. This ship is supposed to have very little tapering and shaping and to use full length when I can. Supposed to be only 1 stealer.

I'm starting at the top and working down toward the keel.

What's spiling?

On the other side I didn't need the stealer at the stern where the practicum said I would. Tried to bust out the planks, but they're there for the long run.

What am I doing to cause that issue in the first place.

This is my third attempt at planking a hull. Let me admit up front, I was raised with a wrench in my hand, not a saw. First I did the Niagara. Trashed the hull. Clinking and like I say, I always have to push the next planks up against the previous. I already got a second keel and bulk heads thanks to model expo. I now have a third hull to ruin. What am I doing wrong? The bluenose is supposed to be easy.

I'm using Lauck's practicum.

Every time I plank a hull I end up bending planks laterally. I'm always pushing upwards to get the new planks to meat the previous. Probably not supposed to taper a planks like that. Can you see my stealer? I actually put it near the front of the ship for obvious reasons.

I have one more keel and bulkeads and I'm down to my good sticks for planking. That means I have 2 sides to get it right.

I'm looking for anything resembling the WWII LST 452. My neighbor is a vet, and his LST 452 was the first ship to hit the leyte gulf in the Philippines. I found a LST wooden ship, 400... I'm guessing that's a series? It was a $1000 wooden ship. He'll be dead by the time I finish that. I mean I love the 91 year old, but that's too much money. I don't care if it's die cast, or a plastic model, but I want to give this old man something.

He knows I build models and has hinted many a time that he wants a model of his old LST.

I have NO idea why the keel looks bent. It was perfectly flat before I started adding the bulkheads.

I put a spacer in between M and N. That's where I broke it and I just couldn't get it right. The spacer is pushing against bulkhead N to push it away and straighten the stem there. Actually works pretty good if you could have seen what it was like.

Me, over think? Thanks, Ca.Shipwright.

Me and wrenches? Great! Me and wood? Not so great.

If I lay it down, there's about a 16th" rise in the center. I'll give that a try. Otherwise I was just going to soak it for a couple hours. I don't think it'll have any significance...

Okay, so I tossed the first attempt. This photo is from the 2nd hull. I still have one more keel and bulk heads after this one.

The bulk heads are only fit in for a dry run. I broke of the aft part of the keel. I think it'll be okay, it's right where bulk head N goes so the bulk heads should be sturdy. I have one biulk head that's warped. I put weight on it for 48 hours to no avail. Suggestions?