Blue Ensign

Cheers Dave, you know I hadn't picked up on the second smaller head piece for the stern post until you mentioned it above. I had managed to get a reasonable fit of the post to the counter so I opted to not hack into the counter planking more than I had to.
 
Thank you Martin, I think it will look ok once fettled, but I still have a small sense of disappointment that I didn't get it closer to the plan.
 
Post 28 
Stern post

9767
Took a little modifying of clamps to hold the post close to the false keel and liberal use of elastic bands to hold in place until the pva set.
 

9772
With the Stern Post in place I carried on and cut out the  Rudder port, I thought a convenient time whilst the build is still in a raw state.

9777
On with the lower planking band now.
 
B.E.
06/06/2018
 

Cheers Dave, you know I hadn't picked up on the second smaller head piece for the stern post until you mentioned it above. I had managed to get a reasonable fit of the post to the counter so I opted to not hack into the counter planking more than I had to.
 
Thank you Martin, I think it will look ok once fettled, but I still have a small sense of disappointment that I didn't get it closer to the plan.
 
Post 28 
Stern post

9767
Took a little modifying of clamps to hold the post close to the false keel and liberal use of elastic bands to hold in place until the pva set.
 

9772
With the Stern Post in place I carried on and cut out the  Rudder port, I thought a convenient time whilst the build is still in a raw state.

9777
On with the lower planking band now.
 
B.E.
06/06/2018
 

Cheers Dave, you know I hadn't picked up on the second smaller head piece for the stern post until you mentioned it above. I had managed to get a reasonable fit of the post to the counter so I opted to not hack into the counter planking more than I had to.
 
Thank you Martin, I think it will look ok once fettled, but I still have a small sense of disappointment that I didn't get it closer to the plan.
 
Post 28 
Stern post

9767
Took a little modifying of clamps to hold the post close to the false keel and liberal use of elastic bands to hold in place until the pva set.
 

9772
With the Stern Post in place I carried on and cut out the  Rudder port, I thought a convenient time whilst the build is still in a raw state.

9777
On with the lower planking band now.
 
B.E.
06/06/2018
 

Cheers Dave, you know I hadn't picked up on the second smaller head piece for the stern post until you mentioned it above. I had managed to get a reasonable fit of the post to the counter so I opted to not hack into the counter planking more than I had to.
 
Thank you Martin, I think it will look ok once fettled, but I still have a small sense of disappointment that I didn't get it closer to the plan.
 
Post 28 
Stern post

9767
Took a little modifying of clamps to hold the post close to the false keel and liberal use of elastic bands to hold in place until the pva set.
 

9772
With the Stern Post in place I carried on and cut out the  Rudder port, I thought a convenient time whilst the build is still in a raw state.

9777
On with the lower planking band now.
 
B.E.
06/06/2018
 

Cheers Dave, you know I hadn't picked up on the second smaller head piece for the stern post until you mentioned it above. I had managed to get a reasonable fit of the post to the counter so I opted to not hack into the counter planking more than I had to.
 
Thank you Martin, I think it will look ok once fettled, but I still have a small sense of disappointment that I didn't get it closer to the plan.
 
Post 28 
Stern post

9767
Took a little modifying of clamps to hold the post close to the false keel and liberal use of elastic bands to hold in place until the pva set.
 

9772
With the Stern Post in place I carried on and cut out the  Rudder port, I thought a convenient time whilst the build is still in a raw state.

9777
On with the lower planking band now.
 
B.E.
06/06/2018
 

Cheers Dave, you know I hadn't picked up on the second smaller head piece for the stern post until you mentioned it above. I had managed to get a reasonable fit of the post to the counter so I opted to not hack into the counter planking more than I had to.
 
Thank you Martin, I think it will look ok once fettled, but I still have a small sense of disappointment that I didn't get it closer to the plan.
 
Post 28 
Stern post

9767
Took a little modifying of clamps to hold the post close to the false keel and liberal use of elastic bands to hold in place until the pva set.
 

9772
With the Stern Post in place I carried on and cut out the  Rudder port, I thought a convenient time whilst the build is still in a raw state.

9777
On with the lower planking band now.
 
B.E.
06/06/2018
 

Cheers Dave, you know I hadn't picked up on the second smaller head piece for the stern post until you mentioned it above. I had managed to get a reasonable fit of the post to the counter so I opted to not hack into the counter planking more than I had to.
 
Thank you Martin, I think it will look ok once fettled, but I still have a small sense of disappointment that I didn't get it closer to the plan.
 
Post 28 
Stern post

9767
Took a little modifying of clamps to hold the post close to the false keel and liberal use of elastic bands to hold in place until the pva set.
 

9772
With the Stern Post in place I carried on and cut out the  Rudder port, I thought a convenient time whilst the build is still in a raw state.

9777
On with the lower planking band now.
 
B.E.
06/06/2018
 

Wow! that does look like a tricky area.  Your eye is obviously sharper than mine, though, because in the end, it looks good to me. 
 
Glad to be reading your posts again, BE!
 
Cheers,
 
Martin

Hi BE,
Nice to see you back working on Cheerful,thought you had gone AWOL  I cheated slightly when planking the square tuck,made the planks 7/32" wide which gave a nice 5 plank fit. When you come to fit the sternpost,to avoid trying to match it to the counter (ruddy nightmare,I couldn't do it to my satisfaction) you could do what I did. You have to cut a hole anyway for the rudderhead so why not carefully extend it fwd and make a full length sternpost. It's shown on the plan anyway next to the 2 part one,pretty sure there should be a big enough piece left from the lasered out part sheet to do this. Anyway,you're the shipwright so up to you,just saying how I did it.  
As usual,keep up the good work.
 
Dave 

Cheers OC and Dave
How time flies, I see it has been over a month since I last  attended to Cheerful.
Post 27 (27/05/2018)
The mysteries of the Square Tuck
This involves some intricate framing below the counter, and a job I approached with some apprehension. This may have contributed to my lack of eagerness to return to the workshop.
I basically followed Chuck's instructions but I used some 3mm thick boxwood to form the frames.
Fitting the centre strip and the upper sections along the counter edge is the easier bit; the testy part is the shaped frame that follows the line of the hull and butts against the other two strips.
Having glued the first sections in place my approach was to form a template part out of card to form the basic shape before committing to the real stuff.

9548
Several tweaks of the card template were made before I committed the pattern to a 1.5mm thick piece of boxwood.
The pattern was then transferred to the 3mm stuff.

9550
For the planking inside the frames I decided to infill with a piece of 1.5mm Boxwood sheet before planking so that I could use 3/64" thick strip rather than 1/8" stuff.
As suggested by Chuck the pieces were temporarily glued to the hull for final shaping of the outer edges; the inner edges were then reduced to the 1/8th width before gluing  finally to the hull.

9569
Not quite sure why but my version took six planks of 3/64" x 7/32" Boxwood strip. rather than 5 planks of 3/16" to fill the void.
I suspect that the aftermost bulkheads were perhaps not faired down sufficiently to reduce the Square Tuck area.
I decided to carry on to completion to see how the overall effect suited my eye.
 
It didn't suit my eye  so off came the lower frames and planking, but I baulked at removing the hull planking to re-visit the aftermost bulkhead.
 
The revised arrangement still took six planks for the infill, the difference being the size of the outer segment between the 3/16th and 7/32" width planks.

9732
Having trialled both I opted for the (6) 3/16" planks with a slightly larger outer segment.

9733
This is in a fairly raw state prior to cleaning up.

9738
Not exactly matching Chuck's exemplary version and I cannot say I'm elated with my Square Tuck effort.
 
As Mr Spock might say, It's a Square Tuck Jim, but not as we know it  
 
At this point I will also add the Stern Post as I prefer to work the  lower planking to it rather than add it afterwards. That said the Stern Post will need some tweaking to get a tight fit from keel to counter.
 
Still we press on.
 
B.E.
04/06/2018
 
 
 
 

Cheers OC and Dave
How time flies, I see it has been over a month since I last  attended to Cheerful.
Post 27 (27/05/2018)
The mysteries of the Square Tuck
This involves some intricate framing below the counter, and a job I approached with some apprehension. This may have contributed to my lack of eagerness to return to the workshop.
I basically followed Chuck's instructions but I used some 3mm thick boxwood to form the frames.
Fitting the centre strip and the upper sections along the counter edge is the easier bit; the testy part is the shaped frame that follows the line of the hull and butts against the other two strips.
Having glued the first sections in place my approach was to form a template part out of card to form the basic shape before committing to the real stuff.

9548
Several tweaks of the card template were made before I committed the pattern to a 1.5mm thick piece of boxwood.
The pattern was then transferred to the 3mm stuff.

9550
For the planking inside the frames I decided to infill with a piece of 1.5mm Boxwood sheet before planking so that I could use 3/64" thick strip rather than 1/8" stuff.
As suggested by Chuck the pieces were temporarily glued to the hull for final shaping of the outer edges; the inner edges were then reduced to the 1/8th width before gluing  finally to the hull.

9569
Not quite sure why but my version took six planks of 3/64" x 7/32" Boxwood strip. rather than 5 planks of 3/16" to fill the void.
I suspect that the aftermost bulkheads were perhaps not faired down sufficiently to reduce the Square Tuck area.
I decided to carry on to completion to see how the overall effect suited my eye.
 
It didn't suit my eye  so off came the lower frames and planking, but I baulked at removing the hull planking to re-visit the aftermost bulkhead.
 
The revised arrangement still took six planks for the infill, the difference being the size of the outer segment between the 3/16th and 7/32" width planks.

9732
Having trialled both I opted for the (6) 3/16" planks with a slightly larger outer segment.

9733
This is in a fairly raw state prior to cleaning up.

9738
Not exactly matching Chuck's exemplary version and I cannot say I'm elated with my Square Tuck effort.
 
As Mr Spock might say, It's a Square Tuck Jim, but not as we know it  
 
At this point I will also add the Stern Post as I prefer to work the  lower planking to it rather than add it afterwards. That said the Stern Post will need some tweaking to get a tight fit from keel to counter.
 
Still we press on.
 
B.E.
04/06/2018
 
 
 
 

Cheers OC and Dave
How time flies, I see it has been over a month since I last  attended to Cheerful.
Post 27 (27/05/2018)
The mysteries of the Square Tuck
This involves some intricate framing below the counter, and a job I approached with some apprehension. This may have contributed to my lack of eagerness to return to the workshop.
I basically followed Chuck's instructions but I used some 3mm thick boxwood to form the frames.
Fitting the centre strip and the upper sections along the counter edge is the easier bit; the testy part is the shaped frame that follows the line of the hull and butts against the other two strips.
Having glued the first sections in place my approach was to form a template part out of card to form the basic shape before committing to the real stuff.

9548
Several tweaks of the card template were made before I committed the pattern to a 1.5mm thick piece of boxwood.
The pattern was then transferred to the 3mm stuff.

9550
For the planking inside the frames I decided to infill with a piece of 1.5mm Boxwood sheet before planking so that I could use 3/64" thick strip rather than 1/8" stuff.
As suggested by Chuck the pieces were temporarily glued to the hull for final shaping of the outer edges; the inner edges were then reduced to the 1/8th width before gluing  finally to the hull.

9569
Not quite sure why but my version took six planks of 3/64" x 7/32" Boxwood strip. rather than 5 planks of 3/16" to fill the void.
I suspect that the aftermost bulkheads were perhaps not faired down sufficiently to reduce the Square Tuck area.
I decided to carry on to completion to see how the overall effect suited my eye.
 
It didn't suit my eye  so off came the lower frames and planking, but I baulked at removing the hull planking to re-visit the aftermost bulkhead.
 
The revised arrangement still took six planks for the infill, the difference being the size of the outer segment between the 3/16th and 7/32" width planks.

9732
Having trialled both I opted for the (6) 3/16" planks with a slightly larger outer segment.

9733
This is in a fairly raw state prior to cleaning up.

9738
Not exactly matching Chuck's exemplary version and I cannot say I'm elated with my Square Tuck effort.
 
As Mr Spock might say, It's a Square Tuck Jim, but not as we know it  
 
At this point I will also add the Stern Post as I prefer to work the  lower planking to it rather than add it afterwards. That said the Stern Post will need some tweaking to get a tight fit from keel to counter.
 
Still we press on.
 
B.E.
04/06/2018
 
 
 
 

Cheers OC and Dave
How time flies, I see it has been over a month since I last  attended to Cheerful.
Post 27 (27/05/2018)
The mysteries of the Square Tuck
This involves some intricate framing below the counter, and a job I approached with some apprehension. This may have contributed to my lack of eagerness to return to the workshop.
I basically followed Chuck's instructions but I used some 3mm thick boxwood to form the frames.
Fitting the centre strip and the upper sections along the counter edge is the easier bit; the testy part is the shaped frame that follows the line of the hull and butts against the other two strips.
Having glued the first sections in place my approach was to form a template part out of card to form the basic shape before committing to the real stuff.

9548
Several tweaks of the card template were made before I committed the pattern to a 1.5mm thick piece of boxwood.
The pattern was then transferred to the 3mm stuff.

9550
For the planking inside the frames I decided to infill with a piece of 1.5mm Boxwood sheet before planking so that I could use 3/64" thick strip rather than 1/8" stuff.
As suggested by Chuck the pieces were temporarily glued to the hull for final shaping of the outer edges; the inner edges were then reduced to the 1/8th width before gluing  finally to the hull.

9569
Not quite sure why but my version took six planks of 3/64" x 7/32" Boxwood strip. rather than 5 planks of 3/16" to fill the void.
I suspect that the aftermost bulkheads were perhaps not faired down sufficiently to reduce the Square Tuck area.
I decided to carry on to completion to see how the overall effect suited my eye.
 
It didn't suit my eye  so off came the lower frames and planking, but I baulked at removing the hull planking to re-visit the aftermost bulkhead.
 
The revised arrangement still took six planks for the infill, the difference being the size of the outer segment between the 3/16th and 7/32" width planks.

9732
Having trialled both I opted for the (6) 3/16" planks with a slightly larger outer segment.

9733
This is in a fairly raw state prior to cleaning up.

9738
Not exactly matching Chuck's exemplary version and I cannot say I'm elated with my Square Tuck effort.
 
As Mr Spock might say, It's a Square Tuck Jim, but not as we know it  
 
At this point I will also add the Stern Post as I prefer to work the  lower planking to it rather than add it afterwards. That said the Stern Post will need some tweaking to get a tight fit from keel to counter.
 
Still we press on.
 
B.E.
04/06/2018
 
 
 
 

Cheers OC and Dave
How time flies, I see it has been over a month since I last  attended to Cheerful.
Post 27 (27/05/2018)
The mysteries of the Square Tuck
This involves some intricate framing below the counter, and a job I approached with some apprehension. This may have contributed to my lack of eagerness to return to the workshop.
I basically followed Chuck's instructions but I used some 3mm thick boxwood to form the frames.
Fitting the centre strip and the upper sections along the counter edge is the easier bit; the testy part is the shaped frame that follows the line of the hull and butts against the other two strips.
Having glued the first sections in place my approach was to form a template part out of card to form the basic shape before committing to the real stuff.

9548
Several tweaks of the card template were made before I committed the pattern to a 1.5mm thick piece of boxwood.
The pattern was then transferred to the 3mm stuff.

9550
For the planking inside the frames I decided to infill with a piece of 1.5mm Boxwood sheet before planking so that I could use 3/64" thick strip rather than 1/8" stuff.
As suggested by Chuck the pieces were temporarily glued to the hull for final shaping of the outer edges; the inner edges were then reduced to the 1/8th width before gluing  finally to the hull.

9569
Not quite sure why but my version took six planks of 3/64" x 7/32" Boxwood strip. rather than 5 planks of 3/16" to fill the void.
I suspect that the aftermost bulkheads were perhaps not faired down sufficiently to reduce the Square Tuck area.
I decided to carry on to completion to see how the overall effect suited my eye.
 
It didn't suit my eye  so off came the lower frames and planking, but I baulked at removing the hull planking to re-visit the aftermost bulkhead.
 
The revised arrangement still took six planks for the infill, the difference being the size of the outer segment between the 3/16th and 7/32" width planks.

9732
Having trialled both I opted for the (6) 3/16" planks with a slightly larger outer segment.

9733
This is in a fairly raw state prior to cleaning up.

9738
Not exactly matching Chuck's exemplary version and I cannot say I'm elated with my Square Tuck effort.
 
As Mr Spock might say, It's a Square Tuck Jim, but not as we know it  
 
At this point I will also add the Stern Post as I prefer to work the  lower planking to it rather than add it afterwards. That said the Stern Post will need some tweaking to get a tight fit from keel to counter.
 
Still we press on.
 
B.E.
04/06/2018
 
 
 
 

Cheers OC and Dave
How time flies, I see it has been over a month since I last  attended to Cheerful.
Post 27 (27/05/2018)
The mysteries of the Square Tuck
This involves some intricate framing below the counter, and a job I approached with some apprehension. This may have contributed to my lack of eagerness to return to the workshop.
I basically followed Chuck's instructions but I used some 3mm thick boxwood to form the frames.
Fitting the centre strip and the upper sections along the counter edge is the easier bit; the testy part is the shaped frame that follows the line of the hull and butts against the other two strips.
Having glued the first sections in place my approach was to form a template part out of card to form the basic shape before committing to the real stuff.

9548
Several tweaks of the card template were made before I committed the pattern to a 1.5mm thick piece of boxwood.
The pattern was then transferred to the 3mm stuff.

9550
For the planking inside the frames I decided to infill with a piece of 1.5mm Boxwood sheet before planking so that I could use 3/64" thick strip rather than 1/8" stuff.
As suggested by Chuck the pieces were temporarily glued to the hull for final shaping of the outer edges; the inner edges were then reduced to the 1/8th width before gluing  finally to the hull.

9569
Not quite sure why but my version took six planks of 3/64" x 7/32" Boxwood strip. rather than 5 planks of 3/16" to fill the void.
I suspect that the aftermost bulkheads were perhaps not faired down sufficiently to reduce the Square Tuck area.
I decided to carry on to completion to see how the overall effect suited my eye.
 
It didn't suit my eye  so off came the lower frames and planking, but I baulked at removing the hull planking to re-visit the aftermost bulkhead.
 
The revised arrangement still took six planks for the infill, the difference being the size of the outer segment between the 3/16th and 7/32" width planks.

9732
Having trialled both I opted for the (6) 3/16" planks with a slightly larger outer segment.

9733
This is in a fairly raw state prior to cleaning up.

9738
Not exactly matching Chuck's exemplary version and I cannot say I'm elated with my Square Tuck effort.
 
As Mr Spock might say, It's a Square Tuck Jim, but not as we know it  
 
At this point I will also add the Stern Post as I prefer to work the  lower planking to it rather than add it afterwards. That said the Stern Post will need some tweaking to get a tight fit from keel to counter.
 
Still we press on.
 
B.E.
04/06/2018
 
 
 
 

Cheers OC and Dave
How time flies, I see it has been over a month since I last  attended to Cheerful.
Post 27 (27/05/2018)
The mysteries of the Square Tuck
This involves some intricate framing below the counter, and a job I approached with some apprehension. This may have contributed to my lack of eagerness to return to the workshop.
I basically followed Chuck's instructions but I used some 3mm thick boxwood to form the frames.
Fitting the centre strip and the upper sections along the counter edge is the easier bit; the testy part is the shaped frame that follows the line of the hull and butts against the other two strips.
Having glued the first sections in place my approach was to form a template part out of card to form the basic shape before committing to the real stuff.

9548
Several tweaks of the card template were made before I committed the pattern to a 1.5mm thick piece of boxwood.
The pattern was then transferred to the 3mm stuff.

9550
For the planking inside the frames I decided to infill with a piece of 1.5mm Boxwood sheet before planking so that I could use 3/64" thick strip rather than 1/8" stuff.
As suggested by Chuck the pieces were temporarily glued to the hull for final shaping of the outer edges; the inner edges were then reduced to the 1/8th width before gluing  finally to the hull.

9569
Not quite sure why but my version took six planks of 3/64" x 7/32" Boxwood strip. rather than 5 planks of 3/16" to fill the void.
I suspect that the aftermost bulkheads were perhaps not faired down sufficiently to reduce the Square Tuck area.
I decided to carry on to completion to see how the overall effect suited my eye.
 
It didn't suit my eye  so off came the lower frames and planking, but I baulked at removing the hull planking to re-visit the aftermost bulkhead.
 
The revised arrangement still took six planks for the infill, the difference being the size of the outer segment between the 3/16th and 7/32" width planks.

9732
Having trialled both I opted for the (6) 3/16" planks with a slightly larger outer segment.

9733
This is in a fairly raw state prior to cleaning up.

9738
Not exactly matching Chuck's exemplary version and I cannot say I'm elated with my Square Tuck effort.
 
As Mr Spock might say, It's a Square Tuck Jim, but not as we know it  
 
At this point I will also add the Stern Post as I prefer to work the  lower planking to it rather than add it afterwards. That said the Stern Post will need some tweaking to get a tight fit from keel to counter.
 
Still we press on.
 
B.E.
04/06/2018
 
 
 
 

Cheers OC and Dave
How time flies, I see it has been over a month since I last  attended to Cheerful.
Post 27 (27/05/2018)
The mysteries of the Square Tuck
This involves some intricate framing below the counter, and a job I approached with some apprehension. This may have contributed to my lack of eagerness to return to the workshop.
I basically followed Chuck's instructions but I used some 3mm thick boxwood to form the frames.
Fitting the centre strip and the upper sections along the counter edge is the easier bit; the testy part is the shaped frame that follows the line of the hull and butts against the other two strips.
Having glued the first sections in place my approach was to form a template part out of card to form the basic shape before committing to the real stuff.

9548
Several tweaks of the card template were made before I committed the pattern to a 1.5mm thick piece of boxwood.
The pattern was then transferred to the 3mm stuff.

9550
For the planking inside the frames I decided to infill with a piece of 1.5mm Boxwood sheet before planking so that I could use 3/64" thick strip rather than 1/8" stuff.
As suggested by Chuck the pieces were temporarily glued to the hull for final shaping of the outer edges; the inner edges were then reduced to the 1/8th width before gluing  finally to the hull.

9569
Not quite sure why but my version took six planks of 3/64" x 7/32" Boxwood strip. rather than 5 planks of 3/16" to fill the void.
I suspect that the aftermost bulkheads were perhaps not faired down sufficiently to reduce the Square Tuck area.
I decided to carry on to completion to see how the overall effect suited my eye.
 
It didn't suit my eye  so off came the lower frames and planking, but I baulked at removing the hull planking to re-visit the aftermost bulkhead.
 
The revised arrangement still took six planks for the infill, the difference being the size of the outer segment between the 3/16th and 7/32" width planks.

9732
Having trialled both I opted for the (6) 3/16" planks with a slightly larger outer segment.

9733
This is in a fairly raw state prior to cleaning up.

9738
Not exactly matching Chuck's exemplary version and I cannot say I'm elated with my Square Tuck effort.
 
As Mr Spock might say, It's a Square Tuck Jim, but not as we know it  
 
At this point I will also add the Stern Post as I prefer to work the  lower planking to it rather than add it afterwards. That said the Stern Post will need some tweaking to get a tight fit from keel to counter.
 
Still we press on.
 
B.E.
04/06/2018
 
 
 
 

Cheers OC and Dave
How time flies, I see it has been over a month since I last  attended to Cheerful.
Post 27 (27/05/2018)
The mysteries of the Square Tuck
This involves some intricate framing below the counter, and a job I approached with some apprehension. This may have contributed to my lack of eagerness to return to the workshop.
I basically followed Chuck's instructions but I used some 3mm thick boxwood to form the frames.
Fitting the centre strip and the upper sections along the counter edge is the easier bit; the testy part is the shaped frame that follows the line of the hull and butts against the other two strips.
Having glued the first sections in place my approach was to form a template part out of card to form the basic shape before committing to the real stuff.

9548
Several tweaks of the card template were made before I committed the pattern to a 1.5mm thick piece of boxwood.
The pattern was then transferred to the 3mm stuff.

9550
For the planking inside the frames I decided to infill with a piece of 1.5mm Boxwood sheet before planking so that I could use 3/64" thick strip rather than 1/8" stuff.
As suggested by Chuck the pieces were temporarily glued to the hull for final shaping of the outer edges; the inner edges were then reduced to the 1/8th width before gluing  finally to the hull.

9569
Not quite sure why but my version took six planks of 3/64" x 7/32" Boxwood strip. rather than 5 planks of 3/16" to fill the void.
I suspect that the aftermost bulkheads were perhaps not faired down sufficiently to reduce the Square Tuck area.
I decided to carry on to completion to see how the overall effect suited my eye.
 
It didn't suit my eye  so off came the lower frames and planking, but I baulked at removing the hull planking to re-visit the aftermost bulkhead.
 
The revised arrangement still took six planks for the infill, the difference being the size of the outer segment between the 3/16th and 7/32" width planks.

9732
Having trialled both I opted for the (6) 3/16" planks with a slightly larger outer segment.

9733
This is in a fairly raw state prior to cleaning up.

9738
Not exactly matching Chuck's exemplary version and I cannot say I'm elated with my Square Tuck effort.
 
As Mr Spock might say, It's a Square Tuck Jim, but not as we know it  
 
At this point I will also add the Stern Post as I prefer to work the  lower planking to it rather than add it afterwards. That said the Stern Post will need some tweaking to get a tight fit from keel to counter.
 
Still we press on.
 
B.E.
04/06/2018
 
 
 
 

Cheers OC and Dave
How time flies, I see it has been over a month since I last  attended to Cheerful.
Post 27 (27/05/2018)
The mysteries of the Square Tuck
This involves some intricate framing below the counter, and a job I approached with some apprehension. This may have contributed to my lack of eagerness to return to the workshop.
I basically followed Chuck's instructions but I used some 3mm thick boxwood to form the frames.
Fitting the centre strip and the upper sections along the counter edge is the easier bit; the testy part is the shaped frame that follows the line of the hull and butts against the other two strips.
Having glued the first sections in place my approach was to form a template part out of card to form the basic shape before committing to the real stuff.

9548
Several tweaks of the card template were made before I committed the pattern to a 1.5mm thick piece of boxwood.
The pattern was then transferred to the 3mm stuff.

9550
For the planking inside the frames I decided to infill with a piece of 1.5mm Boxwood sheet before planking so that I could use 3/64" thick strip rather than 1/8" stuff.
As suggested by Chuck the pieces were temporarily glued to the hull for final shaping of the outer edges; the inner edges were then reduced to the 1/8th width before gluing  finally to the hull.

9569
Not quite sure why but my version took six planks of 3/64" x 7/32" Boxwood strip. rather than 5 planks of 3/16" to fill the void.
I suspect that the aftermost bulkheads were perhaps not faired down sufficiently to reduce the Square Tuck area.
I decided to carry on to completion to see how the overall effect suited my eye.
 
It didn't suit my eye  so off came the lower frames and planking, but I baulked at removing the hull planking to re-visit the aftermost bulkhead.
 
The revised arrangement still took six planks for the infill, the difference being the size of the outer segment between the 3/16th and 7/32" width planks.

9732
Having trialled both I opted for the (6) 3/16" planks with a slightly larger outer segment.

9733
This is in a fairly raw state prior to cleaning up.

9738
Not exactly matching Chuck's exemplary version and I cannot say I'm elated with my Square Tuck effort.
 
As Mr Spock might say, It's a Square Tuck Jim, but not as we know it  
 
At this point I will also add the Stern Post as I prefer to work the  lower planking to it rather than add it afterwards. That said the Stern Post will need some tweaking to get a tight fit from keel to counter.
 
Still we press on.
 
B.E.
04/06/2018
 
 
 
 

Cheers OC and Dave
How time flies, I see it has been over a month since I last  attended to Cheerful.
Post 27 (27/05/2018)
The mysteries of the Square Tuck
This involves some intricate framing below the counter, and a job I approached with some apprehension. This may have contributed to my lack of eagerness to return to the workshop.
I basically followed Chuck's instructions but I used some 3mm thick boxwood to form the frames.
Fitting the centre strip and the upper sections along the counter edge is the easier bit; the testy part is the shaped frame that follows the line of the hull and butts against the other two strips.
Having glued the first sections in place my approach was to form a template part out of card to form the basic shape before committing to the real stuff.

9548
Several tweaks of the card template were made before I committed the pattern to a 1.5mm thick piece of boxwood.
The pattern was then transferred to the 3mm stuff.

9550
For the planking inside the frames I decided to infill with a piece of 1.5mm Boxwood sheet before planking so that I could use 3/64" thick strip rather than 1/8" stuff.
As suggested by Chuck the pieces were temporarily glued to the hull for final shaping of the outer edges; the inner edges were then reduced to the 1/8th width before gluing  finally to the hull.

9569
Not quite sure why but my version took six planks of 3/64" x 7/32" Boxwood strip. rather than 5 planks of 3/16" to fill the void.
I suspect that the aftermost bulkheads were perhaps not faired down sufficiently to reduce the Square Tuck area.
I decided to carry on to completion to see how the overall effect suited my eye.
 
It didn't suit my eye  so off came the lower frames and planking, but I baulked at removing the hull planking to re-visit the aftermost bulkhead.
 
The revised arrangement still took six planks for the infill, the difference being the size of the outer segment between the 3/16th and 7/32" width planks.

9732
Having trialled both I opted for the (6) 3/16" planks with a slightly larger outer segment.

9733
This is in a fairly raw state prior to cleaning up.

9738
Not exactly matching Chuck's exemplary version and I cannot say I'm elated with my Square Tuck effort.
 
As Mr Spock might say, It's a Square Tuck Jim, but not as we know it  
 
At this point I will also add the Stern Post as I prefer to work the  lower planking to it rather than add it afterwards. That said the Stern Post will need some tweaking to get a tight fit from keel to counter.
 
Still we press on.
 
B.E.
04/06/2018
 
 
 
 

Cheers OC and Dave
How time flies, I see it has been over a month since I last  attended to Cheerful.
Post 27 (27/05/2018)
The mysteries of the Square Tuck
This involves some intricate framing below the counter, and a job I approached with some apprehension. This may have contributed to my lack of eagerness to return to the workshop.
I basically followed Chuck's instructions but I used some 3mm thick boxwood to form the frames.
Fitting the centre strip and the upper sections along the counter edge is the easier bit; the testy part is the shaped frame that follows the line of the hull and butts against the other two strips.
Having glued the first sections in place my approach was to form a template part out of card to form the basic shape before committing to the real stuff.

9548
Several tweaks of the card template were made before I committed the pattern to a 1.5mm thick piece of boxwood.
The pattern was then transferred to the 3mm stuff.

9550
For the planking inside the frames I decided to infill with a piece of 1.5mm Boxwood sheet before planking so that I could use 3/64" thick strip rather than 1/8" stuff.
As suggested by Chuck the pieces were temporarily glued to the hull for final shaping of the outer edges; the inner edges were then reduced to the 1/8th width before gluing  finally to the hull.

9569
Not quite sure why but my version took six planks of 3/64" x 7/32" Boxwood strip. rather than 5 planks of 3/16" to fill the void.
I suspect that the aftermost bulkheads were perhaps not faired down sufficiently to reduce the Square Tuck area.
I decided to carry on to completion to see how the overall effect suited my eye.
 
It didn't suit my eye  so off came the lower frames and planking, but I baulked at removing the hull planking to re-visit the aftermost bulkhead.
 
The revised arrangement still took six planks for the infill, the difference being the size of the outer segment between the 3/16th and 7/32" width planks.

9732
Having trialled both I opted for the (6) 3/16" planks with a slightly larger outer segment.

9733
This is in a fairly raw state prior to cleaning up.

9738
Not exactly matching Chuck's exemplary version and I cannot say I'm elated with my Square Tuck effort.
 
As Mr Spock might say, It's a Square Tuck Jim, but not as we know it  
 
At this point I will also add the Stern Post as I prefer to work the  lower planking to it rather than add it afterwards. That said the Stern Post will need some tweaking to get a tight fit from keel to counter.
 
Still we press on.
 
B.E.
04/06/2018
 
 
 
 

Cheers OC and Dave
How time flies, I see it has been over a month since I last  attended to Cheerful.
Post 27 (27/05/2018)
The mysteries of the Square Tuck
This involves some intricate framing below the counter, and a job I approached with some apprehension. This may have contributed to my lack of eagerness to return to the workshop.
I basically followed Chuck's instructions but I used some 3mm thick boxwood to form the frames.
Fitting the centre strip and the upper sections along the counter edge is the easier bit; the testy part is the shaped frame that follows the line of the hull and butts against the other two strips.
Having glued the first sections in place my approach was to form a template part out of card to form the basic shape before committing to the real stuff.

9548
Several tweaks of the card template were made before I committed the pattern to a 1.5mm thick piece of boxwood.
The pattern was then transferred to the 3mm stuff.

9550
For the planking inside the frames I decided to infill with a piece of 1.5mm Boxwood sheet before planking so that I could use 3/64" thick strip rather than 1/8" stuff.
As suggested by Chuck the pieces were temporarily glued to the hull for final shaping of the outer edges; the inner edges were then reduced to the 1/8th width before gluing  finally to the hull.

9569
Not quite sure why but my version took six planks of 3/64" x 7/32" Boxwood strip. rather than 5 planks of 3/16" to fill the void.
I suspect that the aftermost bulkheads were perhaps not faired down sufficiently to reduce the Square Tuck area.
I decided to carry on to completion to see how the overall effect suited my eye.
 
It didn't suit my eye  so off came the lower frames and planking, but I baulked at removing the hull planking to re-visit the aftermost bulkhead.
 
The revised arrangement still took six planks for the infill, the difference being the size of the outer segment between the 3/16th and 7/32" width planks.

9732
Having trialled both I opted for the (6) 3/16" planks with a slightly larger outer segment.

9733
This is in a fairly raw state prior to cleaning up.

9738
Not exactly matching Chuck's exemplary version and I cannot say I'm elated with my Square Tuck effort.
 
As Mr Spock might say, It's a Square Tuck Jim, but not as we know it  
 
At this point I will also add the Stern Post as I prefer to work the  lower planking to it rather than add it afterwards. That said the Stern Post will need some tweaking to get a tight fit from keel to counter.
 
Still we press on.
 
B.E.
04/06/2018
 
 
 
 

Cheers OC and Dave
How time flies, I see it has been over a month since I last  attended to Cheerful.
Post 27 (27/05/2018)
The mysteries of the Square Tuck
This involves some intricate framing below the counter, and a job I approached with some apprehension. This may have contributed to my lack of eagerness to return to the workshop.
I basically followed Chuck's instructions but I used some 3mm thick boxwood to form the frames.
Fitting the centre strip and the upper sections along the counter edge is the easier bit; the testy part is the shaped frame that follows the line of the hull and butts against the other two strips.
Having glued the first sections in place my approach was to form a template part out of card to form the basic shape before committing to the real stuff.

9548
Several tweaks of the card template were made before I committed the pattern to a 1.5mm thick piece of boxwood.
The pattern was then transferred to the 3mm stuff.

9550
For the planking inside the frames I decided to infill with a piece of 1.5mm Boxwood sheet before planking so that I could use 3/64" thick strip rather than 1/8" stuff.
As suggested by Chuck the pieces were temporarily glued to the hull for final shaping of the outer edges; the inner edges were then reduced to the 1/8th width before gluing  finally to the hull.

9569
Not quite sure why but my version took six planks of 3/64" x 7/32" Boxwood strip. rather than 5 planks of 3/16" to fill the void.
I suspect that the aftermost bulkheads were perhaps not faired down sufficiently to reduce the Square Tuck area.
I decided to carry on to completion to see how the overall effect suited my eye.
 
It didn't suit my eye  so off came the lower frames and planking, but I baulked at removing the hull planking to re-visit the aftermost bulkhead.
 
The revised arrangement still took six planks for the infill, the difference being the size of the outer segment between the 3/16th and 7/32" width planks.

9732
Having trialled both I opted for the (6) 3/16" planks with a slightly larger outer segment.

9733
This is in a fairly raw state prior to cleaning up.

9738
Not exactly matching Chuck's exemplary version and I cannot say I'm elated with my Square Tuck effort.
 
As Mr Spock might say, It's a Square Tuck Jim, but not as we know it  
 
At this point I will also add the Stern Post as I prefer to work the  lower planking to it rather than add it afterwards. That said the Stern Post will need some tweaking to get a tight fit from keel to counter.
 
Still we press on.
 
B.E.
04/06/2018
 
 
 
 

Silkspan or Modelspan as it seems to be called now is an excellent medium for making sails certainly at smaller scales.
 
I used it on my French Seventy-four build, and the effect of wind behind the sail is simply achieved using a hair dryer.
 

 
There is a technique to forming the sails but all the various strengthening patches along with seams and cringles can be incorporated, and it is both strong and translucent.
 
B.E.

That's so much better David, and quickly achieved, you should now be able to complete a good base for the second planking.
 
Glad it all worked out.
 
B.E.