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Beautiful work Glenn, you're a plank master indeed!
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Thanks Glenn and Scrubbyj427 and the likes ofcourse! Yes, planks and seams rather should be tight in my slow inter-long-working-hours tempo.... haha 🙂 I try to work on her every minute available in my scarse free time with very busy work and family, but still I'm moving rather slowly I feel.
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Thanks Chuck!
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My humble work update of past few weeks: planking port side avove the wales. Up to the stealer and two more rows and the wales.
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You already did with your pictures. Frank.
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Hi Tom, No, you cannot saw one entire wale plank from bow to stern from the AYC blocks Chuck provides, that is, if you got them from him. Also, it would not be realistic, as trees in 1:48 cannot be that tall and therefore planks cannot be that long. I made the first curved wale plank from bow to stern in three, four pieces, glued next to each other in one fluent line (to my carpenter's eye at least...). If you look at pictures of others in this group build, you can see where to make the (vertical, upright, parallel with the frames) cuts in the planks. These cut positions repeat every fourth plank. Make sure you bend and place your first row of separate wale planks along or on the bulkhead marks exactly and with a gently curve, no sinkers or ugly nods, but fluently in a gentle and elegant curve. The sea, waves and ships are all about curves with a certain 'tension' in these curves. An ugly nod in a curve takes away theat gentle tension. Rip the first curve of planks off and start again if you're not 100% content with what you see looking from bow to stern and vice versa with one eye closed... Also, make sure you do it exactly the same port- and starboardside, as far as possible and to your abilities ofcourse. f you place the underside of the first planking in the middle of you pencil line, do that the same on the other side. This is the basis for every curve that will follow, so....
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Very beautiful done and a tutorial howto rig them. Frank.
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Looking good Matt! Viel Vergnügen in Deutschland!
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Beautiful and steady work Dusan!
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Beautiful work Steve! Please keep your updates coming! Frank.
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Great idea making such a jig Tom! When gluing the stern filler pieces, I had to do some clamping acrobatics holding the stern frames in position after gluing them in. It's a miracle my stern came out allright. Your stern looks gently curved right from the start this way! Frank.
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Aha, now I see indeed, at first it looked 'paintish', but not quite.... When rounding the bulkheads more to the bow, it looks that you oversanded the upper part, but only just a bit to my eye, the upper part where later the (upper two planks) planking on it should almost hang over a little for the anchor davids? I tried to draw in your picture what I mean. But perhaps this could be an optical illusion in the photograph. I had it a lot with some left over char here and there that simulated shadows that aren't there at all. Also, I'm not sure if I'm looking at your 'Winnie 1'or 'Winnie 2'? Bit confusing, for me at least. Perhaps check with the bow cap template if you also have the form correct. It should prevent lots of headaches later on. If not quite the shape, now you can still correct it by adding a little strip or some filler and sand back to the correct shape .
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Wow! Master Carver! Deepest respect for your talents Jorge!
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Looking good Drusan and already a beautiful build! I only saw just now that you're from Slovakia! I have friends in Cigel and Prievidza! Is that close to you?
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Simply very beautiful work, again. I know the feeling when having to pull a plank, or more... Taking a deep breath and start again, specially with those special shaped ones. But afterwards you have that rewarded feeling when all conforms to the plans in your head: and the plans. Yours is still a very high benchmark for all of us Mike! Frank.
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Hi Kurt, Any updates? I like your solution with the tied down batten to line up the gun port framing with the deck sheer! Frank.
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Good work and very steady progress Steve. What is that white stuff on the whale planks? And why is that on them?
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Thanks, Rusty and Dusan! I was anxious if the bow template would fit on my Winnie, and everything seems to be allright, it seems to fit within less than half a millimeter tolerance… I cut the portside one and turned it over by the way, the print is on the other side. The first thing I did not oversand I guess…LOL.
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And thank you all for the likes as well!
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Wow thanks Chunk, Glenn, Steve and Mike! Thank you all very much for such nice words. I’m a bit surprised myself everything works out better than I could have dreamed. I hope to be able to maintain this careful pace and come as far as all of you masters!
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Thanks Scrubbyj427! It’s a lot of fun, also working in that yellow cedar smell and the result is so rewarding!
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Small Sunday afternoon update: one side ‘planking above the wales’ finished! Better than a jig saw puzzle, but slightly comparable in my opinion… Took me about three weeks off and on in my loft, so next update in three weeks hopefully.
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