FrankWouts

Thanks Steve, Bruce, Scrubby, James

and the likes!

Just take your time and remove a plank that’s not fully to your standard or liking. It may take an extra hour, but there will be many years you looking at it…

Frank.

Very nice indeed Rusty!

It will be hard to accept any other quality, detail and ease of building when building other models from kits in the future...

Frank

Thanks Jeff! I had already lots of cups of tea in between...

Frank

Thanks Peter & Glenn!

2 minutes ago, Chuck said:

Very nicely done....that is what a planked hull should like!!

Thanks Chuck, I’m almost there, but still not in a hurry…as always… 😄👍🏻

Hello all,

Just a quick update to let you know I’m still on it…planking I mean…

Frank

Beautiful bollard timbers Steve, wow!

Frank.

Beautifully done Matt, again! I hope your Admiral gets well soon. 

Frank.

1 minute ago, Beckmann said:

Thank you for your comments and likes. The mice are gone. I filled the hole they came in with concrete and completely filled the space under the flooring with insulation. It is actually much wormer now.  

And no concrete and insulation under the deck planking in your Winnie I assume... LOL....

Frank.

I'm getting hungry, again...what a very nice stove this is as well! Very nicely done!

Frank.

On 2/13/2023 at 3:51 PM, Steve20 said:

Thanks Frank, but I did not make a proper selection of wood when I started these pieces. You can see a very visible grain and there is a difference in colour that sometimes shows more in other photos. I'll be careful about this in future.

I rather like some color variation, unlike many other builders I know, It gives more variety to the eye, 'on every inch something should happen' ...furthermore, shipyards didn't sort their planks on color I guess, as they were glad to receive the appropriate and enough wood to carry on building I read in one of my many books on English, French and Dutch shipbuilding...

Frank.

Beautiful work Matthias! Hopefully no mice beneath those beautiful deck planks...

Frank.

Beautiful work on the deck Glenn! The bolts will look magnificent too, I'm sure! And dito photographs, wow!

Frank.

Beaufitul work Glenn! Congrats and please keep your updates coming!

Frank.

Thanks Glenn and Pete!

Yes, I believe I’m the only Dutchman building HMS Winchelsea.

Frank.

Beautiful work on a beautiful build and dito carvings Pete!

I’m following yours as well now!

Frank.

Thanks, Chuck, Edward and scrubbyj427!
I'm already on my way with the second band, updates will follow after I finished it.
Frank.

That looks like a nice relaxed curve with no bumps or weird tensioned humps following your batten. How does it look from bow to stern looking throughone nearly closed eye?
Can you make a picture of that? Does one edge of the batten follow the tick marks exactly and/or is it averaging them?

Frank.

2 minutes ago, James G said:

Beautiful work, Frank. Wow!

Thanks James!

Great Fix Edward!

Frank

Ted, what a secure and tidy way of working.

Even in squaring, outlining and determining symmetry and correct heights on the bulkheads

I've learned a few metheds for my next build from you!

Simply great!

Frank.

Now I’m getting to that tricky corner at the stern…I’ll just keep following my lines and curves and I should be allright…I hope…

Frank.

Fantastic, marvelous, yaw dropping beautiness in near perfect execution of how a ship model should be build!

Congratulations reaching the finish Mike!

Thank you very much for all your clear explanations and support in our own build logs of all of us apprentices.

Frank.

Good to hear you're making progress on planking Joe!

I'd love to see some pictures of your progress.

Frank.

Unbelievable beautiful work...

Frank.