cobra1951

I did the hull planking inside and out next, no problem with access to the gun deck

Nice work Frank :)

Great aged finish on the planking

I love this little boat

Elijah, you shouldn't have a problem with the planks falling off unless you left the whole hull sitting in the can of stain for a long time. The raw wood will absorb the stain very fast and it will take a lot to saturate it to the point that it will debond the glue. Still, light coats are best when applying stain. You will see that is does not take much to make the wood look great. With light coats you can control how dark you want the color to go. Also keep in mind that it will look darker when wet so allow the 1st coat to dry so you can see it's true color before deciding to add another.

 

 

 

Wise words

Looking smart  

Yes it looks great. The problem is the builder always sees a tiny fault as a massive one and the average viewer doesn't even notice a fault

Must check mine for the hinges, if I remember when I get back

Looks great Elijah   Like the others have said a little bit of sanding and it will look even better

Looking good Bryan   I intend to place everything on the bottom deck before fitting the middle deck, including the cannon balls, barrels etc

Those little details make it come look great

Wallpaper!!! Now you need to be a decorator as well as a modeller

Looking good Mike. I built the gratings then positioned them with double sided tape then planked around them and then removed the grating out of the way to stain the deck

Nice neat job once again

Nice little workshop you've got there Frank

Nice to see you got there in the end

Nicely done with that first plank, great start

Paul - you are teaching me one thing for sure. I am not looking at the plans/instructions close enough. Or I am not deciphering what they are trying to tell me.

Deciphering what they are telling you is almost impossible with this kit as the plans say one thing and the booklet says another. The best thing you can do is a lot of test fitting first.

An example is when you come to do the table and benches, the plans show a table made of 4 planks width, the booklet shows you a picture of 5 planks width. Although 5 planks looks correct if you go with it then it doesn't leave much room around the guns. I went with the 4 plank option. Also neither the plans nor the booklet tell you how long to make the table or how high and the same with the benches. Paul and myself worked it out from the length of the gun barrels relative to the table in the photo's on the box.

So as you see deciphering it is almost impossible so it's not you

Looking good Bryan .

when i start mine i may only use the instructions for order of build and use the photo sheet supplied for where to place parts where possible.

Ah I see now. As the added 4 inner frames are shorter then the middle and outer ones they sit on the added strip between the 3 frames. This meant I had to fit them slightly forward of the 3 main frames to make the planking sit on all of them. What you could do now is add a thin strip of wood to the extra 4 supports. Or do as Mr Puck did and leave the gaps as the planking hides it anyway once finished.

You made a nice recovery

Are you talking about the short 4mm square walnut pieces that fit in between the frames ?

EDIT: if you are then fit them level with the frames not the cross beams and you don't plank completely across them. Make up the gratings and fit them across the center frame and the inside 2 added beams and plank around the gratings. The added 2 outer beams are there to support the short planks around the gratings

check out post #27 of this build

http://forum.model-space.co.uk/default.aspx?g=posts&t=10874&p=2

You've lost me

Great job you're doing

My Hull planks are also on top of the deck planks

Really nice work