cobra1951

Thanks EJ

RedDawg,
How I did my planking was I first laid the wales and built the upper half first. reason being is simply that the upper hull is simpler to plank as it is mostly straight runs without any crazy curves. Then I laid the garboard strake along the keel.
 
Once those were in place I used a tailor's tape measure to determine the distance between the bottom wale and the garboard. I knew that the widest plank I wanted to use would be 5mm in width. So at the center bulkheads, which are the widest, I took that measurement which in my case was 110mm and divided by the 5mm width of my plank. This gave me 22 strakes. I was fortunate in that it ended up being an even number. Had it been otherwise I would have adjusted the number of strakes so that none of them would have been wider than 5mm. 
 
Now that I have the number of strakes at the widest point I measured along each bulkhead to find each distance. I then took those numbers and divided them by the 22 strakes that would be on the hull. This gave me progressively smaller widths, 4.75mm, 4.5mm, 4.20mm, 3.8mm, 3.5mm, etc., as I worked out from the center to the bow and stern. 
 
The trick became measuring along the front edge of the bow as the bottom of the boat does not extend out as far as the top. Here I could not measure from the wales to the garboard as they simply did not line up. I instead measured the curve of the leading edge of the bow and divided that number by the 22 strakes. In doing some research I learned that the width of a plank should not be reduced past 1/2 it's overall width. In this case a 5mm plank should not go below 2.5mm in width. Fortunately my leading edge came out to be 3mm in width so I was safe.
 
While I was measuring all this out I also placed tick marks along the lines of measurement just to use as guidelines to help make sure I stayed on track.
 
Something to keep in mind when you go to plank your hull is that you may lose a little width of your planks if you have to bevel the edges for a tight fit. This can easily throw off a layout even if it is a very small amount as we are dealing with measurement in 1mm or less. I recommend continually rechecking your measurements as you proceed so adjustments can be made if necessary across the entire hull and not just in the last one or two strakes at the end. It is easier to hide a few mm mistake when spread out over 50mm vs suddenly having a couple of planks much wider than the others.
 
The other reason for checking is it will ease your mind when it looks like you are running out of room towards the ends of your ship. Due to the way hulls curve it will quickly begin to seem like there is no way your planking will fit in the remaining space. If you are measuring and cutting them to the measured widths, they will fit. It trips me up every time I do it and I spend a lot of time remeasuring to verify it will work.
 
Good luck, and if can help anymore I will be glad to try.

Thanks EJ

Thanks Paul
                             Yeah the kit rope is really stiff, well worth changing as the new stuff hangs more natural when not under tension

Nice neat job on those fillers Don

Thanks Paul
                             Yeah the kit rope is really stiff, well worth changing as the new stuff hangs more natural when not under tension

Thanks Per.
Yep sanding is a chore for me because the dust sets of my allergies and i end up sneezing all over the build, and once again it becomes a DNA sample

Cannons fitted out with all eyelets, rings and chains. Also i changed the kit supplied rope for some decent rope   They still need to be cut to correct length once i decide where the cannons will be positioned


 
Placed cannons on deck just for the sake of it to see how they look
Masking tape on the deck planks is there so i don't mess up the planks when i can be bothered to sand the inner gun port liners, I hate sanding

 
 

You're moving along with this build quickly and still achieving a great finish, nice

Cannons fitted out with all eyelets, rings and chains. Also i changed the kit supplied rope for some decent rope   They still need to be cut to correct length once i decide where the cannons will be positioned


 
Placed cannons on deck just for the sake of it to see how they look
Masking tape on the deck planks is there so i don't mess up the planks when i can be bothered to sand the inner gun port liners, I hate sanding

 
 

You have endless patience Frank. Doing a great job on all those fiddly bits

Excellent looking canons Bob! Those are going to look great in the model.

Thanks Bob mate.
 
Well continuing with the T-Gallants.
 
Mounted main and fore sails, just Mizzen T-Gallant to mount.
 
Plus three bow sails.
 
Then tidy up any mishaps.
 
Some pictures so far.
 

 

 

 
 
With folks to mount it will still be a while but getting there.
 
Frank 

Thanks Paul
                             Yeah the kit rope is really stiff, well worth changing as the new stuff hangs more natural when not under tension

Thanks Per.
Yep sanding is a chore for me because the dust sets of my allergies and i end up sneezing all over the build, and once again it becomes a DNA sample

Cannons fitted out with all eyelets, rings and chains. Also i changed the kit supplied rope for some decent rope   They still need to be cut to correct length once i decide where the cannons will be positioned


 
Placed cannons on deck just for the sake of it to see how they look
Masking tape on the deck planks is there so i don't mess up the planks when i can be bothered to sand the inner gun port liners, I hate sanding

 
 

Cannons fitted out with all eyelets, rings and chains. Also i changed the kit supplied rope for some decent rope   They still need to be cut to correct length once i decide where the cannons will be positioned


 
Placed cannons on deck just for the sake of it to see how they look
Masking tape on the deck planks is there so i don't mess up the planks when i can be bothered to sand the inner gun port liners, I hate sanding

 
 

Thanks Per.
Yep sanding is a chore for me because the dust sets of my allergies and i end up sneezing all over the build, and once again it becomes a DNA sample

Cannons fitted out with all eyelets, rings and chains. Also i changed the kit supplied rope for some decent rope   They still need to be cut to correct length once i decide where the cannons will be positioned


 
Placed cannons on deck just for the sake of it to see how they look
Masking tape on the deck planks is there so i don't mess up the planks when i can be bothered to sand the inner gun port liners, I hate sanding

 
 

Thanks Paul
                             Yeah the kit rope is really stiff, well worth changing as the new stuff hangs more natural when not under tension

Thanks Per.
Yep sanding is a chore for me because the dust sets of my allergies and i end up sneezing all over the build, and once again it becomes a DNA sample

Cannons fitted out with all eyelets, rings and chains. Also i changed the kit supplied rope for some decent rope   They still need to be cut to correct length once i decide where the cannons will be positioned


 
Placed cannons on deck just for the sake of it to see how they look
Masking tape on the deck planks is there so i don't mess up the planks when i can be bothered to sand the inner gun port liners, I hate sanding

 
 

Cannons fitted out with all eyelets, rings and chains. Also i changed the kit supplied rope for some decent rope   They still need to be cut to correct length once i decide where the cannons will be positioned


 
Placed cannons on deck just for the sake of it to see how they look
Masking tape on the deck planks is there so i don't mess up the planks when i can be bothered to sand the inner gun port liners, I hate sanding

 
 

Cannons fitted out with all eyelets, rings and chains. Also i changed the kit supplied rope for some decent rope   They still need to be cut to correct length once i decide where the cannons will be positioned


 
Placed cannons on deck just for the sake of it to see how they look
Masking tape on the deck planks is there so i don't mess up the planks when i can be bothered to sand the inner gun port liners, I hate sanding

 
 

Thanks Per.
Yep sanding is a chore for me because the dust sets of my allergies and i end up sneezing all over the build, and once again it becomes a DNA sample