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Those are great pictures! Congratulations!
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I'm looking forward to the sea trials ! Nice work!
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Nice job! What's it like to work on two of the same build simultaneously?
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You are very close to finishing! Nice progress!
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Mike, you could peel off the masking tape and re-mask it. The hull is looking great! That lightning strike sound dangerous and a little bit amazing. I'm not sure if I would've wanted to be there or not ! Good luck!
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Nice job Patrick! Towels are a good idea . The pillows look great as always!
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That is a planking fan. You measure the distance you have to plank, generally one belt, and determine the number of strikes you will need for that space. Then you slide the marked tick strip (I use shredded paper from the shredding machine) along the fan until the number of strikes you want fill the space. The lines on the fan will be the strikes, and you transfer those lines onto your tick strip. You can then transfer those lines onto the hull. Thanks for the visit! Welcome to MSW!
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Thanks for the responses guys! I think I will go with the scotch tape. One thing though, what's an Emory board? Mike, there is no offense taken, at all. Don't worry, I can take help ! Bill, the plans show one plank going the whole expanse of the hull. How long would planks be to life size? I will add butting ends if scale planks are too short. Also, how should butting ends look?
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I re lined off the hull with art tape. Does anybody know of any clear tape that can be drawn on with a pencil and is 3" wide? The stuff I used for my first plank required me to use a thick sharply, and the plank looks squiggly. Obviously, I'm not going to use that plank. The French curve helps you connect the points in a curve for the plank, and helps when cutting it out. I also had to redo my strake math. I double checked the plans and the planks are 12" at midship, or 1/8" at my scale. I am to have 15 strakes, with the garboard being a bit wider than the other planks. Also, thanks for the pointer Mike, I double checked and adjusted the stern, so it should be good now. I guess I will be held up here until I can find and buy some other tape . Anyway, here are some pictures. Thanks for any tips and advice! Until next time!
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Thank you E.J. Yours and mike's ideas make sense. I was just seeing what the approximate size of the planks would be at that spot on the ship. Once I have the French curves I want to buy, I will start planking.
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I tried string one last time. Please tell me how it looks! If this time it isn't right, I will find a way to get some art or graphing tape. Thanks in advance! The last one shows how strakes would lay at the bow, based on my lining off of the hull.
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Congratulations on finishing planking! I see what you mean, that way you don't need to re-mark each strake after each plank. Thanks! Does anybody know any good deals for French curves?
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