Ronald-V

Looks nice!!

Looks great!! My intention was also to use the "top and butt" planks for the wales, but with the curves in the bow it looked a bit daunting...but good to see you managed it well...gives me also a bit of confidence to tackle it  

So clean! 😮

That is going fast! Nice job!👍

Great to hear your bussiness is going well.👍

Looks good indeed! If you need more curve in the middle, you can always use some planks between the clamp and the strips. But maybe that isn't necessary...it is a bit hard to tell on the photos.

Looks good! Bulkhead 12 could be a bit more faired, it needs a lot fairing to get a smooth transition to bulkhead 13. But you can sand the planks also afterwards, so no problem. 

Well done! I'm also in the sanding part of the first layer. Good idea to test the counter...will do that  

That's certainly a good tip of Richard44 to place the garboard strake also in advance. First thing to say is...don't overthink indeed. Especially with your first ship. I didn't understand that whole planking process neither with my first ship that I build. It's important that you get an understanding how the planks are behaving etc. So a lot on feel works fine in the beginning. 

That being said...if you want to use the numbers and math I found that Chuck Passaro has the most clear explanation to me about planking.

http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/Lining Off your hull for planking.pdf

And the video's of the side bending process are also quite helpful! That made a lot of difference to me.

For accuracy and quality you should look at the Caldercraft version. But they are quite old kits and the instructions aren't that good probably, and sometimes the walnut in those kits aren't great either. But Caldercraft is most of the time one of the best with everything true on scale etc.

Maybe you can find some build logs on this forum to compare the kits, and what you prefer the most. 

What a lovely colors are you using Blue Ensign!

Your planking is going very well! Nice deck to!

Great start Tim with this beautiful ship!

Cute dogs! And the ship is looking great Chris! I think it's going to be a great succes. I was amazed about the size of the ship, it looks way bigger then the actual measurements.  

11 hours ago, James H said:

It is.

 

I could've done it in 7 if still on lockdown. 🤣

😂😂😂

Very well done Sir! It turned out great! This will be a popular model for Vanguard Models I think...and 10 weeks building time is just ridiculous James 😄

Your doing great Richard! Looks very good...I had the same thing with the TFFM, you can't follow it exactly so just chosing some things to replicate and some things not. It's indeed still a kit...

Nice to see this kit in a build log! I'm following

quite bizarre how much you can achieve with machining and laser cutting literally everything! Great kit and review again James

17 hours ago, Kevin said:

just seen your work on MSW Faceboook, well done

I found it also by that, amazing work so far PJG!

Welkom Gerco!

Looking great so far! Nice tips also

Amazing work on the blocks! 😮 

Really interesting ship and nice scale also to build in. Sad to hear that the instructions are not that well...you would think it isn't that difficult to find someone who can write a descent Englisch manual these days. 

Well done Sir! You can be proud of your build!   And i'm very curious about the Ontario from Marisstella, so I hope your are going to do a build log again!