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  1. Ronald-V
    I agree! Very nice planking!
  2. Ronald-V
    30 days is crazy! 😮 Well done so far
  3. Ronald-V
    Nice Masting and rigging isn't far off now
  4. Ronald-V
    Lovely result! Well done, that's a nice addition to your fleet
  5. Ronald-V
    Hope you have some fun here
  6. Ronald-V
    You could gain some height by putting a cover strip on your stern. And lower the bulwarks a little? Split the difference this way perhaps
  7. Ronald-V
    That is a nice ship! You can be proud of that!
  8. Ronald-V
    haha okay!...well one day maybe I'll have the funds and space 😄
  9. Ronald-V
    It works quite well...experimented now with some planks and they stay the same dimensions. I used aluminum as a template with stops that are 0.2mm thinner than the deck planks. And I clamp the plates between the vice. That works accurately. I just have to be careful not to go too far, because the aluminum is no match for my woodplane and sanding stick I do think Johnny's solution was also a good one, but Gregory's was a bit cheaper to realize. (I had the aluminium profile lying around.) So thank you both!
  10. Ronald-V
    Lovely model! Well executed! Always loved that green color on the bulwarks
  11. Ronald-V
    Yes stunning work!
  12. Ronald-V
    Lovely update! Those jigs for mounting the gunport patterns in the right place are a handy detail, nice
  13. Ronald-V
    Well done Bob! Looking good! And lightning speed construction
  14. Ronald-V
    I must say, thank you for your efforts. Nice of you that you put this together just for demonstration purposes 👏 Now it's pretty clear and helpful! When you first told me I thought it would look different, but this does seem like a better and more solid approach. I'll definitely try it! It's also a quick and easy way to make. I could maybe counteract the back and forth movement by making the stops 0.1 or 0.2 lower than the target wood. So that the target wood is clamped more firmly?
  15. Ronald-V
    Lol...i'm not that fast😆
  16. Ronald-V
    Yes I did that to make some top and butt planking, that is also an option...thanks for the tip!
  17. Ronald-V
    Personally I think option 4 would be my choice. Since it is painted you can fill possible seams nicely with putty to remove any appearance of 2 parts You can't see both sides at the same time anyway so it won't be noticeable in the end result.
  18. Ronald-V
    Thanks for your detailed explanation! I will look into it
  19. Ronald-V
    Congratulations with finishing this one really nice result and indeed your workspeed is impressive!
  20. Ronald-V
    It looks great so far! 💫👍
  21. Ronald-V
    That would be the same as this much cheaper one on Amazon right? https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/Walfront-Leather-Craftool-Adjustable-Cutting/dp/B076B1WF9H It's an interesting piece for sure
  22. Ronald-V
    It was a bit difficult to find an answer to this with the search function, so I'll do it this way. I'm busy planking the deck of my Sphinx and now I want to make let's say 5mm wide planks narrower to 4.5mm. How do you tackle this so that you consistently get the same size and do a whole batch this way. I do it myself now per piece with a wood plane and sanding stick, but maybe there is an easier option. Just wondering if there is an easier way. Normally people would use a table saw and a sheet of material I assume, but say you have only 5mm planks available
  23. Ronald-V
    I had a lot of planks in the hull planking that had different dimensions than the standard supplied planks. And now between the hatches and gratings I use also a bit wider planks then the 4mm that I will use for the rest. But I shape all those planks with a small wood plane and sanding sticks. Now it just went wrong because I tried to sand 5 planks stacked at the same time. They all got different sizes, and that's why the deck laying went wrong...it started to be a bit wonky. So I have to go back to doing 1 board at a time, which of course takes a lot longer
  24. Ronald-V
    That turned out really good! Well done! I like the different shades...it makes it a bit more alive so to speak. I just started tearing mine down because it wasn't quite right🥲
  25. Ronald-V
    Incredible work! So precise and clean

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