Seventynet
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Your planking job looks first rate. As far as what to finish it with I can’t help you but I do understand your sentiment as I felt the same way when I finished the walnut on my catboat. I often look at it and think I’ll paint a waterline and some colour below it, and maybe I will someday. Anyway your beautiful ship inspires me to get at my kit. Ian -
Such outstanding work!
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Beautiful work, Rusty! Ian
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Absolutely gorgeous!
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Looking very nice Rusty!
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Really nice work!
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Greg thank you so much for the kind words; although continuing to impress you will be tough indeed. 😀 Ian
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Thanks so much Rusty. It is a very interesting build and I am really enjoying it.
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Coming along very nicely Mikki!
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Really nice explanation of how you made the windows. I remember that same challenge with my Haying Hoy. Now I am configuring the windows using cnc which should do a good job. The biggest obstacle is figuring out how to get a good enough bitmap and then converting that to vectors. I really like your project. Ian
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Thank you billocrates, Mikki, Cisco, and Sfotinos for your overly generous praise. I know that there are lots of mistakes but hopefully not too noticeable. Ian
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So a little bit of progress. I’m going pause work until the next chapter has arrived. As you can see I decided to partially plank the port side and fully plank the other side. This is how I did my Hayling Hoy and I really liked the effect. I know I’ve made more work for myself because now I will have to plank the corresponding insides. Lining the hull into 3 sections: Laying the Garboard strake: Lining out the rest of the hull: Half way there: Finished starboard side: From the bow: Port side finished: Treenailed with 25lb monofilament: Notice how translucent Holley is. You can see the frames through the hull. If I turn off the overhead light you can’t see the frames anymore. 5/32 Cap rails installed. Inside faired: Cheers all, Ian
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Great work Tom! Your project has given me some ideas for my Gokstadt. Could I ask what you used for the hinges and clasps for your sea chests? The benches are the one thing I never got around to. ian
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Such nice clean work Rusty. I am going to slow down so I can benefit from your excellent work. Ian
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Looking very good Mikki. The walnut is going to make it great. Ian
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Nicely done Steve! Ian
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Very nice job and something to be proud of! Ian
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Paul this build is just beautiful, such clean and crisp work!
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Thanks very much Rick and thanks to everyone for the likes! I forgot to mention that I’m not going to tackle the inner hull fairing until I’ve planked the hull because then I have a nice flat surface onto which I can rest the topside.
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Hi all, thank you for the comments and likes, I really appreciate it. I just wanted to post a quick update. There’s not a lot to tell to this point. My approach to the sweep ports was to mill a sort of plug to position the port with the idea that I could snug the planks right up to them. It wasn’t a perfect approach and in many cases I removed the port after tracing the outline and cut the planks against the pencil outline. However, it is very fiddly work and far from perfect. I built a little jig to outline the gun ports as shown. I have decided that I am going to plank the starboard side with Holly whilst I wait for chapter 3. I will install the second layer of wales before I start the hull because it will be easier to place the lower wale that way. I also plan to treenail both above and below the wales but am in the waiting mode for the fishing line and necessary bits.
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Hey Rick, good luck with the knee surgery. Today has been a bad modeling day. Nothing seemed to go right so I’ve thrown up my hands and moved on to something mindless and less stressful.😩 Ian
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