donrobinson

Looking forward to watching your build

From what I have read spray on varnish/urethane is what most use. I've never had the pleasure to do copper plates yet so have no experience and am not so sure if I am looking forward to that part of the Stefano or not!! Did you get your backlash problem fixed? I had to re-do mine when I got the DRO and found it was not too hard of a job. 

I agree with Derek, the coppering looks super. Are you planning on sealing it or leaving it to age?

The yellow looks terrific, several coats (10-12) of thinned down(50/50) paint will give you a great result. A real pain in the butt but it works. Looking very good and I'm waiting to see how you approach the gun ports. Nice work

Congratulations Doug on your new build, we now have enough builders to start a "Stefano Guild" . I will gladly follow along with your build, it is a lot of work but really is a beautiful ship. Wish you the best and will look forward to seeing more.

Looks good Mike. I'm sure your friend will be happy

Congratulations Doug on your new build, we now have enough builders to start a "Stefano Guild" . I will gladly follow along with your build, it is a lot of work but really is a beautiful ship. Wish you the best and will look forward to seeing more.

Congratulations Doug on your new build, we now have enough builders to start a "Stefano Guild" . I will gladly follow along with your build, it is a lot of work but really is a beautiful ship. Wish you the best and will look forward to seeing more.

Good morning all, Thanks for all the compliments, likes and for just stopping in.
 Not much has been going on lately just planking and more planking, I am just a little over half done now and going hard. To date I have 38 strakes completed which is approximately 254 planks that equals to about 30.4 meters of .5 x 4 mm strips of beech wood. So, yes, life has been a beech!!
 Really not much to show as it is all kind of boring, I thought if any of you were suffering from insomnia this might help. Here we go: 
 

Planking around transom complete, this was a little exciting 
 

Showing here the little section of planking that needs to be filled in. I really wasn't too sure how the correct way of doing this was but thinking this will all be painted later that this method would do just fine. This is three pieces of .5 x 4 mm planking edge glued together and the rough shape of opening marked out.
 

The back side of the laminated piece was coated with thin ca before cutting to shape, this wood is fairly brittle
 

Final fitting and glued into place
 

And how it looks after the next  strake installed  on either side
 

 
Garboard and broad strakes installed, final trimming and sanding will be done when planking is completed. I have almost completed the area above the waterline, which is all painted, below the waterline is covered with copper plates. Decision now is to just get the hull covered or continue doing it the proper way, which takes a lot more time.
 
 Thanks for stopping in and have a good day

May not be historically accurate but it surer looks good

Hello Robert, lucky you to be in southern California. I myself have not been in the shipyard much lately so do not have much to report yet. Using 1mm stock should not pose too much of a problem as far as the structure goes, it will cut down the overhang of the rail but you should still have enough. Before you commit to using walnut I would try bending some to shape first as there are some real tight bends and walnut is not as easy to bend as the lime wood or the .5 mm beech.
Your thoughts on the second layer of planking are interesting. I have no answer other than to say one continuous even layer of planking maybe easier to plate and allow more more room for errors. I am also wondering if the 1 mm extra thickness of the hull above the waterline would be noticeable.

Good morning all, Thanks for all the compliments, likes and for just stopping in.
 Not much has been going on lately just planking and more planking, I am just a little over half done now and going hard. To date I have 38 strakes completed which is approximately 254 planks that equals to about 30.4 meters of .5 x 4 mm strips of beech wood. So, yes, life has been a beech!!
 Really not much to show as it is all kind of boring, I thought if any of you were suffering from insomnia this might help. Here we go: 
 

Planking around transom complete, this was a little exciting 
 

Showing here the little section of planking that needs to be filled in. I really wasn't too sure how the correct way of doing this was but thinking this will all be painted later that this method would do just fine. This is three pieces of .5 x 4 mm planking edge glued together and the rough shape of opening marked out.
 

The back side of the laminated piece was coated with thin ca before cutting to shape, this wood is fairly brittle
 

Final fitting and glued into place
 

And how it looks after the next  strake installed  on either side
 

 
Garboard and broad strakes installed, final trimming and sanding will be done when planking is completed. I have almost completed the area above the waterline, which is all painted, below the waterline is covered with copper plates. Decision now is to just get the hull covered or continue doing it the proper way, which takes a lot more time.
 
 Thanks for stopping in and have a good day

Hello Robert, lucky you to be in southern California. I myself have not been in the shipyard much lately so do not have much to report yet. Using 1mm stock should not pose too much of a problem as far as the structure goes, it will cut down the overhang of the rail but you should still have enough. Before you commit to using walnut I would try bending some to shape first as there are some real tight bends and walnut is not as easy to bend as the lime wood or the .5 mm beech.
Your thoughts on the second layer of planking are interesting. I have no answer other than to say one continuous even layer of planking maybe easier to plate and allow more more room for errors. I am also wondering if the 1 mm extra thickness of the hull above the waterline would be noticeable.

Thanks Frank, getting your stamp of approval always means a lot to me.

Looks like a interesting project David, you should have fun with this. I'm glad to hear you are saving the deck, I think it looks great. Having the card stock fall off during the cleaning was, in someways, a gift as it will all look better in wood. I am, although, unfamiliar with 3/32" wood......thought we were metric

Thanks Frank, getting your stamp of approval always means a lot to me.

robdurant: Thanks for the compliment and for the link. I like how the beech bent so well I am going to get some to have on hand for future builds. I have no idea how it takes stain or a finish but I will be experimenting with it to see. If all else fails paint will do the trick. I'll be sure to show my results here.

Hi Jim, the beech bends easy. Around and underneath the transom there were some crazy bends and with a little soaking in water the beech took to the bends very good.

Hi Mike, Thanks. It is a double planked kit with the beech being the top layer. I have never used beech for anything before this so this is new to me also. It will all be hid with either paint or copper plates. It sort of resembles oak in a lot of ways and when sanding areas such as the butt ends of planks it will splinter if you are not careful.

I've been trying to keep silent so as people don't get us mixed up again , but I can't do it any longer. She looks great, nice work

Thanks, and Best Wishes for the holidays to You and all at MarisStella

Looks like a interesting project David, you should have fun with this. I'm glad to hear you are saving the deck, I think it looks great. Having the card stock fall off during the cleaning was, in someways, a gift as it will all look better in wood. I am, although, unfamiliar with 3/32" wood......thought we were metric

Looks like a interesting project David, you should have fun with this. I'm glad to hear you are saving the deck, I think it looks great. Having the card stock fall off during the cleaning was, in someways, a gift as it will all look better in wood. I am, although, unfamiliar with 3/32" wood......thought we were metric

You did an excellent job on the painting!! I would have been scared of the stain bleeding though to other areas, but your lines all look sharp with no bleeding, again, great work. 

The flooring looks great, how did you manage to do the blackened areas?