Sunsanvil

I agree, stick to satin or matte for a sheen. if you do end up with more gloss than you like you can knock it back with steel wool and wax. Below is a shot of my Enterprise a few months ago, the woods are mahogany and manzonia. The mahogany is finished with a combination of shelac, minwax stain, wood filler with dark brown dye. The manzonia is a dark walnut Minwax stain and the entire hull is finished with many many thin coats of boiled linseed oil, rubbed  out with 0000 steel wool and then waxed.
I know most builders prefer a water based finish since it does not change color over the years, but, I happen to like the way an oil based finish ages so I planed for it.
 
If you use a water based finish remember to use nylon abrasive pads ( scrubbies) rather than steel wool, the steel wool can get caught up and rust with a water based finish.
 

 
Sorry for the 'photobombing feline" but that was one of the better shot of the finish that I have.
 
Sam

No not exactly.  The plank is first bent edgewise as shown and then bent the other way as needed.  The one plank on the video if I remember correctly was lower on the hull and didnt require any bending the other way.  It was so slight that I didnt need to.   But in almost all cases the plank is pre shaped so that it immediately sits against the bulkhead edges.   Thats why you dont have to clamp them.  The CA dries so quick that its an immediate bond.  Its only when folks dont pre-shape that some sort of clamp is required.
 
I glue two bulkheads at a time and work my way across the hull in scale lengths.   Yes there is sanding butnot that much.   If the planks fit well than not much sanding is required.
 
Just like this plank below.....the plank is always bent edge-wise first and then the other way so its completely pre-shaped to fit so no extra bending is needed.  In this case below I pre-spiled the plank with a laser cutter edge-wise, but if I was using a plain strip like in the video....it would have been bent to look just like this before gluing.
 

 
Here is some more detail
 
Here is a straight plank as if I were going to place it on the hull.  It could be at the bow or at the stern.   Most beginners would try to force this into place and the top edge of the plank would lift off the hull and not sit flush against the bulkheads.  Some fight with it using pins and clamps and it gets messy.   Holding it without bending like shown reveals the gap .  Note the widest point of that gap.
 

 
Mark this location as the center of the gradual curve you will need.
 
 
In the next picture,  after bending,    you can see how nice it fits and how it is flush against the bulkheads.  No forcing needed.  Its a perfect fit.    Note the dot I marked on the plank for the apex of the curve or the widest part of the gap..You could use the compass method or the tape method to find the exact curve,  but I prefer to eyeball it like this.   Visually its easy to see the curve after a little practice.   I always over bend slightly.
 

 
Now all I have to do is bevel the edge that meets the plank already on the hull for a tight fit (just knock off the edge as in the video) and darken the seem as I did in the video with pencil and glue it on.  You can see that in this rare instance not much bending other than edge-bending was needed because it was low on the hull.

Forgive me please for being new to all the terminology, but what is force bending (or, asked another way, what do we call the sort of bending shown in the video)?

Forgive me please for being new to all the terminology, but what is force bending (or, asked another way, what do we call the sort of bending shown in the video)?

When he says "no water", does he mean just for the one type of bend he demonstrates, or does he advocate no water period?

So... at the onset he basically maps out on the frames/bulkheads where each and every plank is going to go and then shapes and bends each plank accordingly....and ends up perfect.  Do I have that right?

Forgive me please for being new to all the terminology, but what is force bending (or, asked another way, what do we call the sort of bending shown in the video)?

When he says "no water", does he mean just for the one type of bend he demonstrates, or does he advocate no water period?

So... at the onset he basically maps out on the frames/bulkheads where each and every plank is going to go and then shapes and bends each plank accordingly....and ends up perfect.  Do I have that right?

Forgive me please for being new to all the terminology, but what is force bending (or, asked another way, what do we call the sort of bending shown in the video)?

I advocate no water.   You really dont need it.   For the kinds of bends we are talking about,  the heat does the trick.  There will be some spring-back......but just overbend to begin with.   The key is to line-off the hull first.  Its easier when you have a plan.
 
That is described here.
 
http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/Lining%20Off%20your%20hull%20for%20planking.pdf
 
 
And another by David Antscherl here....... where he cuts the planks to shape rather than bend it in that third plane.
 
http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/Planking%20primer.pdf
 
But lining off the hull is half the battle.  Then realizing the planks are bent and not straight to fit the hull properly in that edge-wise plane.  Whatever way you eventually get it there.  But force bending a straight plank is a really frustrating way to fight through planking.  IMHO
 

Too bad the camera was at the opposite side of what he was actually doing.     

Yes....by lining off the hull.  In general you will be able to see if your planks are measured so they taper too much against the stem.  If so move the garboard back at the bow to give you more room to make the planks at the bow wider.  For me it is just trial and error but after many hulls you get a good idea of where it should be.  But there is always re-tweeking and lining off the hull more than once at the bow to get it looking just right before you make any sawdust with your planks.

So... at the onset he basically maps out on the frames/bulkheads where each and every plank is going to go and then shapes and bends each plank accordingly....and ends up perfect.  Do I have that right?

When he says "no water", does he mean just for the one type of bend he demonstrates, or does he advocate no water period?

So... at the onset he basically maps out on the frames/bulkheads where each and every plank is going to go and then shapes and bends each plank accordingly....and ends up perfect.  Do I have that right?

Wow...just spent the past hour clicking through this. "holy poop!" was uttered more than once. Difficult to imagine this is a first ship build. I've been lurking build threads for months and this could easily pass for master class. Did you have prior experience with scale modeling in other genres?

Most inspirational.

So... at the onset he basically maps out on the frames/bulkheads where each and every plank is going to go and then shapes and bends each plank accordingly....and ends up perfect.  Do I have that right?

When he says "no water", does he mean just for the one type of bend he demonstrates, or does he advocate no water period?

So... at the onset he basically maps out on the frames/bulkheads where each and every plank is going to go and then shapes and bends each plank accordingly....and ends up perfect.  Do I have that right?

When he says "no water", does he mean just for the one type of bend he demonstrates, or does he advocate no water period?

So... at the onset he basically maps out on the frames/bulkheads where each and every plank is going to go and then shapes and bends each plank accordingly....and ends up perfect.  Do I have that right?