TOM G

          DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP....... Take a long break, review things. And when you are no longer fustrated come back to the work bench, and it will all begin to fall into place.😉

Check out,  "Law of asumption Neville Goddard" on youtube. You can over come this... no matter what the doctors say.

1 hour ago, Keith Black said:

Jack, for cutting out windows I use x-Acto chisel blades

That's the way to go.👍

Have you edge bent the plank...... useing alcohol and a hair dryer ?

6 hours ago, Jim M said:

I think what I found hard on that project was the cutting of the planks I could not get it correct at all

Are you using a set of ships curves when cutting your planks ?

On 3/29/2025 at 9:56 AM, bigcreekdad said:

My problem is failing eyesight and small parts.

Go to you tube...... type in herbs to improve eyesight...... you can find these herbs on ebay.  I use herbs and they work.

21 hours ago, Javlin said:

seemed to be working till the last coats Tom don't know why?

Look's like what is happening is the air brush needle point tip is loading up. ( this reduces your volume output making a dryer coat ) This will realy hapen bad when you set the air brush to the side, waiting for flash time between coats. Take the front end apart clean it, and if your going to set the brush to the side for flash time.... spray Windex through it.  Also make sure you have the right needle in the brush, you want the one for a high volume cause your covering a large area.

18 hours ago, Javlin said:

the last coats lost a shade of shine.

You can use , Pledge floor care in a air brush and get a good shine.

I always get amazed at how you can cut your stock at such high tolorences.👍

I made a model back in my 30's.......... But she dump'd me for a rich guy. 😟

Great looking build !   I have this kit, and the first thing i noticed was that life boat..... ( went in search of ) and found the prize.  I think in time the vinyl strips will loose their grip and start to curl.  I've built models where i had to drop the ball on...... But it haunts you, every time you look at the model you see that one area that is not in perspective.   These life boat kits are plank on frame, they have the length you need. Get them at  model expo  type in life boats in the search box. 🙂

spray slow dry lackuer thinner over it..... you might have to do it 2 to 4 times you will see it slowy disapear . don't flood it , one pass at a time, and wait between passes till the surface is dry to the touch.

Your skill's run very deep...... Great work.👍

If you sand & re paint..... the hull will look like the bottom is a fiberglass hull.   Best way out is to mix up a black wash ( 2 tsp of india ink into 1 pt of 91% alcohol ) put the wash over all your bright colored paint'd area's using a brush...... you can re coat the wash after it drys if you prefer.   The result will be a weathered hull witch will give a more real look to who ever views it.......... When you get to your sails soak them in tea and they will match up with the rest of the vessel.🙂

Go to modelexpo, they have wood life boat kits.

Hull planking for beginners.    https://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/plankingprojectbeginners.pdf    

I like your setting of the sails....... shows action taking place....... be nice if you could find some figurines that are pulling rope, that would put the icing on the cake.👍

I know it's going to be a well detaild build......... I'm going to enjoy watching the progress.👍

That's going to be a fantastic model when done, a sure one of a kind.👍

It's looking good.👍

Yes, it's worth your time to make it "ship shape".

Some guy's dip the sails in tea. Once dried dip again to get darker.  Brew up some and test it on simular material.

You want to pay attention to the garboard plank........ check this out  https://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/plankingprojectbeginners.pdf   

Try this link   https://thenrg.org/resources/Documents/articles/LiningOffYourHullPlankingTutorialAndFan.pdf  

1 hour ago, LCdr Dave said:

Thanks for checking in. I did read and re-read the primers, YouTube videos and “how-to”s but I am a visual learner and it seems that I am still missing somethings (obviously). The planking primer suggests that the garboard plank might be wider but I’m not sure how wide. I ended up making mine narrower because I was trying to keep it going up the stem. I guess it needs to actually curve inwards (I marked a purple line where I think it should go).

 

 

To my (again) untrained eye it would appear that the garboard plank and the ones to follow will have a wicked “hook” to the keel-side - but maybe that’s just me… It also suggests putting a temporary batten at “max width of the plank to be used” which I did do the first time but not at the width of the plank so I will put it down at the 6mm width and see where that gets me.

I didn’t want to pull out the existing planks but they came out without too much problem so I guess that’s something.

Thanks again for the help,

Dave

 

The plank flow's into the keel.... no wicked hook.