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I fear you may be disappointed Glenn, as when looking at their boxwood pieces, it does have a note in the info: Castello boxwood is CITES listed and requires special licences for export. We regret that for practical reasons we are not able to supply this item to countries outside the EU Sorry to be the bearer of bad news 😬- 725 replies
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Great but of kit Derek and it's only gone up £1 to £15.75 including VAT, I'll order one before they disappear.
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Good morning, started on the deck planking. When I did the Sherbourne deck I wanted to do a margin and nibbing? but was beyond my skill level and probably still is but I'm gonna try anyway. Starting with the margin I traced the outline of the deck and transferred it to some card and then cut into the different parts. These templates were then glued to some wood sheet(not a clue what it is) and cut them out after lots of sanding, filing and remakes, I got something I'm happy? with, and glued them down. To finish for now I've placed and glued the centre plank and one either side. Going to trawl through deck planking articles now to see if I can get some tips on nibbing or joggling. Thanks for looking in and hitting the like button. Cheers till next time 😉 Edit: sorry about the poor lighting on the photos.
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Looking sharp OC, loving the cross belt and frogging detail 😁
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This is something that I'm trying at the moment. I cut the profile into a 2mm thick old brass hinge and practiced on a piece of AYC. I found a thinner scraper tended to dig in! Anyway that's my pennies worth.
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Great looking ship, and some lovely work gone into her! I've enjoyed reading your log up to date and if I can squeeze in at the back will be following its progress. The stern and quarter galleries look superb and the lights will give it that bit extra when finished.
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Glenn, your patience and diligence has paid dividends, for the planking on Cheerful is amazing. With your detailed step by step posts, this log will be a go to source for future builds. Please keep them coming, I've learned lots and no doubt many others feel the same. Cheers 😏👍
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For making the scraper for the mouldings as my files are quite chunky and I thought that the thin carbon cutting wheels would make it easier and with a bit more finesse.
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Bad news on the specs OC, I don't know what kind of plastic they use for frames but glue don't work, it doesn't stick the frame, doesn't go off and then sticks to your nose😖. Good news on the top coat though 👍😁
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That guest is part of the rigging crew, leave Pelican alone too long and she'll be festooned in silk rigging 😁👍 Mast tops are looking good, nice job😉
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Thank you. Thanks Jack! It's a poor thing though when you're scrabbling around for the knife/glue/pencil etc. and then the piece of wood you want is on the floor 🙄
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I've been reading this thread with interest, as I'm going to be making my own planking strips soon. Unfortunately I don't have a Byrnes saw, but will be using a Proxxon fet, so I assume the method can be applied. The idea of a block to keep the wood steady instead of the hand is great. Thanks Glenn 👍
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Thanks Mark, trouble is I feel at home here🤪. I've attempted to make some moulding trim, I filed the profile on an old brass hinge, passable but a little disc cutter would be a better tool to make the profiles. First pieces of trim fitted. I think I'll go and see what rotary tools are on offer at the local DIY stores. Thanks for the likes and comments 👍 Till next time cheers. Looking at the photos in this thread has made me think I really need to keep my bench tidier 🤔
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Your deck fittings are real good Phil.😃 I don't know if you've said earlier, but are you putting a full rig on her?
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Welcome Jack and thanks. I'm sort of tucked away in scratch build😉 At the moment I've not planned that far ahead, I'm sort of winging it at the moment, but thanks for the suggestion 😃.
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So with the planking finished I moved on to the inboard bulwarks, so as not to make them to wide I used .5mm strips, plus they bend round the inner curve of the bow easier. they have also had one coat of paint (tamiya flat red). The main wales were masked and also had one coat of dull black. Now I wasn't sure how to do the transom so have used some of the .5mm offcuts sliced down to 4mm. once it is trimmed to fit and some decorative trim is added, hopefully it will look better. Thanks for all the comments, likes and for dropping in! It is most welcome and encouraging. Cheers till next time 😃👍
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Are they all stateside Mark? I ask because of possible import duty can cripple good prices even if shipping is reasonable ☹
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and welcome to MSW
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Looks good Mark, be nice to see you get some planking on her, but don't they make you tear your hair out!!, I'll admit I'm still trying to get the Triton stern sorted.
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In my opinion doing 2 or 3 more brigs is great as I'm a big fan of the two masted warships, maybe a small 1740's 20 gun frigate such as Blandford or Sheerness or slightly larger 24 gun porcupine class (Pandora or Pelican) before the heavies like Shannon
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That seems like an ideal rest and recuperation remedy, plenty of construction and painting😁, some 1st class finishing Kevin. Hope the recovery is fast and goes well.
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Yes I think Chuck has designed Winnie with realistic plank lengths, should be fun to do
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Thankyou kindly OC
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Thanks Tim, I didn't make them any particular length but the midship planks were about 5 inches long and the bow and stern planks were whatever it needed. I don't think it would pass a historically correct but I'm happy with it. You've done a fine planking job with your Alert. Personally if you like what you've done that's what counts 😉
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Hi again, thanks to everyone who has looked in and also for the likes. Planking on the port side slowly proceeds, as I put planks on from the keel and the main wale, I kept adjusting the marking out for the plank lines and it seemed to help. Another day and it's done, I'm much happier with this side than the starboard, stern planking is also done, but I think that I will put a moulding across the bottom of the counter. just need to give both side a good sanding, paint the main wale and a coat of matt varnish or oil. I am happy I've got the planking done, I'm hoping that when I do finally start to planking Winnie that the AYC will edge bend better than the walnut I used here. The cedar I used on Triton definitely in my opinion took bending alot easier!! Til next time Cheers 😃😉👍
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