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Bick65

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  1. I had picked up this kit online and was very excited to start working on it but unfortunately I only got as far as the framing up of the hull and the decking before many things got in the way that caused me to shelve it until now. The last step I finished was to add the deck planks but this is where one of my many questions start. The instructions say to lay the boards full length and then pencil in all the details which I originally had done. However I see that most guys elect to cut the planks to length and then install them which I've decided to do as well so I removed the strips and am starting over. My question is that of length. How long should the planks be. I haven't found any reference as of yet. Please advise.
  2. I’m trying to build the same ship. I put it down a while ago so I could try to figure out planking and the pre prep. I hope to learn something as I follow your build.
  3. Hi everyone! My name is Marshall and I've been modeling since I was about six when my got my first plastic kit of a B17. I have wanted to build wooden ships ever since my father brought a kit home for himself when I was in my early teens. I spent hours looking over all the parts just imagining what it would look like finished. Back then there was no such thing as a home computer let alone the internet so my father bit off more than he could chew with no one to help and that kit ended up in the trash, such a pity. Now that I'm an empty nester I have taken the plunge. Unlike my father I have the internet so I look forward to sharing my projects and the opportunity to learn from the years of experience this forum has to offer. I'm presently working on the Midwest Skip jack and the AL Virginia. I hope to post photos of both but it's the Virginia that has got me stumped.
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