Lapinas

Second planking is nearly done I am quite happy with the result. Not sure what I am going to do with the finish.

Answering to my own question, no it is not. See: http://www.learneasy.info/webs/300cubits/ark_encounter/planking/planking-the-stern.html http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/plankingprojectbeginners.pdf It is somewhat disappointing to see that in Amati instructions, I was about to go with their example of planking

Is this a correct way to plank santa maria? I am referring to some planks not reaching stern, but forming pointy strips. When I was doing my first planking I was able to tapper each plank and avoided any "pointy" strips.

I have a couple questions though: 1) Do you have any idea how long hull planks were on the real ship? 5 meters? 6 meters? 10 meters? 2) How do I overlap hull planks correctly? 3) What varnish do you recommend using?

Hey! No need to write a history of this model. This is my first wooden ship build ever. I bought this kit from a local shop in my city. I had no idea where I was getting into! First look inside: Work of first evening: It was a really tedious process to sand all the edges: I had to get some power tools in order to sand trickier parts: I have made clamps from document clams (similar to Amatis https://store.amatimodel.com/en/tools-and-equipment-parts-per-model/product-clamp-set-b7377.html) Getting first planks in place was difficult since I was doing that first time. I had to read and watch lots of videos to understand all the techniques. Props for this forum and written guides! I was really surprised that I my planking speed was 2 planks / hour. I was using hot water and soldering iron to get planks into the shape. Dremel tool was a huge help shaping this line: Starting to look like a ship: I saw no point covering back of the ship with these planks, but instructions showed that I have to do it: It took a while until I have prepared hull for second planking, but it is smooth as butter now: Started second planking: