Brinkman
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Hello all, I'm planning a scratch build and found this forum with lots of resources to be inspired by. Does anyone have any ideas for the part I'm thinking about now?
The vessel is a small cog of 11 meters in scale 1:20 and it has the typical hooks in the stem and stern. How would you construct them?
They were in the original built like knees cut from crooked limbs but that will be hard to do in scale. But I still want the grain to follow the shape.
I see four alternatives.
1. To bend a plank. The plank would need to be wide and this sounds hard.
2. Two planks with a join strengthened with treenails.
3. Two layers laminated together. It would be strong, but the layering would be visible.
4. Cut from a big plank. Bad grain direction.
I feel that number two would be the best option.
The dashed lines shows the grain direction. The largest one is about 50mm long and 7mm wide.
How would you do?
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It looks really good! And thank you especially for also posting the failed attempts, they help me a lot as I'm planning my own scratch build.
- Chuck Seiler, mtaylor and Louie da fly
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Thank you Jaager and Allanyed for the tips regarding using branches, but I feel that the project already will throw me in the deep end of the pool. Using #4 but turning it 45 degrees sounds like the best solution. Thank you!