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  1. AJohnson
    Good to see you back in the saddle Bob, making model ships is good for the soul!
  2. AJohnson
    “Pew Pew” ⚡ that should have the Rebel Alliance quaking in the boots! 😆 I was going to wish you good luck on the new investment, but somehow think you will be fine - churning out 100’s of Surprises in 2026!
  3. AJohnson
    That looks so good, well done 👏
  4. AJohnson
    Thank you Andy for your (not at all inane) ramblings and great photographs of the principles shown on a real boat! You deserve that drink! 🍹
  5. AJohnson
    Evening all, second planking is complete. Well the laying of planks anyway - much sanding and filling to be done now. Overall happy with the results for a bluff bow, but equally glad it is being hidden under paint and copper! 😆 So those of you who like the look of plain wood need to avert your gaze from this log from now on.... 😎
  6. AJohnson
    Looks excellent Dan, glad you keep updating your log for us. 👍
  7. AJohnson
    Great scratch details and painting Dan, agreed does look rather “Spiffy” 😁
  8. AJohnson
    Hi Stergios did you finish your case for your wonderful Snake?
  9. AJohnson
    Great build as usual Chris!
  10. AJohnson
    That looks very good. The details of the deck below are something else.
  11. AJohnson
    They look great Chris, as you know I'm wrangling one of your 18ft. wood Cutter models for Sparkler at the moment. It is a great challenge and will look fine when done, but my skills mean it won't match the fine detail in your boats above.
  12. AJohnson
    Good advice, see how you feel when you are near the end of your build, otherwise you might be tempted to start your new one before you finish Sherbourne! 😆 Oh and yes @Thukydides is right, Adder's bow is a challenge, doing it at the moment. 😉
  13. AJohnson
    Thanks Craig, but It's worse than paint, it is going to be hidden under copper! 😬 I have done a bit of research 🤓 and Sparkler was coppered and fit-out soon after building. I don't mind, the planking was always going to be an exercise in improving my planking skills anyway. Maybe one day I will dare to do an unpainted model, just as long as I don't do any research, or my OCD will kick in and I'll have to paint/copper it, if I know the original was that way! 😆 But yes, planks are getting thin on the ground, so might be scraping together a few odds and ends to do the last couple underneath, but I have kept all the trimmed ends.
  14. AJohnson
    Thank you for the comments and likes everyone, second planking continues. Some of the bends were getting on the limit I could do without splitting the planks and some took a few goes under the iron to get them to curve enough. Some progress pictures, four planks left to do on each side now, but think I'm passed the worst of the bending. I have done some initial sanding of each band I have done so I don't have it all to do at the end. With a following wind I should have the second planking finished at the weekend.
  15. AJohnson
    That looks very nice, what did you paint the P.E. parts with to look like wood - really well done. 👏
  16. AJohnson
    Congratulations Tom on a fantastic build, the extra details; including the wonderful sails, really make for a stand out model.
  17. AJohnson
    You have been busy Rob, like the colour scheme you are going with, very nice.
  18. AJohnson
    Looking good David, glad you could repair the little accident okay. I hadn’t appreciated how small Speedy is until I saw it next to Trial, in one of your photos not a lot bigger!
  19. AJohnson
    Congratulations Alan and glad your home is on the way to being fixed.
  20. AJohnson
    Hi Dave, sorry to hear about your health issues and hope you are on the road to recovery soon so you can keep building your lovely Diana over the winter period. Looking at the pictures I assume you are like me and build in the garage, hope you have some heating going! Your improvements to your Diana are looking great.
  21. AJohnson
    Great job Dan. 👍 looking forward to seeing the hull appearance.
  22. AJohnson
    Oh yes! I'm guilty of that charge, but they look so good in the draw! Really (for kits) it is hard to justify more tools than a good knife, steel rule, cutting mat, pins (&pusher), clamps, sanding blocks/sticks, pencils, and well not much else really... (you can borrow the iron for edge bending....) Okay, some paint brushes etc. if you paint your models. Oh and magnifying glasses nowadays for me 🤓
  23. AJohnson
    Naughty dog! 🐕, hope you can repair it and find somewhere else to display Lady Nelson where your dog can't get to it! 😆
  24. AJohnson
    Yes the curves are the issue, which why I ended up using a strip of paper, taking off the length, then measuring that with the dividers. Less of a problem for just working out the thickness of one plank, as over 4mm width of a plank the curve is minimal. Overall using the dividers is no more efficient than using strips and a fan as per. chucks methods. But I like using old tools like these, so there is a certain tactile enjoyment to be had in the process. I wouldn’t say it is in anyway better, but working for me so far…
  25. AJohnson
    Second planking is underway and about a third now complete. I ended up using a hybrid system of tick strips and proportional dividers to set out the three bands of planking that seemed to fit the best; six planks in each band. By using the dividers to mark out the third points at each bulkhead position then using thin masking tape to lay the best line along these ticks. They needed some tweaking by eye until I was happy. Now a case of steady as she goes, doing one plank per. side in a session and then moving on to something else while the Super Phatic glue dries, slower but less smelly than C-A! Plenty of edge bending as with the first planking, but holding the planks down by pinning through the first planking to one side of the second planking. Thanks for the likes and looking in.

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