Marinus
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Patrick Haw you were right, the second planking goes easier when you take your time. Below the waterline I will go back to using full planks.
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First plank laid on each side. I will use two full planks ( they will be covered by the middle wale) and then I cut the planks 85 mm long and change to the 4 butt shift system. I will follow the instructions in the book and plank down to the keel. I will take my time to do this, so no postings from me for a while.
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Completed the gun deck planking. Will do the entry ports next and than the second planking. The second planking job still gives me some worries. Want to do a better job than the first planking. Look at a lot of other builds on this side and will use all the info I can get.
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Thanks Mort, I appreciate your support.
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Wow, it took me a week to finish the quarter galleries, but it looks OK now. Many thanks to Robert29 for his building log, it was a great help for me. I will take his advice on the middle deck planking and use the four butt shift system. One question I have, what is the right pattern for the nails in the planking? Hope someone can give me some advise on this.
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Thanks Mort. I looked up the Victory builds you mentioned and I will use that info for the rest of my build.
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First planking and sanding done. Maybe I used to much filler, but the hull is now very smooth after a few hours sanding. Next I will do the Quarter Galleries and second planking. If this is not what I should do next, please let me know. I appreciate all the help I can get.
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Got the first planking done. It did not worked out great, but with a lot of sanding and filling it will be fine. Try to get it done before the weather gets to cold. Have to do it outside because my wife didn't like the dust inside the house. Can't blame her.
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Made some good progress last week because no golf due to bad weather. I like to thank everybody who sent me some encouraging messages.
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Started the planking and made the rookie mistake to try to force the planks to follow the bulkheads. Corrected this and now I follow the natural run of the planks. Do 1 plank on each side every day and bevel the bulkheads where needed. Slow process but I want to do it right. I will use fill blocks where needed.
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Thanks for your reply Mort. Still some work to do with the planking but now I know what to buy.
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Got the gunport patterns glued in place. Filled up the spaces between bow forward supports 40 - 42. Next up the first planking. I will visit some build logs to get more info about filling in some more areas between the bulkheads. Any advice will be appreciated.
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Soaked patterns 271 & 272 in water for 2 hours and bend them. Glued one pattern 270 in place and let it dry till tomorrow and then glue the other 270 in place. It takes time but I try to avoid errors. Lots of reading of other members build logs.
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Hello Hamilton, thanks for your response. I lined up the top gun ports pattern first and then pinned the 2 other patterns down. They all look good and free from the bulkheads. I build the Billings "Smit Rotterdam" and "Zwarte Zee", but the Victory is a different challenge. With a lot of patience and support from this forum I am sure I can do this.
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Hello, I am a new member and started to build the HMS Victory. Visited this site very often in the last month for building info and found a lot of great building logs. I had problems finding the right location for the top gunport pattern (270).
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