Jameskilroy
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Thank you very much. I’ve just been looking through your own Polaris log and it looks fantastic! Not sure I’ll be able to match that. I was going to start first planking today but the way you’ve done it looks so neat im now going to have to look at the guides you shared to work out how to emulate!
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Nothing very intelligent to add but was browsing and came across this. Looks really lovely!
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Originally started Endurance but renovation work has meant no space to build for a long while. Now got some space back and decided before butchering Endurance (and not caving and buying the Lego one lol!) I’d buy Polaris to practice some skills on. So far learnt quite a bit… mainly by making mistakes of course. Still thanks in no small part to YouTube videos it’s coming along fairly well had to cut some of the bulwarks back off at stern to re-align as one too high and the other too low. A hot knife worked surprisingly well! May have to do similar at prow just to adjust a tad. the decking was time consuming compared to just long strips and pencil and I’m not sure if worth that effort. When varnished a couple planks raised and one not full gone back down but I tried to glue underneath using a pin and besides it will be covered when finished. The nails were done as per a video instruction using a hammer and retractable pencil tip. Damaged a couple of planks on edge doing that but again think I can cover and realised after the second why. Next is first planking and I’m both looking forward and dreading this as I can’t work out if I’ve sanded enough/too much/both/neither. This is the bit I wanted this boat for the most in terms of practice so exciting to be at that point!
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Somehow a photo of my family in there… lol.
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Currently working (butchering) the bulkhead sanding. I’d not anticipated this step and frankly can’t wait to get past it as the next bits look more fun and much easier! Slightly dreading how it will look but hopefully I will get there
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Thought I’d start a build log (hopefully right location!). Im a total newbie and already getting lots of great help so thanks to you all. I’ve been fascinated by Shackleton and his crew my whole life - my father was a BAS member and has the honour of painting Shackleton grave monument on South Georgia so it’s in the blood! I’ve had a lot of fun doing the bulkheads and the deck so far. Mucked up a small bit of decking I lovingly cut off only to discover it had to remain. I think it will get covered but I’ve done an ok job of patching it… I think anyway!
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in the below photos is the other side which I’ve done less on so far. The red circled bulkhead never seems to get contact with a plank. I’ve taken a fair amount of the ones further towards prow and only a little on the green one. Logically I’d assume more has to come off the green or blue but that feels like quite a lot off blue - which may be perfectly normal but just a bit unsure. I could of course cheat by building up the red one but again that feels wrong somehow.
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Hi again all! I will start a build log shortly but since already being discussed here o thought I’d see what you thought. photos show a plank in place at various elevations across hull. As you can see def some gaps. now of course I can for most part attach anyway - can’t push the plank against the bulkhead as too few hands but I imagine that’s not good practice? as ever, any further thoughts or opinions on it very welcome.
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Must be a market out there for 3D ready shaped hulls for planking. That’s probably sacrilege.
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Thanks for the further tips and advice. I’ve been out and bought some wood to fill in between some bulkheads. I will be sure to look through the links too. At every stage I’m finding there’s more and more to ship building! Heaven help me if I start to want to split planks so they are more realistic widths/lengths too - I’ll never be done this decade. Lol
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Thank you all for the tips/comments. The stern in fact does come with pieces to add in to create a fully rounded mount for the planks (only between the last bulkheads) so that’s a relief to know I’ve prob done the hardest bit (or fairly close). it makes sense as you have suggested to put more in between bulkheads to shape - I’ll think about how o can do it. Problem is I work off a dining room table with limited tools and have to pack it all away each shift (2 3-year olds with curious minds in this house!). Alas no workshop or garage I run the planks over it regularly but it’s quite difficult to know how the should look as you get to the keel - probably over worrying! thank you all again - it’s been very nice to have so many helpful/supportive replies so quickly. I was worried this would be such a common question as to mean I’d just be told to check other posts!
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Thank you for your (very quick!) reply -that feels reassuring. I have been doing as you suggest with a plank - it sort of seems to fit - I feel like I get it there on a couple then have to move further along boat to take more off for other bulkheads then back and forth which is probably exactly as it should be but is very nerve racking on first boat! Lol. I’ll see if I can get photos of a plank in place along the bulkheads and as you say start a build log. Then shamefully post nothing for months as life gets in way! J
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Hello All, this is my first post so apologies if not in correct place etc. I am building my first ship - Occre Endurance and have been trying to prepare the bulkheads for planking. I’m concerned I’ve taken too much off in a couple of places but really I’m struggling to even tell. I’ve followed guides and I don’t think I’m a million miles out but in a couple of places I wonder if I’ve mucked up. May be impossible to tell but I’ve added a couple of photos. Any advice very gratefully received! In particular at the bottom on the wood marked A15 - you can see I accidentally sanded the keel which I can live with but I’m worried I’ve made A15 so flat at bottom that planks won’t fit to it. just how flush to the bulkheads do the planks need to be? Again, worried I’m taking too much off in pursuit of perfection! The Occre videos are generally good but really seem to give little for this bit and it’s obviously so important!
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