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Hi Andy. Your ship is looking great!! I'm at that stage with my own Bellona and are working on fairing the bulkheads. I noticed that some of your bulkheads were a bit short on the main false deck (i.e. not flushed with the deck). Including bulkhead #6 which is obviously shorter. I'm wondering how you went about that. Did you send down the edge of the deck? Or did you add some materials to the bulkhead? At least for #6, I'm assuming you shaved the deck. Thanks!!
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Hi Northshore. I'm exactly at that stage with my own Bellona and are working on fairing the bulkheads. I noticed that some of your bulkheads were a bit short on the main false deck (i.e. not flushed with the deck). Including bulkhead #6 which is obviously shorter. I'm wondering how you went about that. Did you send down the edge of the deck? Or did you add some materials to the bulkhead? At least for #6, I'm assuming you shaved the deck. Thanks. And BTW - your ship is amazing.
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About to plank my first hull
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Hi modellers. I'm about to plank my first hull (HMS Bellona by Corel) and have a question about the bulkheads. How do I feel with bulkheads that aren’t flushed with the deck? Obviously if they are wider I can taper them down. But what if they are a bit inside? How best to add materials? Adding a couple of pictures. Thank you all in advance!
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HMS Bellona by Nearshore - Corel - 1:100
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This is a great blog, Northshore. I’m about to start working on this model myself (it’s been sitting in the garage for 20-some years). If you don’t mind, I have a question about the bearding and rabbet lines - for you and for anyone else with the proper experience. While I see them in the drawings (tables 4, 5, and 6), I didn’t notice them mentioned anywhere in the instructions. So my questions are: Since this model has two plank layers, each about 1 mm thick, should the rabbet line be cut 2 mm deep on each side (which would leave only 1 mm thickness for the keel)? In table 5, there’s another dotted line between the bearding and rabbet lines. Is this meant to indicate where the first planking layer should end? I can see how that makes sense at the bow, but it’s less clear at the stern where the gap is naturally wider. Thanks!
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HMS Bellona by Nearshore - Corel - 1:100
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This is a fantastic post. The most important tool is the space and environment. As someone who returned to modeling just lately after decades, I'm straggling with creating a proper and organized working space and this is a great help. BTW - LOVE your blog. I'm about to tackle the same model myself in a few weeks. Bought it in Tokyo more than 20 years ago. Its time has come!
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Indian Girl canoe by Mike Collier - FINISHED - Midwest Products
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Hi Mike. Great work. I just started my own Canoe. It's a practice model for me before I tackle a much larger and more difficult model. I'm and the planking stage. Completed the first 8 planks on each side and about to transition to the bottom. These are very thin planks. Did you pre-calculate how wide they should be at each section and trimmed accordingly (like when planking the hull of a larger ship)? Did you use a bender at this stage? Thanks!
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