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thank you all of you for the info really appreciate 

Hello Pirates,

I m ready to plank the lower deck of my Revenge by Amati and I was wandering what is the rule to calculate how long a plank on the deck should be.

the scale of the kit is 1:64, I do not have a clue hoe long in real life the planks usually are.

thank you in advance 

Hi Richmond and Louie and thanks for the greetings.

@Louie da fly yes I started a building log today and I will try to update as soon I make progress.

Just started The Revenge by Amati a couple days ago, after I build my new work bench. the frame is done and now I m proceeding to planking the lower deck .

I Have a very basic experience and hopping to find any kind of help of support from anyone willing to do it. 

I just would like to apologize in advance for my English which I know is not the best being Italian my first language, so please do not shoot on the piano player 🙂

Hi everyone, my name is Paolo and I m from Wollongong NSW Australia. I just started the Revenge from AMATI

On 11/12/2017 at 9:10 AM, xodar461 said:

After the frames have been attached, the first deck to place is the orlop.  Although the manual shows this as 1 piece, the kit splits the deck down the middle for 2 pieces - much easier to fit this way.  The deck is planked off the model and then glued onto the frames.  The hatch coamings and gratings are then fitted.  As others have pointed out, the gratings are photo-etched brass and not wood.  One problem with replacing them with wood is that the grating openings may not be to scale - often they are too big.  As this deck is deep within the ship, it won't be too visible anyway so I'll decide later if I want to change out to wood for the upper decks.  here are pics of the deck pre and post application of satin poly.  I think the gratings are acceptable.

Also note that I have decided to not use treenails to the deck.  At this scale they would be barely visible anyway.

 

Hi Jeff,

my name is Paolo first of all thank you for this blog, your model looks very good. i just start mine and it is my first model at this difficult level. hopping for the best. i will definitely use your building log as guide if you dont mind.

can i ask you if you have a specific rule on how long you cut the planks for the deck?

thank you and again compliment

Hi Greg very nice job I use your blog as main reference in combination with a couple others I could not glue a toothpick without.

can I ask you what did you use in the second pic of your blog on the right side of the boat?

This is my first model ever and I start thinking that maybe I ve pushed too much, but I m not giving up easly despite all the icupsi ve encounter. I hope I could post sam same question without bordering you too much.

have a nice day

paolo

well its not much but i planked the 3 bits of lower eck that are hardly going to be seen

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Hi Andrieke im building as well the same boat ( my very first boat model)

Which part did you used to plank the lower dek? Do u cut yourself? And if it so how do u identify the right one to cut?

Sorry for my silly questions but it is my very first job and i dont want to spoiled so soon .

Than you for your time