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Sorry to hear that, I was looking forward to following your progress.

Any progress Bob?

I stuck a dowel with fake shrouds tied off at the same height as they would be on the mast, stuck the dowel in the mast’s hole on the deck, then taped them to their spot on the channel. With that I could then mark in pencil where the nail for the chain plate needed to go for the proper angle.

Too late for that now a you’ve tapped the holes already, so just a thought for others and the future. 

10 minutes ago, Dave_E said:

😖 It will glue back ok. 

Make another one, don’t settle

1 hour ago, westwood said:

Nice progress

Thank you, I enjoy following yours as well. 

26 minutes ago, BobG said:

Perfection

I wish.. but thanks Bob. 

1 hour ago, Paul Le Wol said:

you have more than one strake going at a time.

Although it may be more of a mental advantage it helps me make sure I’m keeping tight rows and that I’m keeping the plank shift pattern as I go up (or down).  Mostly though it’s so I can focus on the bow and the stern for a while to keep them consistent since both are different challenges. 
 

And it’s a really big model😳

The slow work of planking continues, now with the first port side belt completed to go with 16 starboard rows. 

Just a couple of progress photos. No WOP at this point and only preliminary sanding. 
 

I’ll do the next port side belt then work from the keel up after that.  Here a plank here, there a plank there, everywhere a plank plank.
 

Thanks as always for your comments and likes

19 hours ago, desalgu said:

see how the bow and especially the stern counter should be planked.

Thank you.  What I know I learned from others and improved by doing. I too have a lot to improve, especially with the stern. 

I use WOP on the deck and often cover painted areas with it as well. 

Congratulations Rusty!  The Confederacy was an early introduction for me on what a great model was supposed to look like. 

Very nice looking deck, excellent planking. 

Agree with others, it isn’t a race. Planking a deck around hatches with a tight fit at bulwarks takes time. The best way to do it right is a plank at a time. I see more potential for problems than for a good outcome trying your suggested approach. 

1 hour ago, FrankWouts said:

Beautiful progress

Thanks Frank. 

On 4/27/2022 at 10:38 AM, Trussben said:

very nice work

Thank you!

The OPs question was answered long ago………

40 minutes ago, rudybob said:

like to know why you would not buy anything from Model Expo.

Bad customer experience and shoddy product. I got a very tarnished and scratched up brass pedestal that had been obviously repackaged. After long delays in responses they finally shipped a replacement that was in worse condition than the first. Didn’t get a response back at all after that. I admittedly gave up after that. So many other places to buy from. 

That’s a good diagram. The two loops are the closed with a separate lashing . 
 

The best tool for rigging are cuticle cutters and embroidery scissors - your snips won't help a lot with thin line. I wrote a bit about them in my Cheerful log somewhere.

Here's an example of one of those clumsy efforts done 12 years ago on my Pegasus (and long before I knew of Syren rope) along with the now no longer made Warner blocks.

1 hour ago, WalrusGuy said:

Some of the best planking

Thank you for saying so, I appreciate it.

1 hour ago, Seventynet said:

Lovely clean work

Thank you, if only my work shop was remotely clean now 😄

1 hour ago, Edwardkenway said:

The stern post transition is absolutely superb, I

Thanks. I definitely struggled, now if I can only remotely match it on the port side.

4 minutes ago, DelF said:

Just wow!

Thank you Derek, I say that a lot with your work.

A side note, I use (and keep sharp) my Veritas chisels so much now, so thanks for both the lead on tools and the Kell sharpening wheel. I’d be lost without them. 

1 hour ago, Blue Ensign said:

I'm feeling inadequate.

Thank you BE, I feel that way a lot when I see the work of some others, including yours. 
 

Side note, when my mini-chisels are too big I turn to the Swann Morton surgical chisel blades I picked up after seeing your use of them. They do come in handy. 

I recommend you look at Vanguard Models in the UK. Chris has great kits from beginner to advanced, with excellent plans and detailed, including photos, instructions. In fact you can download those before buying a model and Chris, like Chuck, is an active member of MSW. Even better there are lots of build logs on this forum to help you along. 
 

Better to get a good start with a good kit than struggle with pirated stuff with poor instructions and no help from others here on the forum. 

18 hours ago, Dave_E said:

Insanely meticulous

Trying to avoid the insane part, but definitely some truth there. Thank you.

18 hours ago, Gregory said:

have this planking thing down.

Thank you, as we say, each plank a project, sometimes two or three projects. 
 

17 hours ago, rafine said:

Wonderful planking

Thanks Bob, I enjoy following your build and thinking someday mine will look like that.

15 hours ago, scrubbyj427 said:

my planking game to your level. 

Thank you for that, though I’ve got plenty of room to improve. Yours looks great,  enjoy following your progress

13 hours ago, Rustyj said:

some fine planking.

Thanks Rusty, I appreciate your saying so. 

19 hours ago, Chuck said:

No need to redo it.   Keep going.

Thank you Chuck, something I have to keep telling myself.

Very meticulous and impressive. How did you close the loop (the photo of just a loop of served rope)?  Very clever modification of the servo-matic.