sfries119

Thank you all for the welcome and the kind words. This was the third ship my father was building i believe. He left me the first one he ever did. He was always very meticulas in his building. The only thing I didn't like on it was he did use filler in some areas that covered the planking. I believe that no ship has perfect planking so I scraped a lot of it out.

To Floyd yes I have everything, box, plans, instructions parts etc... Although the instructions are there they are not "place part 222 at bulkhead G 1/8" above deck. It seems that they think you know what you are doing. I am not all that familiar with ship & rigging terms. I know bow, stern, port and starboard.

I think I'm going to go with decking the whole deck then cut out for the hatches.

With the nibbing stake how do I make that. The ship seems to match up well with the drawing. Should I trace the plan and transfer it? What thickness is the nibbing stake? Same as the decking? Should I get some flat stock material to make it out of or try and bend material.

I have been going thru the builds and am following a bunch of them. With that said should I paint the bulkward and the planking before I deck for ease of "cutting in later".

The biggest question is should I paint before I start the deck.

My father started this before he passed away. I have never done one but am determined to finish it. I have built many models in my time but is a whole new category.

He completed the hull and I think the deck is next. here are the first of MANY QUESTIONS i'm sure i'll have. 

1. Should i place the hatch, skylights and companionways first and deck around or deck then place them (Does it matter)?

2. I have read about a nibbing stake. do you have to make your own if so how? can I trace the planking layout from the plan?

3. I have also seen where blocks are glued in between bulkheads under rail as a glue point for the decking. Should this be done.

Here are some images of whats been done so far.

Any comments or suggestions would be much appreciated.