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Old Collingwood

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  1. Old Collingwood
    Hope everyones xmas is going well, So i got round to finishing my stand and even got a few coats of black on it. OC.
  2. Old Collingwood
    "What did you get - what did you get" OC.
  3. Old Collingwood
    Unable to get outside and sand the other side of the hull because of the weather, I decided to knock up a stand for it. Just needs a couple of coats of paint. OC.
  4. Old Collingwood
    Cant wait to here you screaming "I got a 200 scale Hood............Yippy" Have a great one. OC.
  5. Old Collingwood
    Anyway - have a great xmas to you and yours. OC.
  6. Old Collingwood
    Thout you ment UK danny Gloucester - Newcastle. OC.
  7. Old Collingwood
    Thankfully for me its Full Beef dinner cooked by the Admiral today, then I am cooking a Chicken curry on xmas day, and its a mixed grill on box day - not a trace of turkey anywhere. OC.
  8. Old Collingwood
    Thanks carl, doing the other side tomorrow, then I will be placing a false keel and stern post section/s of planking to make it all flush and to create a scalf joint mid point along the keel then I will be working on the front adding detail planking from the keel to the stem. OC.
  9. Old Collingwood
    I have done the sanding on the one side of the hull and sanded around the rudder post, ready for some additional planking. Here's a few pics. OC.
  10. Old Collingwood
    Hi folks - second planking finnished, just needs a few trimmed planks and sanding. OC.
  11. Old Collingwood
    Hi folks, Firstly can I take this opportunity to wish everyone a great holiday and seasons greatings, hope santa brings us "big kids" some lovely kits or building stuff. I also want to thank everyone for the kind comments/remarks and help, and all the like button pusher's. So where am I at now? well I have nearly second planked the lower hull, just two planks either side and a few dropped planks, then it will be ready for a dry day so I can sand it down. OC.
  12. Old Collingwood
    Just want to add folks - the look of my second planking isn't her final appearence, as the rough look will be cleaned up with some light sanding, and all the marks (most of it dried pva glue) will sand away nicely (I hope) OC.
  13. Old Collingwood
    Very nice. OC.
  14. Old Collingwood
    More progress with the second planking following my pattern - getting there I think. OC.
  15. Old Collingwood
    Thats a fine looking ship denis plastic is not always our friend but you have done a great job in sometimes testing areas. Congrats. OC.
  16. Old Collingwood
    Half of me thinks I should have second planked from the keel upwards, however I will still do that and meet the wale planking somewhere in the middle, I tried laying some thin long planks over the first planking to get a feel for natural lines, but they seemed to want to go in differtent directions due to the curveture of the hull. It doesn't matter too much as there is going to be a watermark line and painted flat white below that and yellow ocre above that upto the wal. so as long as it is smooth and looks ok and matches both port and starboard. OC.
  17. Old Collingwood
    More work second planking - bit tedious to be honest, I think its a combination of the kit, how the bulkheads came out, and my original positioning of the rabbat line - garboard plank and the wale, I have been struggling to keep a smooth line of planks without them needing to twist in a clinker style. I decided after a couple of planks following the wale and including tapering the planks at the bow, I needed to create more of a curve - so I shaped a couple of planks going from full plank width in the middle to nothing at each end, I think this has helped with the natural run of the planks. OC.
  18. Old Collingwood
    Perfect job - well well worth the effort its looking really nice. OC.
  19. Old Collingwood
    Thats an interesting looking build you have going on there, I like the idea of the frame and bulkheads being consructed in two halves - easier to get them straight and lined up that way I would have thought. OC.
  20. Old Collingwood
    Folks the dark areas that look like burning are "ermmmm burnt wood" I used my heated plank bending tool (soldering iron with a round flat thingy on top) to super heat up the planks after they were laid on the hull, my method was to gently slide it over the plank/s thinking it would bond quicker like a heat glue gun does, yep it works but as I found out I have to be careful not to leave the heat concentrated in one place too long, or it will burn the wood. OC.
  21. Old Collingwood
    Looking rather nice, from memory when I went over Devonshire in 1976 at pompy, she had a fair amount of wood decks along with that green painted deck areas. OC.
  22. Old Collingwood
    Evening folks glad we are back on - off - on anyway I have been making slow progress with my second hull planking, guess you cant rush it though, nothing really to add, I have a few pics though. OC.
  23. Old Collingwood
    Hiya folks, Right so the second lower hull planking has begun, I sorted my planks 3mm x 1mm and taperd the top section strarting from roughly the middle of the hull, going from 3mm to 1.5mm at the bow end, I then cut the plank in two and also beveled the top edge, I then used my heated plank bender to get a nice curve for the bow and gently carried this back towards the mid hull area, I used a small amount of ca glue to hold the bow end and used pva on the rest, then I taped the mid hull end. I then checked the mid hull to the stern area with the off cut - this plank did not need tapering however to let it lay freely, I have a half stealer to fit between the bottom of the wale at the rear of the stern, its quite a long pointed gap going from a planks width at the stern and to a point, about a quarter of the way back towards the mid ship area. I guess I will need to wait till the plank has set then mark and cut out to take the half stealer. OC.
  24. Old Collingwood
    Looking really nice. OC.
  25. Old Collingwood
    I see, thanks bob. OC.

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