kiwiron
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Thanks a lot men.I'll be using the admiralty french blue, looks ok.Thanks Alistair for the suggestions i might go with a slightly worn look for paint hull etc see how it looks later on. -
A few coats of dullcote so far, maybe do one more and one coat of stain on the keel.Start above the wale now, good to get something done.
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Great thanks Alistair.
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Thanks Augie and Alistair.Found some testors dullcote that'll be good.The matt varnish i have used before was rubbish.Would you recommend sanding sealer as well.thanks ron.
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It is a linseed oil blend furniture polish.
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Getting serious now with machines next you'll be doing a scratch built.
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Hi Denis, thanks a lot.Not sure if i'll varnish the hull or use oil like on my Supply.Varnish would be better for any future glueing if needed i think.Ron.
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Hi Denis, no problems except lack of time to do any ship building.Hopefully have some spare time next month.
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Hey Doug,If it was'nt for Franks and your Supply mine would'nt have got far.No time to even scratch myself lately let alone do anything on the ship.The Bounty will be great.
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Beautifull job Doug i like your rope coils and the extra details you've added,very nice.It was'nt easy given the instructions thats for sure.Ok you can have 2 days off now b4 you start the next one,any ideas yet.I look forward to your next one.
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Thanks Denis and Popeye and for the likes.I have put the keel on temporarily now to see how the garboard plank will go.
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Some 2nd planking,start from the keel up now.I'm not tapering the planks as i will probably paint the hull.Going good so far.
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Thats no good Mick,i hope you can get over it o.k.Take care Ron.
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Hi Pawel,good idea,i'll use shorter planks and offset them a bit i think.
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Hi Ollie and Popeye,Good idea Ollie and Popeye not sure on what size the planks would have been,or what size to do mine.
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My next decision is should i use my second planks in their 600mm lengths or to cut planks to 200mm.I think it would be better to cut them and easier to lay individually.What do you think?
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Thanks a lot men for your comments they are a great help and good to get other peoples opinions and experiance.Thanks Ollie,so far i have done 2 fishing boats and one sailing ship.I thought i would try the hull as a jig a lot more accurate than anything i could have done on the table.Hi Steve the instructions say to fit the wales later.I thought if i put the wales on now i would'nt have to re-do the lines.Also it will be easier to line up the top and bottom planks against the wale.When i glue the wales on they will be higher at the stern on the line in the second photo.All trial and error.Hi Greg i will be doing a thinner plank at the top of the wale which has three planks.I painted the edges of the top and bottom wales like on Augies great build,i love that ship.Hi Popeye i will be using a 1mm top wale plank then three 2mm planks.The second planking layer is 0.6mm limewood for the top and sapelli below the wales.
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I used the hull as my wale jig, soaking the planks,bending then letting them dry on the hull.Just painted the edges and face of the bottom and top wale planks off the hull re-fit when dry and into their correct positions.
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Thanks Slog,maybe the next mark down would be better,i'll check what everyone else has done before i lay a plank.The line at the moment is off the instruction diagrams.
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Thanks Slog, great technique that would work really well, the 2nd planking is only 0.6mm thick so no need for a jig.The wale needs a jig though being 2mm limewood.Just put some diluted pva on the balsa at the front i read about that on someones log so when i plank it the balsa won't soak up the glue.
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