HMS Winchelsea - FINISHED - 1764 - by Chuck (1/4" scale)
Welcome to the Winnie project.
Yes I am starting over again. Many of you might wonder why I would do such a thing. There are several good reasons actually. Let me explain.
- About 3 years ago during a flood in my workshop, the 1st Winnie was severely damaged. Although not submerged the humidty and moisture cause the planking at the bow to open up like a banana being peeled back. I did fix it as best I could but I will never be as happy with it now.
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I finished planking the other side up to the sheer. With that completed, I would really like to add the second layer of the wales and the black strake. BUT...it just makes sense to add a few strakes below the first layer of wales first.
To do this, we will need to make a drop plank at the bow. The drop plank essentially takes two strakes at mid ship and reduces them down to one strake as it enters the rabbet at the bow. I really good example of this is shown below on this conte
