second plank

[michael101]

Hello friends,

i have finish the first plank of my H.M.S VICTORY

and soon i will start the second plank ( walnut wood )

the thing is, i want to make it as the real ship i mean to make the plank from segments of 127 mm 

the real ship used 30 ft. of plank for the ship (9.144 miter) so if my model is 1/72 it will give us exact  12.7 cm

 

i will be more than happy to receive some advices for this method

i think the big problem will be to make the connecting edges between the segments

to be in exact same wide for not having small spaces when installing the next line of the planks 

but maybe its not even a problem (i never did it before so i dont know  )

also what method you used for holding the second plank in place 

any why ... any advices are welcome !!!!!

here is some pictures of my first plank 

i was explaining my method in my building , if you interesting you can visit the link below : 

Best regards,

Michael.

 

 

 

 

[mtaylor]

Michael,

Have you read the planking tutorials at the top of this subforum?  They should put you on the right path.

[Moxis]

Hello Michael, would it work if you first prepare the full length plank so that it will fit completely into the hull, tapering the ends as necessary, and after that cut it into pieces of 127 mm length and glue them into the hull? This way you have the widths of plank ends to match with each other.

[michael101]

Thank you Mtaylor,

yes i have read the tutorials but all of them taking about the first plank , and no one talk about the issue below 

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Thank you Moxis , that what though at the first , but a friend told me if i choose this method all the line will have the same color and the segments will no be show , but maybe i will pick this method if i will not find other solution 

 

[Moxis]

17 hours ago, michael101 said:

 but a friend told me if i choose this method all the line will have the same color and the segments will no be show.

 

You could use different shades of stain to "paint" the lengths of planks to have color change if you want.

Edited December 21, 2019 by Moxis

[michael101]

Thank you Moxis

interesting idea but maybe I will leave it in the same color and use the same method that you wrote before