Soaking Second Planking

[Railcardownunder]

I am currently doing a second planking on my first model needing this. Do I need to soaking the 06mm x 5mm Sappeli (Sapelly) wood to get a fit please?

I soaked the first planking and used an electric planking bending tool but I cannot see this being usable with such thin wood?
Cheers Michael Queensland Australia

[SweepHall]

Is it an OcCre build?  I was able to bend the 0.6mm strips by hand with the use of no tools

[mtaylor]

Welcome to MSW, Michael,

What you'll need to do is test. Put a piece into position and see if it bends.  If it gets hard to bend and feels like it will break, then you can soak or soak and apply heat from something like a curling iron.   The downside of not prebending is that if the glue fails, the wood will try to pop back straight.

 

I would also suggest that you open a build log as it's a great way to get help and meet other builders.

 

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