HMS Flirt 1772 by drumgerry - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Scale.

[drumgerry]

First planking finished!  I feel like there should be an award or something for getting to this point 😁. 

 

Anyway great learning experience.  Much sanding to follow then it's er... second planking! 

 

 

 

 

Cheers, Gerry 

[VTHokiEE]

29 minutes ago, drumgerry said:

First planking finished!  I feel like there should be an award or something for getting to this point 😁. 

I agree! Congratulations getting through it, that’s quite the milestone in my opinion and you did a great job!

[drumgerry]

Thanks guys!  You'll be ahead of me in no time Spyglass.  Did I mention that I do things really slooooowwwwly?

[DelF]

Well done Gerry!

 

That’s a great job on the first planking. I wouldn’t say you are slow - you clearly work steadily and carefully and the results show. You’ve produced a  perfect base for the second planking. 
 

Derek

[drumgerry]

Thanks Derek.  As well as the limitations of time my circumstances place on me I've learned over the years that if I try to rush ahead on tasks that require meticulousness I just make mistakes.  So slow and steady it is and plenty of time to pause and take stock. 

[drumgerry]

First of the boxwood done.  Such nice wood to work with.  I can see why it's popular. 

 

 

Cheers, Gerry 

[drumgerry]

A little more planking on the stern.  It's fun making the little mini cut outs in the planks for the windows with my nice Japanese chisel. 

 

 

 

Cheers, Gerry 

[Sjors]

That looks really great Gerry!

Have fun with the second planking....

 

Sjors

 

[drumgerry]

Thanks Sjors!  I hope I do enjoy it!

 

Cheers,  Gerry

[Sjors]

I will watch it from a distance.....🙃

[drumgerry]

When doing the first layer of planking I miscalculated how many planks had to fit into the space particularly at the stern where I had to use stealers to make up the gaps.  As a newbie it was my lack of understanding of the process.  Actually getting some practical planking experience it's a little clearer now in my feeble mind. 

 

So in anticipation of doing the second planking I feel I need a proper sense of the space I'm dealing with and how many planks need to go into it.   To that end I've measured the distance from the master plank down to the keel and marked a midpoint at various points along the hull.    I've used this as a guide to divide the hull into two approximate bands with tape (the lower edge of the tape marks the bottom of the top band).  The line that the planks will follow looks OK to me I think. 

 

I'll make up tick strips next for each band for 10 planks for the top band and 11 for the bottom.  Hopefully I'll end up with a neat and relatively even result.  Most of it's getting painted anyway so it doesn't really matter that much.  It's all part of the learning process for me though. 

 

 

Cheers, Gerry

 

[drumgerry]

Oh now that's a good point Spyglass!  I knew there was a good reason to post my inane ramblings on here!  Thanks.

 

Cheers, Gerry

[glbarlow]

This was a great log. Are you still working on Flirt?

[CaptnBirdseye]

Hi Glenn

Gerry decided to sell the part-finished project and i was able to grab a myself a bargain!

Not sure how to proceed with this as it was his build diary. Also not sure i can keep up his high standards lol

So, do i continue the build from here, or start a new diary linked to this one?

Any thoughts anyone?

[ccoyle]

Start up a new log, and we'll put a link to it here in the old one.

[CaptnBirdseye]

That sounds like a good plan 👍

Best get re-reading all the Flirt build logs 😟

Edited November 9, 2021 by RockinBudgie

[BobG]

Glad to see you will continue this build on a new build log. Good luck!