Keithbrad80 Posted December 25, 2020 Share #31 Posted December 25, 2020 Do you know the reason behind diagonal planking? Was it stronger somehow? Horizontal planks give the ship strength and rigidity, I’ll assume diagonal planks do the same, but what was the specific reasoning behind diagonal planks? vladislemm 1 Quote Current Builds: Flying Fish - Model Shipways - 1:96 Future Builds: Young America 1853 - Scratch Build - 1:72 Completed Builds: HMS Racehorse - Mantua - 1:47 (No pictures unfortunately) Providence Whale Boat - Artesania Latina - 1:25 (Also no pictures) Lowell Grand Banks Dory - Model Shipways - 1:24 Shelved Builds: Pride of Baltimore 2 - Model Shipways - 1:64 (Also no pictures) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobG Posted December 25, 2020 Share #32 Posted December 25, 2020 Is this model currently available to purchase? vladislemm 1 Quote Bob Garcia "Measure once, cuss twice!" Current Builds: Hms Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 - Vanguard Models Pen Duick - Artesania Latina 1:28 Completed: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Co. Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladislemm Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share #33 Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) On 12/25/2020 at 10:26 PM, Keithbrad80 said: Do you know the reason behind diagonal planking? Was it stronger somehow? Horizontal planks give the ship strength and rigidity, I’ll assume diagonal planks do the same, but what was the specific reasoning behind diagonal planks? It is designed for covering the hulls of boats, which should have the greatest transverse and longitudinal strength. Edited December 26, 2020 by vladislemm Keithbrad80 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladislemm Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share #34 Posted December 28, 2020 Almost finished diagonal planks. Keithbrad80, yvesvidal, G.L. and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted December 28, 2020 Share #35 Posted December 28, 2020 Excellent work. John vladislemm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladislemm Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share #36 Posted December 31, 2020 Friends, I wish you all a Happy New Year!!!😉 BobG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladislemm Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share #37 Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) The holidays are over! Finished the diagonal planks. Edited January 11, 2021 by vladislemm BobG, yvesvidal, Roger Pellett and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.L. Posted January 11, 2021 Share #38 Posted January 11, 2021 Very nice work, Vladislav. vladislemm 1 Quote G.L. Current projects: Oostends schipje (Ostend shrimper) - scale 1:20 Clipper d'Argenteuil - POF - scale 1/15 - SMALL Completed projects: Norwegian Whale Boat - POF - scale 1/10 - SMALL Anatomy of a boat by G.L. - scale 1/10 - POF - SMALL Day gaff sailing boat with center board - FINISHED - SMALL - scale 1/10 Cross section fishing smack - FINISHED -scale 1:20HMS Triton cross section - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladislemm Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share #39 Posted February 10, 2021 Hello everyone! I began to lay the horizontal planks of the hull. hof00, gjdale, Keithbrad80 and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobG Posted February 10, 2021 Share #40 Posted February 10, 2021 Beautiful planking job! What are the dimensions of this model? vladislemm and pwog 2 Quote Bob Garcia "Measure once, cuss twice!" Current Builds: Hms Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 - Vanguard Models Pen Duick - Artesania Latina 1:28 Completed: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Co. Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithbrad80 Posted February 10, 2021 Share #41 Posted February 10, 2021 Fantastic plank job so far! Very interesting build so far. Bradley vladislemm 1 Quote Current Builds: Flying Fish - Model Shipways - 1:96 Future Builds: Young America 1853 - Scratch Build - 1:72 Completed Builds: HMS Racehorse - Mantua - 1:47 (No pictures unfortunately) Providence Whale Boat - Artesania Latina - 1:25 (Also no pictures) Lowell Grand Banks Dory - Model Shipways - 1:24 Shelved Builds: Pride of Baltimore 2 - Model Shipways - 1:64 (Also no pictures) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladislemm Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share #42 Posted February 11, 2021 18 hours ago, BobG said: Beautiful planking job! What are the dimensions of this model? Cutter dimension: length - 359 mm, width - 92 mm, нeight - 141 mm (with flagstaff) JpR62, BobG and Keithbrad80 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladislemm Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share #43 Posted March 29, 2021 I finished the horizontal planks. BobG, G.L., Ryland Craze and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladislemm Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share #44 Posted May 3, 2021 I broke down the technological parts of the frame. The boat hull has become very light! wefalck, Ryland Craze, JpR62 and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladislemm Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share #45 Posted May 9, 2021 The keel and stem fell into place, and I began to sheathe the side air boxes. G.L., bruce d, yvesvidal and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladislemm Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share #46 Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) Continue planking the hull inner space. Edited June 17, 2021 by vladislemm wefalck, BobG, oneslim and 13 others 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted June 17, 2021 Share #47 Posted June 17, 2021 Excellent work! She's a credit to you. John mtaylor and vladislemm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael mott Posted June 18, 2021 Share #48 Posted June 18, 2021 A very clean looking model, nice planking work. Michael vladislemm, JpR62, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Current builds Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8; Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8; Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8 Other projects Pilot Cutter 1:500 ; Maria, 1:2 Now just a memory Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8 Finished projects A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100 Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moab Posted June 18, 2021 Share #49 Posted June 18, 2021 BEAUTIFUL work!...Moab mtaylor and vladislemm 2 Quote Completed Builds: Virginia Armed Sloop...Model Shipways Ranger...Corel Louise Steam Launch...Constructo Hansa Kogge...Dusek Yankee Hero...BlueJacket Spray...BlueJacket 26’ Long Boat...Model Shipways Under Construction: Emma C. Berry...Model Shipways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cleek Posted June 18, 2021 Share #50 Posted June 18, 2021 On 12/25/2020 at 11:26 AM, Keithbrad80 said: Do you know the reason behind diagonal planking? Was it stronger somehow? Horizontal planks give the ship strength and rigidity, I’ll assume diagonal planks do the same, but what was the specific reasoning behind diagonal planks? Actually, the diagonally layered planking such as in this boat had a layer of muslin or calico set in thick shellac or white lead between the planking layers. This created a sort of early cold-molded hull which resisted opening up when stored above a ship better than standard carvel planking did. This reduced, if not eliminated the need to launch and tow ("stream") the ship's boats regularly to keep them from leaking when dried out. It was very common on ship's launches and lifeboats and lifesaving boats stored ashore in this period. Keithbrad80, wefalck, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefalck Posted June 29, 2021 Share #51 Posted June 29, 2021 According to my German 1878 textbook on (naval) boatbuilding, the diagonal planking was up to 30% lighter, than a carvel-planked boat and even more so for a lap-strake built one. However, building costs were higher and they are also more difficult to repair. The diagonal-carvel system (as in this example) was used particularly, when the hull was to be (partially) varnished on the outside, rather than painted all over. A tropical hardwood was preferred for the inner planking to better resist rotting - it would have been very difficult to replace inner planking without essentially dismantling half of the boat. The model is coming on nicely. It's a pity that not much of the inner diagonal strakes will be visible at the end. Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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