Don Quixote Posted January 30, 2022 Share #1 Posted January 30, 2022 Looking for ideas on separating planking and decking sticks by size. Quote Norwegian Sailing Pram 1:12 Scale. 2nd boat in the learning series. In Dry Dock: Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack. 1:24 scale. Model Shipways, 3rd in the learning series. Not sure what'll be next, probably the Santa Maria by Artesania Latina 1:65 scale. Unless someone has a better suggestion for a beginner. Pride of Baltimore. Model Shipways. Clipper used in the war of 1812. Black Falcon. Mantua Model. 18 century corsair brig. CSS. Alabama. E. Manolie? Can't read the font. Build in Liverpool in 1862 for use in the American Civil War by the Confederates. Steam and sail, sloop of war. Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. A baseball cap my Dad wore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPDDET Posted January 31, 2022 Share #2 Posted January 31, 2022 Not sure exactly what you need help with here. Separating by size could be as easy as measuring the width and thickness of the "sticks" / planks? Perhaps you meant something else? Gregory 1 Quote Current build: NRG Half Hull Previous build: MS Bluenose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted January 31, 2022 Share #3 Posted January 31, 2022 Brian, Which ship? There are sources based on contemporary contracts and folios with scantlings for beams, carlings, ledges, and the flat (planking) on each deck of various size ships from the late 1600's to the early 1800's. If you bought the dory kit designed by David Antscherl, who is a member here, you will get the best help possible and it has a great reputation as a fantastic starter kit. Allan mtaylor 1 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Quixote Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted January 31, 2022 Hmmm. I want to separate them and store them in such a way that I can look at labels and grab what I need. I'll measure and keep them separated. mtaylor 1 Quote Norwegian Sailing Pram 1:12 Scale. 2nd boat in the learning series. In Dry Dock: Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack. 1:24 scale. Model Shipways, 3rd in the learning series. Not sure what'll be next, probably the Santa Maria by Artesania Latina 1:65 scale. Unless someone has a better suggestion for a beginner. Pride of Baltimore. Model Shipways. Clipper used in the war of 1812. Black Falcon. Mantua Model. 18 century corsair brig. CSS. Alabama. E. Manolie? Can't read the font. Build in Liverpool in 1862 for use in the American Civil War by the Confederates. Steam and sail, sloop of war. Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. A baseball cap my Dad wore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPDDET Posted January 31, 2022 Share #5 Posted January 31, 2022 You can use a piece of tape with the size written on it around 1 piece and band them together with a rubber band. mtaylor 1 Quote Current build: NRG Half Hull Previous build: MS Bluenose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Quixote Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted January 31, 2022 I think I'm going to try to make a box with separators so I can stand them vertically. I could use painters tape to write down the size and when I go to another ship I can just lay down another strip of tape. Quote Norwegian Sailing Pram 1:12 Scale. 2nd boat in the learning series. In Dry Dock: Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack. 1:24 scale. Model Shipways, 3rd in the learning series. Not sure what'll be next, probably the Santa Maria by Artesania Latina 1:65 scale. Unless someone has a better suggestion for a beginner. Pride of Baltimore. Model Shipways. Clipper used in the war of 1812. Black Falcon. Mantua Model. 18 century corsair brig. CSS. Alabama. E. Manolie? Can't read the font. Build in Liverpool in 1862 for use in the American Civil War by the Confederates. Steam and sail, sloop of war. Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. A baseball cap my Dad wore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution mtaylor Posted January 31, 2022 Solution Share #7 Posted January 31, 2022 Just go down to the hardware store and look for plastic pipe of a diameter that fits what your storing. Cut into lengths, again to lengths a bit (an inch or two) shorter than the wood. You can stand them up or lay them on their sides. They also make end caps so you can pick up one tube and not have the wood falling all over the place. If I remember right, they have both round and square tubing. In my shop, I use the square fence post covers, cut down to about 2 feet long and stacked on their side. allanyed, Ryland Craze, Landlubber Mike and 2 others 5 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Quixote Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share #8 Posted January 31, 2022 Hey, that's a great idea, thanks! mtaylor 1 Quote Norwegian Sailing Pram 1:12 Scale. 2nd boat in the learning series. In Dry Dock: Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack. 1:24 scale. Model Shipways, 3rd in the learning series. Not sure what'll be next, probably the Santa Maria by Artesania Latina 1:65 scale. Unless someone has a better suggestion for a beginner. Pride of Baltimore. Model Shipways. Clipper used in the war of 1812. Black Falcon. Mantua Model. 18 century corsair brig. CSS. Alabama. E. Manolie? Can't read the font. Build in Liverpool in 1862 for use in the American Civil War by the Confederates. Steam and sail, sloop of war. Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. A baseball cap my Dad wore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted February 1, 2022 Share #9 Posted February 1, 2022 The plastic PVC pipe also works well for soaking planks before cross bending them if you choose that method rather than spiling each plank. Allan mtaylor 1 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonflyxlii Posted February 1, 2022 Share #10 Posted February 1, 2022 I make these storage "units" from cardboard tubes glued to laminated cardboard bases, but you get the idea from the attached pictures hopefully. I cut my own wood so I have made lots of these things. Heavy duty tubes. Ryland Craze and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonflyxlii Posted February 1, 2022 Share #11 Posted February 1, 2022 Ryland Craze, mtaylor, Landlubber Mike and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyleK1 Posted February 1, 2022 Share #12 Posted February 1, 2022 Agree with the tube ideas... I do the same thing! mtaylor 1 Quote Lyle "The only thing that stays the same is the constant state of change" Completed Builds: Occre HMS Terror - https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2065-hms-terror-occre/ NRG Half Hull Project - https://modelshipworld.com/topic/23546-half-hull-project-by-lylek1-nrg/ 1:130 1847 Harvey - https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2125-1847-baltimore-clipper-harvey-1130-scale/ Scott Miller's Sea of Galilee Boat - https://modelshipworld.com/topic/29007-sea-of-galilee-boat-by-se-miller-120-scale-lylek1/ In progress: Artesania Latina HMS Bounty - https://modelshipworld.com/topic/26817-hms-bounty-by-lylek1-artesania-latina-148-scale/ Waiting for dry-dock space: Model Shipways - USS Constitution Master Korbel - Cannon Jolle 1801 A Scratch build -TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtosail Posted February 3, 2022 Share #13 Posted February 3, 2022 Similar idea but I use square mailing tubes where I cut an opening in the top. Stackable and I can write what's in them on the front. Seventynet, toms10, BenD and 6 others 9 Quote - Tom - Current Build: Vanguard Speedy Completed: Vanguard Duchess of Kingston, Stove Project, Ships Wheel Project, NRG Capstan Project, Billings Half Moon, Dumas Chris Craft 1938 27' Triple Cockpit Barrel Back, Panart Santa Lucia , Model Shipways Constitution , MS Bounty Launch , HMS Beagle Member: Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AON Posted February 13, 2022 Share #14 Posted February 13, 2022 think having your stock lay flat beats every other option mtaylor, BETAQDAVE and Landlubber Mike 3 Quote Alan O'Neill "only dead fish go with the flow" Ongoing Build (31 Dec 2013) - HMS BELLEROPHON (1786), POF scratch build, scale 1:64, 74 gun 3rd rate Man of War, Arrogant Class Member of the Model Shipwrights of Niagara, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada (2016), and the Nautical Research Guild (since 2014) Associate member of the Nautical Research and Model Ship Society (2021) Offshore member of The Society of Model Shipwrights (2021) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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