1:54 HMB Endeavour

[Tony_Brooks]

Hi guys and ladies,

Opinions please on deck planking 1:54 HMB Endeavour.

If I follow Occre's instructions and mark up the planking for butts AND treenailing plank to frame, it looks awfully busy.

I have decided to model the butts only, with a four-strake stagger. After pencilling, weathering and spraying a matt poly it looks like this.

This is, after all, my model and my interpretation of the kit.

[CPDDET]

As you say, it's your model. So if your pleased with it that's all that really matters.

I'm a firm believer in this approach.

[Gregory]

17 hours ago, Tony_Brooks said:

Opinions please

If you are treenailing the main deck, why not the forecastle?

[allanyed]

Perhaps treenailing should be left out altogether.  At your scale, deck treenails would be about 0.015" diameter (#79 drill bit)   and making treenails that small is difficult at best.   A high quality draw plate and bamboo will work if you really want to show these.   The treenails should also be very unobtrusive, not stark and dark.  A good example of the subtlety can be seen in the photo below from a build log here at MSW.  I saved this photo but do not recall which log, so am sorry for not giving credit to the model builder.

Allan

[mtaylor]

Easy way to do treenails at this size would be drill holes (not very deep) of the appropriate size (Allens' size seems right).  The fill the holes with either a bit of glue and very fine sawdust or Plastic Wood which comes in colors.

[allanyed]

Mark, I totally agree and have used this method on both the hull and deck planking at times at small scales   I just smear some watered down white or yellow glue over the holes (in small sections), and sand with fine sand paper.    The saw dust will be a close match to the wood but a LITTLE darker so visible, yet subtle.  

 

Allan

[Gregory]

15 minutes ago, allanyed said:

Perhaps treenailing should be left out altogether. 

A little late for that at this point.

 

When I said "  treenailing " I was speaking of the effect that was achieved on the model as it sits, and continuing the effect on the forecastle, with the simulated treenails at the ends of the planks.

 

 

 

 

Right or wrong, it boils down to what the modeler  is trying to accomplish.

[Tony_Brooks]

1 hour ago, Gregory said:

If you are treenailing the main deck, why not the forecastle?

Hi Gregory, thanks for your help.
I have only marked the butt joints between two planks. At scale, 16' planks would have no butts on the fo'c'sle. I agree I should mark the end nails and I will  test a sample of pencilling over the (already applied) matt poly)

[Gregory]

You might just try making a mark with the point of a pin then a bit of pencil..  Give it  a light sanding and give it another coat  of poly.

Edited April 5, 2022 by Gregory

[DaveBaxt]

5 hours ago, mtaylor said:

Easy way to do treenails at this size would be drill holes (not very deep) of the appropriate size (Allens' size seems right).  The fill the holes with either a bit of glue and very fine sawdust or Plastic Wood which comes in colors.

Seems like an excellent idea to do this.Thanks you