JDillon Posted September 6, 2022 Share #1 Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) Could somebody help a newbie ASAP, I am trying to find the location of a printable A4 sheet with the (dont know the name for it yet) the lined pyramid that you use to work out the hull widths tapering. Have seen this used on a few videos. Thank you all Edited September 6, 2022 by JDillon mtaylor and robert952 2 Quote Joe If it moves Grease it if it doesn't Paint it..... Current Builds: Occre, Polaris Shopping List: Vanguard, HMS Sphinx Occre, HMS Terror Vanguard, HMS Flirt Occre, Endurance Completed Builds: 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight Posted September 6, 2022 Share #2 Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) Hi JDillon, I believe you are looking for a "planking fan". You will find it in the Articles Database (located on the topbar). Scroll down to the "Framing and Planking" section, it is in the article "Lining Off Your Hull Planking, Tutorial and Fan" by Chuck Passaro, one of the administrators here on MSW. I would recommend reading all of the articles and other tutorials before commencing hull planking as it is one of the trickier parts of a build. Hope that helps, starlight Edited September 6, 2022 by starlight TOM G, robert952, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert952 Posted September 6, 2022 Share #3 Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) @starlight the article link links back to this thread. You may want to edit the link to point to the planking article. The planking article can be found as you described via the Articles Database link you provided. Edited September 6, 2022 by robert952 mtaylor and JDillon 2 Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert Chenoweth Current Build: Maine Peapod; Midwest Models; 1/14 scale. In the research department: Nothing at this time. Completed models (Links to galleries): Monitor and Merrimack; Metal Earth; 1:370 and 1:390 respectively. (Link to Build Log.) Shrimp Boat; Lindbergh; 1/60 scale (as commission for my brother - a tribute to a friend of his) North Carolina Shad Boat; half hull lift; scratch built. Scale: (I forgot). Done at a class at the NC Maritime Museum. Dinghy; Midwest Models; 1/12 scale (Does LEGO Ship in a Bottle count?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight Posted September 6, 2022 Share #4 Posted September 6, 2022 41 minutes ago, robert952 said: @starlight the article link links back to this thread. You may want to edit the link to point to the planking article. The planking article can be found as you described via the Articles Database link you provided. Oops, how embarrassing! Fixed. JDillon and robert952 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM G Posted September 6, 2022 Share #5 Posted September 6, 2022 Try this link https://thenrg.org/resources/Documents/articles/LiningOffYourHullPlankingTutorialAndFan.pdf robert952, JDillon and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dziadeczek Posted September 7, 2022 Share #6 Posted September 7, 2022 (edited) You can easily draw such a "pyramid" by yourself. Take a sheet of paper and along one edge draw a vertical line and mark on it a series of equal points, say, every half inch or so. In the middle of an opposite edge of this paper make a point half way on the sheet. Connect this point with all points marked on the vertical line, and voila! You have this pyramid... Edited September 7, 2022 by Dziadeczek mtaylor and JDillon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted September 7, 2022 Share #7 Posted September 7, 2022 Here, make it easy on yourself... just save the PDF and print. plankingfan.pdf JDillon 1 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...
JDillon Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share #8 Posted September 8, 2022 Thank you all. all sorted now mtaylor 1 Quote Joe If it moves Grease it if it doesn't Paint it..... Current Builds: Occre, Polaris Shopping List: Vanguard, HMS Sphinx Occre, HMS Terror Vanguard, HMS Flirt Occre, Endurance Completed Builds: 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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