Planking strips needed

[shawn32671]

I'm about to start my Guillows Constitution ship build and plan to half plank, half copper the solid balsa hull.

 

Where is a good source for 1/8" wide or less strip copper tape or does anyone have extra on hand yourselves?

 

Also does anyone here have some spare dark wood planking strips around 1 to 2 mm thickness? At least 1 foot long per piece by 1/8" or less wide? ...I need enough for a hull about 9" long X 3" tall. Or a source to purchase some?

 

Thanks for your help.

Edited August 17, 2013 by shawn

[src]

Shawn,

Hobby Mill will have your lumber strips as well as the lumber yard. You should be able to find both on the data base here. As far as your copper strips, maybe a stained glass supply house?

Sam

[shawn32671]

Thanks SRC, What do you use (if you do) for "coppering" hulls? 

[Micklen32]

Thanks SRC, What do you use (if you do) for "coppering" hulls? 

Hi Shawn

At any good ship modelling shop you can buy sheets of copper 'Tiles'to plate your hull

It's quite a long job but does look good when finished

Good luck

 

Keep it up   

Mick

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JWlSFzJ8uA  This will help

Edited August 17, 2013 by Micklen32

[src]

Shawn, I'll defer to Mick on that one, I am still "stumbling" through my first build.   I worked too hard on the planking to cover it up metal!   Next build perhaps.

[shawn32671]

Being so new to ship modeling myself, I will likely just stick to planking the hull and try coppering half of a hull on a future build sometime once I'm a lot more proficient at building these.

[Micklen32]

Being so new to ship modeling myself, I will likely just stick to planking the hull and try coppering half of a hull on a future build sometime once I'm a lot more proficient at building these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl122Nd6J_w

 

Hi Shawn

The link above will give you a much better idea of plating   

It will also probably put you off it for life     

 

Keep it up   

Mick

[shawn32671]

I'm subscribed to his channel...1,200 copper plates alone for his ship hull build, Yikes....Yeah I think I may stick to plain hulled builds after watching that lol....Mick, thanks for the link, very enlightening indeed.

Shawn

Edited August 17, 2013 by shawn

[johnegert]

Shawn,

If you want to give it a shot--- and you really should--- Google up The Model Dockyard, go to Caldercraft fittings, and check bags of 100 for about $3.50 US.

I don't know the scale of your ship, but they have 1/64 and 1/72 sizes. There has been a fair amount of griping about the excessive, steam-punky, size of the nailheads which would give Sir Humphrey Davy a corrosion wedgy, but the 1/72 plates are more subdued. Mick is killing me here---" just run down to your local ship model shop"...... MICK! All we have here are fidget-meister Starbucks and usurious "payday loan" scammers!! That and Walmart and the odd "Good Eats" charnel house..... Ah, but I digress....If your scale is much smaller, try Hobby Lobby for copper strip for stained glass.

I love Model Dockyard. Fast, relatively cheap shipping--- great place.

john

[shawn32671]

Thanks John and yeah this is a pretty small model...check my thread to the build log I've started "Guillow U-S-S-Frigate-Constitution balsa ship model"

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/3186-guillow-u-s-s-frigate-constitution-balsa-ship-model/

[johnegert]

Dang, Shawn--- I should've checked your log--- You're getting down into my beloved 1/300 territory. Too small for Caldercraft. In addition to the aforementioned stained glass copper, I have used several other methods; copper shim stock of .001 is pretty easy to cut (on a pane of glass), and fairly easy to lay down- no real reason to overlap in this scale). I've also used paper sheets, and copper leafed them. AND, occasionally, I have painted the damn things and then weathered with that blue-green patina of controversial-but-good looking aspect. It seems like a hell of a lot of work, but it becomes sort of a ritualistic/fetishist activity that I actually enjoy. The pattern of laying them down is covered well on this site. Man, that is an old-school kit. Just looking at the instructions and wood sheets gave me a bad acid flashback....but I think there is much to learn by building it and improving some of the vacuum formed fittings. Check Langton Miniatures on Google-- lots of fine parts, figures and kits in 1/300. Rod Langton is one of the Serious People.... Good luck with this--- I'll move my always-drifting attention over to your log.....

john

[shawn32671]

Thanks John for the advice and kind words...I know modelexpo-online.com carries the thin strip copper tape in a bulk type form too. I totally forgot about them but they use it for their model airways kits (of which I have a few) as hinges etc.but that's another goose altogether. I will check into the google search you mentioned...also keep an eye on my albatros build log here http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/3188-albatros-by-shawn-constructo/ and my youtube video channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/maverick50616/videos

 

Shawn