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POB FILLERS BETWEEN BULKHEADS , what’s the best wood to fill in the blanks!


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Given your parameters... probably basswood or in the UK, limewood.

Mark
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Since the structural strength is in your bulkheads, even balsa would work.  It isn't necessary to fill in the entire space between the bulkheads.  If you can pick up some pine from one of the big box stores, that would work well.

 

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Common construction pine would be my choice for this application.  Here in the USA construction quality lumber is graded SPF- Spruce, Pine, Fir.  I would dig through the pile to select a piece of pine.  Spruce is white, soft, and has a distinct and unpleasant smell.  Fir has a distinctive grain.  Pine has a nice tight, not particularly prominent grain and a light color.  An 8’ 1”x4” should be plenty unless you are building a model of the Great Eastern or Titanic.  You don’t need select grade as you can scrap areas with knots.

 

Before fiberglass, pine was the choice of the professional model builders that built the ship hull models to be towed in experimental test tanks.  
 

Roger

 

 

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