Tony H Posted September 27, 2013 Share #1 Posted September 27, 2013 Hi all, Just recently started ship modelling after a long lay off, interested to know of any UK or European based outlets where I can acquire planking screws, have tried various methods and am keen to try this one. Tony granta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anja Posted September 27, 2013 Share #2 Posted September 27, 2013 Hello Tony, Welcome aboard. There is another topic here about wood screws. Brian (Problablynot) posted this link http://www.screwsline.co.uk Good luck. Anja thibaultron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony H Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted September 27, 2013 Thanks Anja, much appriciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Bartley Posted September 27, 2013 Share #4 Posted September 27, 2013 Hi Tony, Miskin models. Set of 12 scew clamps £10.95 although at the moment they are out of stock. Excellent item I usually predrill the the hole first. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony H Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share #5 Posted September 27, 2013 Seems were local Ken, I'm up in Formby, thanks for the advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Bartley Posted September 28, 2013 Share #6 Posted September 28, 2013 Yes not too far away. Can I ask what you intend to build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony H Posted September 28, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted September 28, 2013 (edited) Started work on Constructo's 'Emma' a Baltimore Clipper Sidmouth 1815, she's an older model 1:50 Scale, and what may I ask is your current project? Was a busy builder 20 - 30 years ago. Spending most of my time building up my tool chest, lost and mislaid most of my kit, but I guess I'm 75% stocked up again. Edited September 28, 2013 by Tony H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Bartley Posted September 28, 2013 Share #8 Posted September 28, 2013 Caldercraft Diane, adout 4 years in so far. Only work at weekends and holidays.One of the older Caldercaft kits but still very nice kit. You should start a build log, will look up Emma'a Baltimore to get an idea what your building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony H Posted September 29, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted September 29, 2013 Hi Ken Beautiful model your building, just checked out images at http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/caldercraft_hms_diana.html Hope to progress to something of that nature in the future, she's a beauty!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornet Posted October 21, 2014 Share #10 Posted October 21, 2014 I have been using commercially made plastic planking screws for years. They work quite well but after a while the head of the screw starts slipping in the plastic casing. It is not accessible and super-gluing it on the outside is only partly successful. I thought about investing in the Micromark metal clamps, but they are a bit expensive. I then came up with the following idea and made a set of my own planking screws. Sneaking into the back yard under the cover of darkness, I pilfered some of the Admiral's plastic pegs from her peg basket. I dismantled the peg and cut off the ends I then used some 8mm dowel and some 4G by 20mm wood screws to make the `handle' of the planking screw. 4G by 20mm was the thinnest/longest screws I could find so I had to recess them into the dowel so they were long enough to go through the bottom. I had to grind the screw heads a little so they would fit through the dowel. I then cut notches, using my hobby knife, into the `wedge' of peg that I had cut off and drilled a hole as close to the end of the notch as possible (this gave the most leverage when screwing in the planking screw) The pic above shows a peg end with and without the slot I then fitted the dowel `handle' to the peg `wedge' to create the planking screw. It did not take long to make up a set They worked quite well, especially on straight runs I thought I was very clever until the Admiral questioned me about all the half pegs in the rubbish bin! Gulp, I knew I should have buried the evidence! Michel L., JohnB40, gwish and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornet Posted October 21, 2014 Share #11 Posted October 21, 2014 Yep, sure did Brian!! Won't be buying any more though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltbyguy Posted October 21, 2014 Share #12 Posted October 21, 2014 I use the clamps from miskin models they are very good but I thi.k they are no longer in business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverboat Posted October 21, 2014 Share #13 Posted October 21, 2014 Micro Mark has some. here Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Hime Posted October 22, 2014 Share #14 Posted October 22, 2014 This is a simple and smart idea. Thank you for sharing! Sincere Regards, Bill hornet and gwish 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwish Posted April 18, 2015 Share #15 Posted April 18, 2015 That is a great idea. Thanks for sharing it with us. Gwyl hornet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Griffith Posted April 18, 2015 Share #16 Posted April 18, 2015 I had the same problem with the nylon headed plank screws. Glue doen't work but heat does. Use a small torch and when the screw gets wobbly, remove the torch and then be sure the metal screw is alighned with the nylon and let it cool off. Done, Duff hornet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristikc Posted July 2, 2015 Share #17 Posted July 2, 2015 Don't you have problems with the size of the screw? I will try but with 2x18mm because i think that 4x20mm will make problems to the plywood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moxis Posted June 19, 2016 Share #18 Posted June 19, 2016 I bought those Micro Mark clamps too. The problem with them was that the material used is very soft (some lead/tin alloy) , leaving dark marks into the planks. They also bend very easily under pressure. This is why I made my own clamps of 6 mm brass rod, which was knurled and a 2 mm hole drilled into one end. A 2x16 mm screw was epoxied to the hole. Pressure part was made of 2 mm plywood, and the clamp was ready and didn`t cost anything. No dark marks any more into the planks: Canute, Landlubber Mike, cristikc and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Coleman Posted June 20, 2016 Share #19 Posted June 20, 2016 Drawing pins do the job for me. Works a treat. Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhitetx Posted February 28, 2020 Share #20 Posted February 28, 2020 Found this solution online. Seems the easiest home made clamp ever! https://shipmodeler.wordpress.com/2015/07/01/simple-planking-clamp-from-binder-clips/ bruce d, Michel L. and stuglo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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