Planking disaster

[sgrez]

Because of being new at this, I'm not sure how to continue with planking. Hopefully I don't have to rip any of them off, but I'm not sure. If anyone has any suggestions, comments or tips by all means please let me know. This is getting a second covering. This is an OcCre albatros.

[palmerit]

You don’t have any clinkering - steps in planks or planks that want to pull away - which is nice. Even though you will be adding a second planking I’d probably not hammer in the nails all the way but use them to hold a plank in position then remove them. But maybe it doesn’t matter.

 

The little I’ve watched of the Occre videos they seem to just have planks cover the hull even if it mean adding pointy planks. One potential issue is that there will be some places where a piece of planking ends between bulkheads rather than on a bulkhead. 
 

I’d say to just plug ahead to get the first planking done and then look at other resources how how to do planking the “right” way. I don’t think you need to rip out. 
 

The one planks need to be tapered, especially at the front end, which is why you ran out of room. The instructions for Vanguard models (which you can download) have some photos showing how to do this. Lots of other great resources out there showing the “right” way to plank. 

Edited 13 hours ago by palmerit

[ubjs]

Look at this build log of Polaris and you get some ideas for the second planking.

Your first planking looks ok so far.

 

[wmherbert]

Hey, that's no disaster.  For first time to me it looks really pretty good. You're going to cover it all with second layer.  After a smoothing sanding of first layer and the practice of the first layer I think it will come out great.

Don't be discouraged,  you should see some my planking jobs!

Bill

[CPDDET]

I've seen much worse. Remember, it's only wood and can replaced or repaired as you see fit. Check out other build logs of this model and see how the planking was done. Don't get discouraged, it's a process, not an event.

[barkeater]

You're ok, just taper the remaining planks. The first planking in a double planking is really just a base to apply the second planking to. I would get rid of the nails as has previously been noted. You can't sand them. Use some wood filler and sand nice and smooth to receive the second planking. Have fun.

Rich

[sgrez]

I appreciate everyone's input on the planking. I'm just so nervous about messing it up. I'll see what I can use to dig out the pins. I know that I read somewhere that they would all have to be filed down, but I think removing them would be a little easier. 

[CPDDET]

On my first build I had to rip out about a 3rd of the hull planks and redo them. Tough lesson for me, but it wasn't all that difficult to recover. Have faith, carry on.

[palmerit]

Check out my Sherbourne first planking. It was a complete mess compared to what you did. My second planking was also terrible. Especially if the hull is being painted, it’s amazing what you can do with filler and sanding, filler and sanding. If you treat every opportunity to plank as an opportunity to just leave the planking bare, maybe with some oil or shellac, eventually you’ll develop the skill to want to leave the planking with just some oil or shellac.