His Britannic Majesty's Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Paul White - Vanguard Models - 1:64

[ubjs]

The bow is quite brutal in its bend.
The problem is that if you don't get the plank right here, the errors grow with each new plank.
I recognize your planking, my first boat was even worse. 
I don't think you can fix it all with regular putty, possibly 2-component putty. 
The alternative is that you shape pieces of wood and fill in all the gaps, they don't have to fit exactly. 
You can sand off the excess if you glue in pieces of strips, for example.
The important thing is that you don't get too caught up in this, 
the first boat is rarely fantastic but you learn a lot when you build.

I see several people struggling with the planking of Sherbourne.
Here is a video where I think he succeeds quite well. Maybe it can be helpful.

 

Edited 12 hours ago by ubjs

[Nick 843]

Nice desk, Paul.

 

Nick

[glbarlow]

Tapering and bending to shape a plank so it almost lays correctly without gluing is key to planking. It is a learned skill few of us get right the first time around. 
 

I learned a great deal and after building a number of models re-crafted my own planking after watching thes Chuck Pisarro videos.  Here’s a link:  Planking videos

 

Whatever you do don’t be discouraged. I removed and replaced enough planking to cover three sides of a hull more often than not. 

[Paul White]

38 minutes ago, ubjs said:

The bow is quite brutal in its bend.
The problem is that if you don't get the plank right here, the errors grow with each new plank.
I recognize your planking, my first boat was even worse. 
I don't think you can fix it all with regular putty, possibly 2-component putty. 
The alternative is that you shape pieces of wood and fill in all the gaps, they don't have to fit exactly. 
You can sand off the excess if you glue in pieces of strips, for example.
The important thing is that you don't get too caught up in this, 
the first boat is rarely fantastic but you learn a lot when you build.

I see several people struggling with the planking of Sherbourne.
Here is a video where I think he succeeds quite well. Maybe it can be helpful.

 

Thank you - I shall have a look at that. 

[Paul White]

20 minutes ago, glbarlow said:

Tapering and bending to shape a plank so it almost lays correctly without gluing is key to planking. It is a learned skill few of us get right the first time around. 
 

I learned a great deal and after building a number of models re-crafted my own planking after watching thes Chuck Pisarro videos.  Here’s a link:  Planking videos

 

Whatever you do don’t be discouraged. I removed and replaced enough planking to cover three sides of a hull more often than not. 

Thank you!