grsjax Posted April 5, 2014 Share #1 Posted April 5, 2014 (edited) Picked up an old Model Shipways Gjoa kit. The hull is not the usual basswood or mahogany I have seen in other MSW kits. It is a fairly hard light brown with dark brown flecks in it. Straight, coarse grain. I thought it might be pine but haven't seen any with the brown flecks before. Any ideas? Edited April 5, 2014 by grsjax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkay11 Posted April 5, 2014 Share #2 Posted April 5, 2014 Maybe you could post a close up picture/pictures from different planes? Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grsjax Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted April 5, 2014 Good point. I have added 4 pics to the original post that show the flecks. I thought they might be stains but a close look indicates they are part of the grain structure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted April 5, 2014 Share #4 Posted April 5, 2014 Oh, it's a solid hull. I was thinking planking strips. I'm guessing pine then. MS used to use that, and far as I know, they still do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael mott Posted April 6, 2014 Share #5 Posted April 6, 2014 Yes it looks like Pine to me, however there are quite a few different types of pine, and without a clear image of the grain and pore structure it is difficult to tell which one, there is a website, the name eludes me right at the moment where there are images of the structure of different woods that you could match to find out exactly which species of Pine if in fact it is pine. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modeler12 Posted April 7, 2014 Share #6 Posted April 7, 2014 Try this https://www.google.com/search?q=wood+identification&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=lX5CU5-mE4Kb2wXZ_IFw&sqi=2&ved=0CFIQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=643#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=ONizFFy9KLD-wM%253A%3Bs27GId967k1FeM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwoodmagic.vt.edu%252FImages%252Factivities%252FCwalnutL.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwoodmagic.vt.edu%252Fhtml%252Factivities%252Fwid2.htm%3B385%3B478 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grsjax Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted April 7, 2014 Thanks for the info. Found a website www.wood-database.com that has pictures of several different pine woods. Looks like the hull is most likely eastern white pine. Still not 100% sure but it makes sense that white pine would be used for a model boat hull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Griffith Posted April 29, 2014 Share #8 Posted April 29, 2014 That appears to be sugar pine, which is an excellent carving species. Duff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Jaquith Posted April 29, 2014 Share #9 Posted April 29, 2014 I believe you are dealing with sugar pine. A good carving wood that is still used for professional towing tank models. Pete Jaquith Shipbuilder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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