hamilton Posted June 20, 2014 Share #1 Posted June 20, 2014 Hi there: Not sure if I've titled this thread correctly, but...... I'm building the OcCre Dos Amigos and am curious about others' experience of a peculiar feature of the planking of this model - perhaps other OcCre kits have a similar feature. A series of notches is cut into the bulkhead edges. A 4mm x 2mm strip is laid into these notches that acts (presumably) to section off the hull for planking.... I'm tempted to fill in the notches and just plank as usual, since this "baseline" plank would, I believe, lay beneath the first row of planking and serve as little more than a visual & measuring aid. But if there are advantages to this system that I'm unaware of I'd love to hear about them. Thanks in advance! hamilton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompey2 Posted June 20, 2014 Share #2 Posted June 20, 2014 Do you have a photo Hamilton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted June 20, 2014 Hi Pompey: This is the best shot I have - you can see the notches at the turn of the bilge..... hamilton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_W Posted June 20, 2014 Share #4 Posted June 20, 2014 Hamilton I think that the notches are there to help stiffen the bulkheads before you start planking. hamilton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted June 20, 2014 Alright thanks all!! Since I've already done that with the support strips, I think I'll just fill the notches in and plank as usual....thanks again! hamilton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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