Planking sizes for my Pegasus build

[Landlubber Mike]

Hi folks, I posted this on my Pegasus log, but was hoping that maybe posting here I would get other thoughts and opinions.

 

I've been doing a little thinking and research on planking the upper deck.  I plan to plank a portion of the lower deck under the fore hatch ladder in the waist using the kit supplied tanganyika, since it will barely be visible.  Otherwise, the upper deck, the quarterdeck, and the forecastle will be planked with maple.  I don't think I'm going to try and precisely line up the butt joints with the supposed locations of the frames from the NMM plans.  A big thank you to Ulises and AEW for putting together the deck planking practicum and calculator (available at the link below).  Now I understand what a four-butt shift of 1324 means 

 

http://modelshipworl...d-downloads.php

 

 

I had a few questions on the proper deck plank dimensions.  The build is at 1:64 scale, and I'm planning on using the four-butt shift from the template in the Ulises practicum.  

 

Width of standard planks.  I was planning on using 4mm wide planks.  At full scale, this results in planks approximately 25 cm wide (or about 10 inches).

 

Length of standard planks.  I couldn't seem to find the general range for standard plank lengths.  Somewhere in the deep recesses of my brain I recall that planks were something like 12-25 feet in length, but I could be off.  The Excel scale planking calculator on the list of resources here suggests using 3.75" long planks (or 95.3mm), which would scale to a length of 20 feet/6 meters.  The Bob Hunt practicum says to use 4.5" long planks (or 114mm), which would scale to a length of 24 feet/7.3 meters.  For simplicity, I might just go with a length of 100mm.

 

Margin planks.  I think I read this information in Goodwin last night, but it sounds like the margin planks are 1.5 times the width of the standard planks.  That results in margin planks that are 6mm wide.

 

King plank.  I didn't use a king plank on my Badger, but for that kit, the deck template was one piece.  Given the Pegasus deck template is in two pieces, putting historical accuracy aside, I'm thinking that a good reason for adding a king plank will be for the mere need to cover the seam between the two halves.  Does anyone know if the king plank is generally wider or longer than the standard planks?  I read last night (in TFFM I think) that the king plank was a bit taller than the other planks, but at this scale, I don't think that getting into such detail would be visible or otherwise worth it.

 

 

Do these measurements seem reasonable?  Does anyone know if the king plank tended to be wider/longer than the standard deck plank, and if so, by how much?  Also, do any of these measurements need to change in planking the quarterdeck and fore deck?

 

Thanks very much in advance!

[druxey]

18th century plank lengths were generally 24' 0" to 28' 0".

[Landlubber Mike]

Thank you!  

[Ulises Victoria]

I am so very glad my work help you!

[Greg the peg leg sailor]

Hi I've been doing a lot of research on the net and I found out that the standard length used in the 18th century was 22 feet. This works out to be 111mm at 1:60 scale.