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steve244
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Hi here’s a little update on how things are going, started off by fairing the hull which took quite a few hours to get right and then started on planking the gallery and laying the first plank.
The instructions call for the first row of planking to be laid with the bottom of the plank being lined up with the bottom of the lower gun deck and then continuing up for the first 6 planks and then marking where the bulkheads are on the planks this then becomes one side of the gun ports and the top of the first plank becomes the bottom of the gun port.
As suggested in the mag I made myself a small jig for marking out each of the gun ports which are 12mm square with 16 gun ports on each deck to make, so far the quality of the wood is good with no uneven size planks that can be found sometimes and with a little soaking in water are easy to bend using the plank bender that was supplied.
At first I tried using the plank bender without soaking the planks but with limited success breaking more than I bent but now I have no problems at all with bending them after about a 10 min soak.
The files and pin pusher that also came with the series are not the best quality but so far doing their job but I’m not sure how long the pin pusher will hold out, but that’s not a problem as I have my other one anyway.
Cheers steve
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The instructions call for the first row of planking to be laid with the bottom of the plank being lined up with the bottom of the lower gun deck and then continuing up for the first 6 planks and then marking where the bulkheads are on the planks this then becomes one side of the gun ports and the top of the first plank becomes the bottom of the gun port.
As suggested in the mag I made myself a small jig for marking out each of the gun ports which are 12mm square with 16 gun ports on each deck to make, so far the quality of the wood is good with no uneven size planks that can be found sometimes and with a little soaking in water are easy to bend using the plank bender that was supplied.
At first I tried using the plank bender without soaking the planks but with limited success breaking more than I bent but now I have no problems at all with bending them after about a 10 min soak.
The files and pin pusher that also came with the series are not the best quality but so far doing their job but I’m not sure how long the pin pusher will hold out, but that’s not a problem as I have my other one anyway.
Cheers steve
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