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Post by nm on Mar 17, 2008 13:36:15 GMT 1
Great work - I'm jealous (envious?) of your skills.
NM
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Post by swanrail on Mar 18, 2008 0:29:51 GMT 1
Hi Poulw, a tip for cutting out the circular margin planks - I did mine using a circular cutter meant for paper but able to handle 1mm thick wood sheets. See my deck planking hints for a picture of this. They are very cheap, bought from a stationers, and contain a couple of spare cutting blades. For my margin planks around the Bismarck gun turrets, I firstly cut out the outer diameter so as to leave the centre hole for the cutter to cut out the inner diameter. If you are worried about spitting the wood (especially with the second cut), then overlay the wood first with sellotape, cut out and then GENTLY remove the tape after firstly gluing down!
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Post by poulw on Mar 18, 2008 10:19:09 GMT 1
Don,
I did read your section about cutting the circular sections, and it worked well for the margin planks around the main turrets as you can see from the last picture in my previous post.
However, my circular cutter does not adjust to below 10mm dia, and the small section around the rear anchor chain inlet was only 8mm outer dia and 4mm inner dia.
So I first punched a circular disc with an 8mm hole puncher and then the problem was to make the inner hole. That's why in the end I had to use a round file.
Your section about planking is great btw.
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Post by swanrail on Mar 18, 2008 23:28:04 GMT 1
You are doing very well Poulw, a credit to you and what modelling is all about - solving the impossible!!!!!
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Post by poulw on Mar 20, 2008 10:55:11 GMT 1
I just learned an important lesson After planking for two hole days and only finishing about 2mm an hour, planking for me is from now on an in between activity. Looking good though so far. Back to the superstructure over Easter - or the maybe the beach (27-28C on the weekend ;D )
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Post by gordon on Mar 20, 2008 12:52:42 GMT 1
Ok.. I think we need some rules regarding our cousins down under.. No quoting temperatures and no mentioning of barbeques, beaches or surfing. Especially when the forecast for Aberdeen this weekend is –3deg and blizzards….
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Post by Mike B on Mar 20, 2008 18:42:29 GMT 1
Ok.. I think we need some rules regarding our cousins down under.. No quoting temperatures and no mentioning of barbeques, beaches or surfing. Especially when the forecast for Aberdeen this weekend is –3deg and blizzards…. I agree. It's only 23ºC here in South Africa! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by gordon on Mar 20, 2008 21:30:48 GMT 1
Aye.. very funny. All that heat will warp your model!!
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Post by poulw on Mar 24, 2008 6:52:59 GMT 1
Deck planking status: Done a little over 200 deck planks so far - and still a loooong way to go. I do the 1mm strips, 0.5m long and 1.2-1.5mm wide, using a scalpel with a steel ruler to guide the cuts, and working the full length of the ship. Here is a section of the main deck not yet sanded: and below is the aft deck, coarsely sanded down to 1/10mm above the finish level: The last 1/10mm will be sanded with fine sandpaper when the deck is complete. I'll be busy with other things for the rest of the week, so not much will be done on "the dinghy" until the weekend In the meantime, do your best to have fun
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Post by swanrail on Mar 24, 2008 11:12:02 GMT 1
Looking very good Poulw, the deck is going through the same phases as mine, very rough, rough, smooth and very smooth!!! Seems to takes hours sanding but well worth it. I have just finished my main deck, but going through the book, see that I have a mountain to come yet, thought with the after superstructure mostly done it would be all down hill, but seeing the work needed on the forward superstructure, have several more weeks to go yet, and most of it is scratch work as Hachette have not reached that stage yet and I have to research the book.
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Post by david on Mar 24, 2008 13:20:17 GMT 1
Very nice plank work on your model poulw. I like the way that there is a subtle variation in colour between the planks, typical of the real thing. I think it will look terrific after your final sanding. The colour itself is also very good being that of sun/salt bleached teak; this is of course the 'dry dock' colour, once at sea and thoroughly wet it takes on an almost chesnut richness. Like yours I'm going for the dry look. Looking forward to seeing further progress. David
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Post by poulw on Mar 24, 2008 20:55:58 GMT 1
I agree with you David, and I've had the same thought myself.
But the greyish colour is caused by the coarse sanding and is tiny fibres from the black paint between the planks, and the colour variation is glue residue. After the fine sanding this will unfortunately disappear, and a coat of varnish will give the timber the same warm colour you see in Swanrail's guide to planking.
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Post by poulw on Mar 26, 2008 9:49:30 GMT 1
Managed to squeeze in a bit of work yesterday and today. Mounted the portholes (is there starboardholes as well? ;D ) And finished the bottom of the bow
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Post by poulw on Apr 6, 2008 12:11:03 GMT 1
I'm having a little celebration right now. Deck plank number 400 has just been glued into place. Rear deck is now finished and foredeck almost there. Wil show pics when they are sanded. Then remains the main deck - another 3-400 deck planks Deck planking must definitely be the ultimate test of a modeller's patience.
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Post by nm on Apr 6, 2008 18:58:22 GMT 1
Looking forward to seeing the pictures. One difficulty is that because you're doing it so well, it's harder to appreciate all the work!
"Easy is hard", as some computer people said years ago.
NM
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