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Post by rwclancer on Aug 7, 2007 15:20:35 GMT 1
I too am having problems getting the deck planking to line up. I take it that parts 59/60/61 have to be perfectly aligned on thier outer side. Looking at mine I might have to sand some off parts 59 and 61 to get them to fit. I have a little gap length-wise but the mag says it will be ok as they will sort it out later, no mention of outer alignment?
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Post by swanrail on Aug 7, 2007 17:18:06 GMT 1
I too have a few gaps and oversize edges, but think it best left until the second layer of planking is fitted all round (including decks) before doing anything rash. Past experience has shown that being too hasty can be distrastrous, sometimes these things appear to be wrong for a good reason!!!
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Post by napoleon on Aug 7, 2007 21:45:11 GMT 1
If I recall, somewhere it says that there is a deck covering to come and it should be possible to cover any small gaps gaps. I think you would have to be very lucky to fill that tiny gap, such as eric's one, as it is only small so hopefully, a deck covering will do the trick!
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Post by eric on Aug 7, 2007 22:51:55 GMT 1
It's not so much the gap it's self, it's that it tells me the whole hull is bent fractionally to the starboard, I just hope it does't give me any headaches later trying to line up the nice second planking evenly. I have avoided gluing parts 60 in place until I know more. I've got a three week wait anyway until the next delivery!!
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Post by valleydweller on Aug 8, 2007 7:35:16 GMT 1
Eric,
I've got the same problem, was thinking of wetting the deck then weighing it down on the model so hopefully "straightening" the deck onto the hull. But it might lead to the deck warping in the wrong way, any thoughts?
regards
Dean
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Post by eric on Aug 8, 2007 16:48:03 GMT 1
No, I'm going to leave it alone, I could easlly just make things worse, I don't want to run the risk of having to chuck the thing in the bin after all this work, it would break my heart!!!
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Post by eric on Aug 10, 2007 14:48:33 GMT 1
contrary to my last messages, I have fixed my part 60 problem! I simply positioned it correctly at the bow, with it's 1mm gap on the port at the rear, marked a line straight across and sanded down so the 1mm gap was even across the hull, the glued on a spare piece of hull planking and sanded that down until my removable deck fitted in smoothly. Simple, when you stop and think for a second...........
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Post by rwclancer on Aug 16, 2007 19:44:19 GMT 1
Got a bit of a puzzle. No matter how I arrange the decking the outer edges of parts 59 64 and 62 wont align. I cant start gluing until I fix this problem, but then again dont want to go sanding bits off here and there until I know that this is the right course of action. Fusration is starting to set in.
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Post by rem2007 on Aug 16, 2007 22:44:40 GMT 1
Looking good you gents, I'm going to fall way behind you lot as just starting issue 13, hope thats not an omen, anyway all is going well in the planking world and am going to buy another kit while hanging with the mounties, cheers robert
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Post by swanrail on Aug 16, 2007 22:45:09 GMT 1
Do not worry too much, as long as the ply lies outside the topmost plank of the hull its OK. As I understand it, the deck will be sanded back level with the topmost plank, which I have just done on my model. My model had part 64 some 3mm wider each side than part 61.
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Post by napoleon on Aug 16, 2007 22:59:52 GMT 1
Hi swanrail, Cliff and I have looked at where the deck lines up and I reckon you are dead on that it should be sanded back level with the top planks.
Cheers Napoleon
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Post by rwclancer on Aug 17, 2007 19:29:00 GMT 1
Does anyone know if there is more decking to cover the one we have at the moment.
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Post by rwclancer on Aug 17, 2007 20:05:51 GMT 1
My parts 60 is 137mm wide were it meets parts 59 which is 140mm wide. Have I made a mistake putting them together?
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Post by napoleon on Aug 17, 2007 21:51:17 GMT 1
See earlier posts above by Swanrail and Napoleon. As long as part 60 is set dead central then you should not have any probs. I placed a plank along the section of parts 59 & 60 and felt that there was sufficient deck overhang on part 60 and that part 59 would need sanding down level with 60. I'm not one of the experts but I'm sure someone else will verify this for you.
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Post by david on Aug 28, 2007 16:13:08 GMT 1
I've a question for our German colleagues since they're further ahead than us; have you seen any evidence of a camber on the planked main and upper decks? The various sections in the Brower book clearly shows that there should be such a curve. However, studying the Amati pic on Markus's 'Hull' post on p.17, by laying a straight edge across the line of plank ends, there appears to be no camber at all! Surely, with all the wealth of detail going into this model, Amati wouldn't overlook such an important feature,......would they?
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