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FIG. 21 FIG. 23 FIG. 25 Bow under-planking below bulwarks. Bow completely covered with under-planking. Under-planking at stern clamped to false keel. FIG. 22 FIG. 24 FIG. 26 Bow under-planking ready for stealers. Under-planking faired to false keel. Stern under-planking below bulwarks. 12 STAGE B SURFACING THE HULL ASSEMBLY What follows are the steps explaining how to properly plank the various areas of the hull from the keel up to the bulwarks and its railing. This will include various finishing requirements for those parts of the hull assembly and planking which will make finishing a lot less difficult. Each step will advise the type of finish required for either the painted or “all natural look” options. This particular hull shape is one of the easiest to plank and should cause little difficulty. 1. Lower Hull Under-Planking The first surface to be covered is the lower hull below the first planking strake and below the bulwark plates (see figures 21-Bow and 26-Stern). All strakes are 1/16” x 3/16” basswood and require no finish before mounting. The only purpose for this planking is to provide a surface for the second and final layer of planking. For this reason, you can save time by not worrying about tapering planks toward the bow unless you want the practice. All initial applications of planking are left full width and allowed to take a natural line along the lower hull starting initially at the top. Other strakes can be laid along the false keel bottom even with the 1/8” width that was chamfered when the hull frame assembly was built (see figure 25-Stern). As you work up from the bottom and down from the top, there will be tapered openings left in the hull areas. These openings should be filled with “stealers” (“short lengths of plank worked in among other strakes to facilitate rounding off in parts of great curvature”). Stealers were and are still used in the planking of life-size ships. These stealers can be made as required from the planking material (see figures 22-Bow and 27- Stern). Doing this step affords the modeler additional practice that will be helpful when it comes time to apply the final planking surface. 2. Applying Filler to the Under-Planking When finished with the under-planking, apply filler to any small cracks that may exist. This will give a uniform surface for the next layer (see figure 23-Bow). When the glue and filler have set, usually overnight, shape the under-hull by filing and sanding. Flat files can be used on the convex surfaces and rounded files will work best on the concave areas. The planking must be faired into the 1/8” width of the false keel edge (see figures 24-Bow, 28- FIG. 27 Stern under-planking ready for stealers. FIG. 28 Under-planking faired to false keel.
FIG. 29 FIG. 31 FIG. 33 Under-planking at amidships, ready for keel and final planking. Inner final planks clamped into place on bulwarks. The inner planks painted on the bulwarks. FIG. 30 FIG. 32 Inner under-planking across transom. Cut-down bulkhead extensions can be seen on bulwarks. Amidships inner final planking before trimming to gunport openings. Stern and 29-Amidships). It should also be leveled with the bulwark plates along the deck edge. Any nails that have been used to hold the planking should be filed off as you shape the hull. If not, they can be dug out with a pair of fine side-cutters. This final shaping should ready the hull for the external planking. 3. Inboard Bulwarks The bulwarks located inboard can now be prepared for planking. The bulkhead extensions above-deck are all 3/16” wide. They must be cut down to the gunport and oarport thickness of 1/16” (see figure 30). This will allow the inboard bulwark planking to set properly against the various port frames along the inside of the bulwark plates. These extensions also should be cut flush to the deck plate. 4. Outer Final Planking All outer planking, except for the deck, is .021” x 5/32” (.5 x 4 mm) walnut. The deck planking is 1/32” x 1/8” basswood. To avoid glue marks, all of these strips should be finished first before mounting. Stain the walnut planking “walnut” and the basswood deck strips “oak.” The wale is made from 1/16” x 3/16” (1.5 x 5 mm) walnut and also should be stained “walnut.” This prepares all of the external planking for mounting regardless of your choice of finishes. 5. Planking the Inner Bulwarks Because of the optional choice of painting, the inner bulwarks must be planked first. Planking strakes are applied from the deck plate upwards (see figure 31). Planking should be sized to the edges of the gunports, but can be run across the oarports, which are better opened after planking is completed (see figure 32). When the inner planking is done, open all ports and even up the edges (see figure 33). The inner bulwarks and port edges should be painted now before the outer bulwark planking is started. If using the “all natural look” finish, the port edges should be stained at this point. 6. Outboard Final Planking Outboard planking begins with the wale (see figure 34). It should be mounted with its top edge even with the bottom of the bulwark plate. If you are going to paint, the wale should be painted in place on the hull before continuing with the final planking. The wale is carried across the stern at deck level and this also should be painted if desired. 7. Stern Final Planking Final planking starts at the stern, beginning first with the wale and continuing up to the top of the bulwarks (see figure 35). Cut all strakes at the gunports, but FIG. 34 The wale painted black. Inner bulwarks paint can be seen around edges of gunports. FIG. 35 Outer transom final planking. 13
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