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HMS Sphinx - Vanguard Models 1:64 by Ronald-V

Y.T. said:
Yes, Roland. I am very impressed with your final planking. This is an art very few are able to profess. How did you do your plank side bending?
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A visual youtube clip says more then a thousand words:


Worked like a charm for me! (I hope Chuck is not to triggering for some people here ;) )
 
Y.T. said:
Thanks. I am now using same set up thanks to video by Chuck Passaro. This is all one must know about good planking bending technique.
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It's a 4 part series and made planking for me understandable...before that I couldn't really grasp it by just reading articles
 
The only note I would like to make regarding this video is that I would not solely rely on CA glue are primary wood bonding agent for planks. Who knows how long this new CA glue will last. Some articles on the net put lifetime limits for CA glue bonds. I would use CA as auxiliary glue but carpenters glue would be my main glue.
 
Y.T. said:
The only note I would like to make regarding this video is that I would not solely rely on CA glue are primary wood bonding agent for planks. Who knows how long this new CA glue will last. Some articles on the net put lifetime limits for CA glue bonds. I would use CA as auxiliary glue but carpenters glue would be my main glue.
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LOL "New CA glue..."

Cyanoacrylate ("super glue") was discovered by Dr. Harry Coover in 1942 while searching for materials to make clear plastic gun sights for WWII. Initially rejected for being too sticky, it was rediscovered by Coover and Fred Joyner in 1951, patented in 1954, and launched commercially as Eastman 910 in 1958.

I've been using it on wood models that withstood the stresses of my RC plane flying for 30 years. :)
 
Y.T. said:
The only note I would like to make regarding this video is that I would not solely rely on CA glue are primary wood bonding agent for planks. Who knows how long this new CA glue will last. Some articles on the net put lifetime limits for CA glue bonds. I would use CA as auxiliary glue but carpenters glue would be my main glue.
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I use a mix of CA and wood glue. When I glued a plank on the hull, at several points I put a little dot of CA and in between covered it with wood glue. Like this •---•---• the wood glue about 2cm long (not an exact science). This worked well, because it holds the plank in place with the CA and you got also the "strength" and durability of wood glue...if that would be a problem. Ofcourse...this works only with a layer of wood underneath. If you just plank a ship with one layer... it's a different approach and just with someone is comfortable with
 
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