I'm in the process of building the Caldercraft HMS Snake in 1:64 and was wondering how long to make the deck planks to keep them in scale.
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On average I like to say about 25 to 30 feet in scale. You need to figure out your frame spacing and then add frames up until you are between 25 and 30 feet and use that number to figure out your length. So if your average frame spacing is 6 feet, then 5 frames would be 30 feet, so use 30 feet to start, then scale down. 30 feet is 360 inches. Divided by 64 is 5.625", or 5 and 5/8". I don't know Snakes frame spacing though.
In addition to @rtwpsom2 information about the maximum length of planks (it was limited by the trees used for the planking boards) the planks should end on top of the real deck beams - also the nailing pattern of the treenails (if you make them) should be only on top of the beams.
You can see, that all the hatches and openings in the deck are between such beams
The used drawing is the available contemporary drawing of the HMS Snake, which can be downloaded from the NMM (also other drawings of the Snake)
Please do not use for the butt joints of the planks the bulkheads (blue marked) - you have to make them appr. on the real beams (red marked
To make it it clear I add here some photos of my actual project the HMS Granado - a POF where you can also see the real beams
You can see, that all the hatches and openings in the deck are between such beams
The used drawing is the available contemporary drawing of the HMS Snake, which can be downloaded from the NMM (also other drawings of the Snake)
Please do not use for the butt joints of the planks the bulkheads (blue marked) - you have to make them appr. on the real beams (red marked
To make it it clear I add here some photos of my actual project the HMS Granado - a POF where you can also see the real beams
Thanks for the replies. I'll work out a length given the info provided.
Hi Uwek,
What scale is your HMS Granado, and how long did you make the deck planks?
You do some seriously beautiful POF work. The nibbling strakes alone must have consumed as many hours as it takes to plank an entire deck without them.
What scale is your HMS Granado, and how long did you make the deck planks?
You do some seriously beautiful POF work. The nibbling strakes alone must have consumed as many hours as it takes to plank an entire deck without them.
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rtwpsom2, you are right, although I have seen them called "nibbling" by Richard Mansir in his books on ship modeling.
Is "Joggling" something different or just another term for the same thing?
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Like nibbling, I've seen it used for that purpose in this and other modeling forums, but I've never heard anyone in the ship building industry use it. It's used in the aircraft building industry to indicate an indent in the frame flanges where a stringer passes through.
From what I can gather from various sites around the internet is that joggling is what is done to the plank, while nibbing is what is done to the nibbing plank/strake.
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Sorry for the late reply
The scale of my Granado is 1:48
With the deck planking I followed fully the information given by Goodwin in his Anatomy book about the Granado - it is maximum the distance between 6 deck-beams
Just wanted to show you the comparison between the Goodwin deck plan an my deck planking - The pattern is follwing completely the drawing, so I followed here the Goodwin information for example the locations of joints
(Photo mirrored)
taken from post #632 of my building log