Beautiful work as usual Paul. Nice recovery on the dip in those upper exterior strakes. One thing I don't quite understand though is the need for hull ventilation.
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That is a great looking build 
Dirk
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OMG ! How can I even compare to this beginner !?!?!
Compared to this, my models are just untouched sticks with the bark still attached !
Compared to this, my models are just untouched sticks with the bark still attached !
Bravo -> Bravissimo
Peter, Stephan, Herman, Daniel, Johann, Mirek, Daniel, Dirk, Jeff, Uwe and to everyone who shared likes - MY THANKS!
Just about finished cleaning up the ports and then on to trenails. I can't wait to sand this new section of planking - looking at it in its rough state is hard for me
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Just about finished cleaning up the ports and then on to trenails. I can't wait to sand this new section of planking - looking at it in its rough state is hard for me
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There is an internal debate going on about that issue
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Kurt Konrath
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Peter, Stephan, Herman, Daniel, Johann, Mirek, Daniel, Dirk, Jeff, Uwe and to everyone who shared likes - MY THANKS!
Just about finished cleaning up the ports and then on to trenails. I can't wait to sand this new section of planking - looking at it in its rough state is hard for me
Just close both eyes, and remember how many hours of hand sanding you have already done, then you can relax some before you start this smaller task.
The only thing left for you, Paul, is to start building full-scale! Planking looks splendid!
Very nice detailing Paul with the ventilation in the ceiling planking.
See the same on the Statenjacht Utrecht.
See the same on the Statenjacht Utrecht.
@Maarten - based on the picture you posted it seems the SU is now a fully functioning brothel...
Speaking from experience?
Lynn paid for the last 7 years of my education so she is entitled to an extraordinarily generous allocation... (in other words, I couldn't afford the divorceSpeaking from experience?
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Good morning Paul, once again beautiful work. You did well to replace the incorrect parts, it is always a challenge to do this and takes a lot of courage. The fear of damaging more is very great, but when everything is done and you see the result you are glad you did it.
@Daniel20 on your question about ventilation:
While the outer skin is the outer visible form of the hull, the inner skin is the counterpart that is visible inside the ship. In simpler boats, the planks of the outer skin also form the planks of the inner skin with their other side. In larger ships, an extra inner planking course is usually provided here, with which, in addition to watertightness through intermediate layers, good ventilation and thus drying of the wood for the entire planking of the ship is to be achieved.
It was also used on larger ships with several ventilation levels for better circulation of the individual levels, as far as I have read.
@Daniel20 on your question about ventilation:
Inner skin
While the outer skin is the outer visible form of the hull, the inner skin is the counterpart that is visible inside the ship. In simpler boats, the planks of the outer skin also form the planks of the inner skin with their other side. In larger ships, an extra inner planking course is usually provided here, with which, in addition to watertightness through intermediate layers, good ventilation and thus drying of the wood for the entire planking of the ship is to be achieved.
It was also used on larger ships with several ventilation levels for better circulation of the individual levels, as far as I have read.
It's great to see how you "redo" some of your planking job Doc. It's looking very good from this angle...no not the brothel....I mean the ship.
Hi Peter, thanks for your post. But now you've got me thinking...I guess I don't often show the re-do's, do I? Well, there are plenty of them! But my tolerance for defects/blunders/discord is pretty low so I rarely can leave them long enough to capture them in pictures. In this case I had invested enough time into that sheer plank, and the mistake was so perplexing, that I ended up taking a picture just so I could compare the run of the plank later once I had fixed the problem.
As we all know, mistakes are unavoidable in this hobby even when we try to work at a high level. I'm sure there are exceptions, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the builds we all view with envy involve more re-do's and do-overs than what we average modelers are doing on our average models
.Thank you for your nice comment and this additional information Tobias!
Yes, courage is certainly part of the replacement process. And the longer we have worked on a part the more difficult it is to pull the trigger on the re-do. And then the collateral damage...in my case I partially snapped Hawse timber 1. I'll leave my response to your imagination
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No work (paying job) the past two days so I finished the trenails on the hull planking above the lower wale (and sanded everything out including a first coat of wipe-on-poly). I'm happier with the contrast between the trenails and the planking (both are boxwood) on this upper portion than I am with the lower hull (though I don't think the lower hull is THAT bad - just not what I had envisioned in my mind).
Anyway, here is the overall look and then some closer shots documenting my work:
I think I have now burned through any pent-up desire I may have had to trenail a ship's hull. That's just a bit over 6000 trenails (on half of the hull and only on the exterior). And this is a rather small ship compared to others. My respect to anyone attempting this on a larger ship.
I'm going to take a little break and do some upgrades on my mill that I have read about here on the forum. Thanks for the visit!
Anyway, here is the overall look and then some closer shots documenting my work:
I think I have now burned through any pent-up desire I may have had to trenail a ship's hull. That's just a bit over 6000 trenails (on half of the hull and only on the exterior). And this is a rather small ship compared to others. My respect to anyone attempting this on a larger ship.
I'm going to take a little break and do some upgrades on my mill that I have read about here on the forum. Thanks for the visit!
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Absoutely wonderful !
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Paul,
Wonderful work. I especially like the the treenails and wood finish on your upper planking.
I think it is long time we did away with certain adjectives like, "beginner" or "novice" when it comes to you as a modeler. Can we all agree on you being an "accomplished" and/or "skilled" builder at the very least.
Well done mate!
Wonderful work. I especially like the the treenails and wood finish on your upper planking.
I think it is long time we did away with certain adjectives like, "beginner" or "novice" when it comes to you as a modeler. Can we all agree on you being an "accomplished" and/or "skilled" builder at the very least.
Well done mate!
Thanks for the update, Tobias, once I saw @Maarten 's post it immediately became obvious what Paul was doing based on his research. I can only imagine how dank and stuffy the air would get below deck.