Great job on the hull planking. It will probably take me some time to get to that point and it will be my first time.
Good morning Christian,Wonderful done. If I see your's and doc's bulldog, I have to think about changing my idea not to plank the underwater part of the hull.
- Arsenal -> one side of the hull planked (French style)
- Admiralty building -> not planked (English style)
You are doing a great and beautiful job!Thank you guys .
To archjofo: thanks for the compliment, but I think the work you are doing with your La Creole build is at a much higher level than mine .
It's time to cut out the "windows" in the unplanked half of the hull.
And since Christmas and the end of the year are approaching, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2025.
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thank you very much for your respondThanks friends for your responses.
Short answers to your questions:
I have already cut out frames to a similar extent on the previous Le Gros Ventre model without any problems with the hull stability. There are still enough complete (uncut) frames left, which sufficiently strengthen the hull. And since I plan to make a complete interior of the hull, I decided to "open" the hull here as well. Otherwise, the installation of the interior equipment has no meaning, because most of it will remain hidden. When choosing uncut frames, I was mainly guided by the position of the internal partitions (i.e. so that the partitions "end" on the cut-out frame as much as possible). The uncut frames are No. 1, 5, 9, 14, 19, 24, 29, 34, 37, 41, 44, 49 and 52. I determined the cutout boundaries so that as much as possible could be seen inside the hull, just below the wales level and down a little from the place where the so-called thick-stuff ends - position no. 4 on drawing 12).