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Le Coureur 1776 1:48 (CAF) by Salty

A little more planking, plus I have made a start in holes for the nails. I have an electric drill with a few flexible shaft which made it quite easy. I am going to try 0.6 mm copper wire, but won’t start until I am happy with the finished planks.

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I am scraping the planks as I think this gives a crisper finish than sanding. The photos show some things that I missed that could do with more work, despite the fact I tend to work with magnifying reading glasses.

Kind regards

Salty
 
Paul, I tend to take pictures with my iPhone which look OK on the small screen with lower resolution, but get some nasty surprises when I look at them on my iPad which has a much larger screen and higher resolution images.

I am a little more than half way through planking and am reasonably happy with the spacing on the stem and stern, although the area of the bilge on the stern post has been quite difficult.

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In the bottom photo you can see I have reached the section where the hull will be open.

Kind regards

Salty
 
Here she is with both sides of the clinker planking completed.

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As you can see, the planking is in various stages of finish - more refined near the keel, to a complete mess further up. I think with a bit of effort I can tidy things up and have everything looking respectable in the end.

In case you were wondering, Le Coureur is resting on a length of ebony. I bought a couple of pieces with the idea of using it for the gunwales not on this ship, but on a future project perhaps. In any event, they have been very useful supports while the ship has been upside down when being planked.

Kind regards

Salty
 
Hi Salty,
Not sure how you can properly provide the gain on the forward portion of the planking with the morticed frames but wondered if this is explained in the kit. The planks never ended with an overlap as they could not seat properly in the rabbet as can be seen in your photos. CAF has a good reputation, so it is surprising they missed something so basic.

Allan

Picture and a thousand words..........

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