Work in progress #3.
This week brought the exterior hull planking to its conclusion. I still need to add nails and trenails as appropriate and then I'll complete the final sanding.
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As I suggested earlier, a stern section model reveals the way the planking changes in thickness on a ship:
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And a quick peak at what the interior now looks like:
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Right now I am leaning in the direction of not planking the lower hull. This necessitated the installation of filling pieces between the frames along the top of the keel. These chocks were notched to allow a channel for bilge water. It would have been much, much easier to install these fillers at the time of framing...
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