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Hi All. Happy new year
Newbie to SOS, but just starting on my Crimbo prezzie. I want to line the half deck but rather than use single lining strips along the full length, I intend to cut them as smaller individual planks with the joints set every three planks apart. The model scale is 1:54. Can anyone suggest what length each strip should be cur to for authenticity. Thanks
 
Welcome to the forums.
I have the AotS book on the Endavour, but I don't think it shows the decking correctly. I found one spot where it showed a deck plank to be about 28 feet. That would be about 5.3 inches on your kit and it had a 4 plank shift in the planking.
 
Corsair, tx so much for taking the time to reply. Much appreciated. I wish id been a bit more patient as i did some further internet research after posting my query and saw a suggestion that at the time Endeavour was built, planks were around the 20 ft mark. I scaled that down to around 11 cms (not a great metric fan but it seemed an easy number to work with) and pencil marked off the strips using the measurements on my cutting mat. Just from guess work I used a 3 plank shift, but would just as happily have used your suggested 4 plank shift.
Incidentally, for what its worth, I did find that the supplied strips could be cut to the 11 cm length far more easily with sharp scissors than with a craft knife.
 
Pwol said:
Incidentally, for what its worth, I did find that the supplied strips could be cut to the 11 cm length far more easily with sharp scissors than with a craft knife.
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It may not be important depending on the wood, but scissors tend to crimp the ends compared to a scalpel or hobby knife. I like to mark the length required then cut them a tiny bit long then sand them to the length needed to land on a deck beam.
Allan
 
Welcome aboard the forum.

If you don't have one of fancy cutting tools, just use singe edges razor blade to cut wood strips, clean and neat with little compression that scissors do.

These blades are same thing most cutting tools have in them.
 
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