Planking a Model Shipways New Bedford Whaleboat

[MarTay6]

Hi, All-
I am building the Model Shipways New Bedford Whaleboat- and have been following any information I can in the main build thread here- as well as studying the build book.... I am working on fitting up the stem/stern/keep pieces right now, and that is all going well.
However- I have been trying to study ahead- to planking the hull- and I find information sorely lacking- in the book- the prints- and on the C-1/C-2 sheets of planking.
Nowhere on those sheets are the pieces identified or labelled- and I do not see any documentation identifying what those planking pieces are in their laser cut sheets.
Also, I'm assuming that there are thin strips that go between each of the individual planks? It appears that way on the prints.
I've scoured the plans, trying to decipher them, but I am unable to figure this our... the labelling/order of the planks.
The planks look like they could be in order in the 2 sheets- C-1 & C-2, but I just can't determine what that order is.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Wes
Winterport, Maine
P.S. As an interesting sidenote- I am going to have the opportunity to visit the museum at the Lowell Boat Shop- in Amesbury, Mass the end of this month... they are the oldest continuously operating boat shop in the United States and is cited as the birthplace of the legendary fishing dory. Lowell’s is the only remaining survivor of the area’s world-renowned dory manufacturing industry- established in 1793.

 

[JacquesCousteau]

Hi, All-
I am building the Model Shipways New Bedford Whaleboat- and have been following any information I can in the main build thread here- as well as studying the build book.... I am working on fitting up the stem/stern/keep pieces right now, and that is all going well.
However- I have been trying to study ahead- to planking the hull- and I find information sorely lacking- in the book- the prints- and on the C-1/C-2 sheets of planking.
Nowhere on those sheets are the pieces identified or labelled- and I do not see any documentation identifying what those planking pieces are in their laser cut sheets.
Also, I'm assuming that there are thin strips that go between each of the individual planks? It appears that way on the prints.
I've scoured the plans, trying to decipher them, but I am unable to figure this our... the labelling/order of the planks.
The planks look like they could be in order in the 2 sheets- C-1 & C-2, but I just can't determine what that order is.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Wes
Winterport, Maine
P.S. As an interesting sidenote- I am going to have the opportunity to visit the museum at the Lowell Boat Shop- in Amesbury, Mass the end of this month... they are the oldest continuously operating boat shop in the United States and is cited as the birthplace of the legendary fishing dory. Lowell’s is the only remaining survivor of the area’s world-renowned dory manufacturing industry- established in 1793.

I'm not sure quite what you're referring to. Could you post photos of the sheets in question? I'm also not sure what you mean about thin strips between the planks, that would not be usual practice.

 

[JacquesCousteau]

I was able to download the instructions (and parts list) from the ModelExpo website. They are very detailed and discuss the procedure for planking on pages 55-66. It looks like the planking is indeed on C-1 and C-2. Photos would make it clearer which plank is which.

Also, there are not thin strips that go between the planks, rather, they are seam battens: long 1/32x1/8-inch strips that run along the interior of the hull covering the seam between the carvel-laid planks. This is explained clearly in the instructions for planking, after discussing the garboard.

 

[ERSRich]

Hi,

Let’s see. Individual planks are not labeled on the plans or would they be laser cut.

The job is tapering each plank as needed to plank the hull, in general tapered to 1/2 its width at the bowel or stern as needed. There are guideds on how to do this, or pick up Ship Modeling Simplified by Mastini.

Checkout Tom Lauria on Youtube. And yes, go see a boat - it will probably be clear then.

Best of Luck,

-Rich

 

[Dave Stevens (Lumberyard)]

do you have precut laser planks or a bundle of planking?