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Thanks Marc.I am familiar with your model of the same vessel and have been following your progress since you startedHello, I discovered this build log thanks to Marc (Hubac historian), and I will follow with great interest ! It's very exciting !
Kind regards,
Marc
Your work never fails to impress Nigel. Impeccable first planking thus far.
Nothing like plank to really show the run of the hull. Deck sheer looks right-on to my eye!
Always fun to watch you build, Nigel. Is your Sovereign on standby?
Just went through your build and saw that he said he was using your sots build as a guide for his so he wants to mooch knowledge off of youThanks Kurt
Sovereign is currently sat on a shelf in the loft away from the workshop dust now.Why do you ask?
Kind Regards
Nigel
Well, as I was only planking my first ship I didn't really know enough to wonder about the quality of the material. Thinking back I remember being frustrated by the fact that some strakes were thinner/thicker than others and being mad at myself for not noticing that when I was installing them. I guess at that point I was still under the assumption that everything in the kit would be exactly as it should be. Curiously, my experience with the first planking coincided with the time I stopped building the kit and started to build a ship. A subtle but significant shift in the way I was thinking about my build.Thanks Paul
I tried to be selective as to which strips I used in each run as there is variation in width and thickness.These are from Deagostini's 12 Apostles partwork, an Artesania product, which I will plank in Lime. How did you find the first planking material for the Vasa,which is the same as I have in this kit?
Kind Regards
Nigel
Thanks PaulWell, as I was only planking my first ship I didn't really know enough to wonder about the quality of the material. Thinking back I remember being frustrated by the fact that some strakes were thinner/thicker than others and being mad at myself for not noticing that when I was installing them. I guess at that point I was still under the assumption that everything in the kit would be exactly as it should be. Curiously, my experience with the first planking coincided with the time I stopped building the kit and started to build a ship. A subtle but significant shift in the way I was thinking about my build.