The Great Republic 1:48

[Norgale]

Worked some more on the planking and have finished what I started at the bottom and the top of the hull. Still have a wide area to plank but I have to start tapering the planks so they will all fit. I have room for 28 planks at the middle of the hull and 20 (full sized) at the stern. I divided the 20 by the 28 and got 71%. Does that mean that I should taper each remaining plank so that 71% is left at the end of the plank or am I going the wrong way with this? Never had to do this before and it's a bit confusing. Also looking at the water line, it seems to be way high up on the hull. The top black marks on the frames is where my plans show it to be. Does that look ok? Seems pretty high to me.

 

[ClipperFan]

Worked some more on the planking and have finished what I started at the bottom and the top of the hull. Still have a wide area to plank but I have to start tapering the planks so they will all fit. I have room for 28 planks at the middle of the hull and 20 (full sized) at the stern. I divided the 20 by the 28 and got 71%. Does that mean that I should taper each remaining plank so that 71% is left at the end of the plank or am I going the wrong way with this? Never had to do this before and it's a bit confusing. Also looking at the water line, it seems to be way high up on the hull. The top black marks on the frames is where my plans show it to be. Does that look ok? Seems pretty high to me.

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@Norgale
All ships have waterlines that are deeper below their hulls than above. According to McKay's booklet, Great Republic was "yellow metalled" (Muntz metal) up to 25 feet draught. At a scale of 1 inch = 4 feet, that's 6 & 1/4th inches deep. Examine these images, it's clear that the waterline below is deeper than the section of hull above.