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Gentlemen
I was in touch with a Russian fellow on this forum awhile back about this subject. He seems to have disappeared however. Does anyone know of the technique where glue is applied to planks and then a small mini iron goes from one end to the other, effectively heating up the glue? I was told that this is a common practice in Russia but I’ve never seen or read anything about it. This is apparently used on the thinner second layer of planking.

John
 
Y.T. said:
I believe a very small travel laundry iron will also do. Note that this technique did not work well for me. I form plank beforhand to shape. Then I just ally it with PVA glue.

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YT
Thanks for your response. I see that you live in my old stomping grounds. So are you saying that this way of applying planks is not recommended? I thought it sounded great when the other fellow described it to me. I even bought a mini iron for the job.
 
Not that I don’t recommend it. It just isn’t for me. It happened that when I applied planks with iron I too often had to pull them off later as I didn’t like the results. Maybe it will work for you just great
 
Y.T. said:
Not that I don’t recommend it. It just isn’t for me. It happened that when I applied planks with iron I too often had to pull them off later as I didn’t like the results. Maybe it will work for you just great
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Or maybe not. Think I’ll stick to the old tried and true way of doing it.
thanks once again
 
I do that techinque on my builds, discovered by mistake then actually thought I found something new.. LOL
I find it works very well with planking on the small scale I am working on now, my Nina in 1/150th. I use
an iron I bought at a craft store years ago, very small and available on Amazon. It does hold very well and is
pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

Cure PVA Fast

Hey ya'll, I just completely stumbled onto a way to set pva glue almost instantly. Years ago I bought a cheapylittle mini ironat a craft store to do sails or whatever in the future.... Well I am planking my 150th Nina some and as a goof I tried holding it to a section I just glued to the...
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whiskers said:
Gentlemen
I was in touch with a Russian fellow on this forum awhile back about this subject. He seems to have disappeared however. Does anyone know of the technique where glue is applied to planks and then a small mini iron goes from one end to the other, effectively heating up the glue? I was told that this is a common practice in Russia but I’ve never seen or read anything about it. This is apparently used on the thinner second layer of planking.

John
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This technique was once shown (I think) by Andrey alias @KUDIN on his Le Fleuron, but I do not no exactly in which of his videos

LE FLEURON. 1729. 1\48. KUDIN ANDREY.(YouTube)

Hello, Dear ship modelers! My name is Kudin Andrey. I was born and grew up in Ukraine, now I live in Israel. As already said, my English is a translation of Google. I present to you the process of building a model in 1/48 scale. Construction began on this forum: MODELS WORLD Then continued...
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This technique is commonly used to apply veneer edge banding on plywood panels by cabinetmakers and carpenters. I use Titebond glue and a regular household iron.
 
I use this to bend pieces of wet wood around hull shapes. As the water turns to steam, the bend sets in. I also use it when applying a second layer of planking, as it dries the glue very quickly. I got my tool from Model Shipways - basically a soldering iron with a big metal head and a couple of wooden forms for bending wood. Frank Mastini recommends it in his "Ship Modeling Simplified."
 
We translated the document using PROMT. The image was not preserved, so I put the original.
 

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Jimsky said:
Hello Victator, The second PDF is a translation of the Russian document
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I know, albeit a rough one. BTW, I typed that without my glasses on. Forgive the misspellings. I’ve been using an iron on the starboard side of my Black Pearl and it seems to be ironing out okay. Much smoother than the other side.
 
Vfordyce said:
I know, albeit a rough one. BTW, I typed that without my glasses on. Forgive the misspellings. I’ve been using an iron on the starboard side of my Black Pearl and it seems to be ironing out okay. Much smoother than the other side.
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I am glad the technique works for you. This technique very popular among the Russian community of modelers. Most Russian kits manufacturers use 0.6mm planks for the second layer, and the 'ironing' method works great!
 
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