Planking the Hull, pt 1.
September 24 - December 4, 2015 The first layer Initially, when I read the first couple of build logs I somehow thought I could do this really well. There is no real explanation on how to de planking in the original plans, but there is plenty on to be found on the internet. The most important sources I've used were: Modelshipworld Forum Resources: Simple Hull Planking for Beginners ModelShipBuilder Resources : Planking (excel '97 spreadsheet) How to Build a Ship Model (Planking) - Youtube Wooden Model ship Planking - Youtube When I say used, I mean looked at, tried, deemed to complex and forgot about it until -eh- basically now :-/ I would encourage any reader to look at the video's and then see where I didn't follow them and made mistakes. First I made several bands so I could fill them with planks. The goal is to have similar numbers of planks in each band. The above mentioned Planking calculator might help with that. Planks are not supposed to be