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captpayne

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USS Kidd bow section
« on: August 21, 2017, 09:10:45 am »

hi guys building uss kidd trying to finish off bow but very sharp angle having trouble planking the pointy end any ideas
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Re: USS Kidd bow section
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2017, 11:01:20 am »


the pointy end


that is the best technical description I have heard for the "bow" in ages



on reading a good number of build blogs on here and other sites, the consensus is to use wooden blocks from the 1st or 2nd frame in from the stem post [ the pointy end] and plank up to them....thus alleviating the process of steaming and bending the planks into the stem post.
consensus is also to use either blocks of balsa or obeche and for the grain of the wood to run horizontally to the keel......[the bottom bit]...NOT  vertically............easier to sand and not have chunks flailing off if filing to shape.
hope this helps.


if you look at a few build logs on plank on frame boats you will see what I mean.




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