Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Beginners start here...! => Topic started by: Dayo1050 on May 29, 2024, 09:47:20 pm

Title: Mahogany Planking
Post by: Dayo1050 on May 29, 2024, 09:47:20 pm

Where is the best place to get some Mahogany Planking strips for the deck on my boat thanks

Title: Re: Mahogany Planking
Post by: dougal99 on May 30, 2024, 08:51:14 am

Try Here https://www.slecuk.com/hardwoods/mahogany/mahogany-strip/mahogany-strip-915mm-36quot

Title: Re: Mahogany Planking
Post by: mrzippy on May 30, 2024, 08:58:03 am

Jotika at Droitwich - http://www.jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024768/Material_Front.htm

Title: Re: Mahogany Planking
Post by: grendel on June 01, 2024, 07:38:00 am

buy an old mahogany piece of furniture and cut the strips yourself, 1 piece of mahogany furniture will probably last a lifetime of models, when making a model of a friends boat, I was gifted 2 lengths of burmese teak, - off cuts from repairs, two pieces about 3 foot long, 2" thick and 4" wide was easily enough to make all the cabin sides, transom, decking- and well, everything that needed to be made from teak, but I have also used the timber from the doors of an old wardrobe, picked up for a few pounds at a charity shop (the rest was mostly plywood and is still functioning as a cupboard) I also found a big bagof veneers at a car boot sale, that will probably keep me going for years, hull planking was done using wooden blind slats.

Title: Re: Mahogany Planking
Post by: Sonar on June 01, 2024, 09:10:19 am

I once  used cut down hardwood Venetian blinds they were thin enough to start sanding then cutting into strips.
Needed to be soaked well before bending .

Title: Re: Mahogany Planking
Post by: Mark T on June 01, 2024, 03:53:09 pm

This guy Supplies’s exceptional planking


https://hobbymill.eu/ (https://hobbymill.eu/)