I had a crack at doing some planking over the last few days.
I decided to just leave a fraction of a gap between the planks, rather than try to simulate black caulking with pencil, or ink, or tape, or black paper, etc.
Im afraid I just don't have the patience for that. My apologies to the purists.
I made up a little jig from 3 pieces of ply to cut all the strips into 150mm long planks.
Then I marked the 'imaginary' bulkdead spacings at 30mm apart, which is 1/5 the length of the planks.
As previously stated, I had planned to use the 4 butt spacing layout. What was used originally, I have no idea. I just like the look of this layout. See reply #52.
I started in the center behind the babette, and worked my way out and forward from there.
Doesn't the first plank look so lonely sitting there all by itself.
I'm using medium CA glue to hold the planks in place. Just a thin bead along the centerline of the plank, and then hold the plank in position for 10 or 20 seconds.
Photo # 3 shows the bead of CA on the deck where the next plank is going to be installed.
I am using an old set of flush cutters to trim the planks to length and to cut the angles where required.
I've just got a bit of one side left to do on the main deck, and then it's on to the roof of the cabin.
Here's a few pics of the progress.