Deck Planking.
There have been a couple of posts recently on this post wanting info...so here goes.
The drawing is to no particular scale , but as said earlier try thinking about 4" wide, although not many will notice if the scale is a bit "out". The ship side guttering ( or waterway or whatever you want to call it) is probably between 9" and 1' wide.
The Margin Plank is wider than the deck planks, and its joins should'nt line up with the adjacent deck planks...so these can be any length that suits.
In this example I have used a 2:4:1:3 pattern which I find quite pleasing at a model scale. Try some others, but try to keep the separation of butts at the maximum. Lay the planks from the centre outwards to keep it regular, the centre plank straddling the ship centre line.
All "holes" cut through the deck should be surrounded by margin planks as shown....not to scale, just to give an idea.
Short lengths of plank should be avoided. I have included a few on the drawing just to show how silly it can look. But the continuation of lengths should be regular otherwise the butt lines will be all over the place.
Hope this one helps....
As I keep getting a "Windows cannot display this page" message I will again do it in 2 parts. BY.