1 January 2018Hull planking3 photos
The first ports
The first gunports are in: drill holes, cut out the centre, then sand, with cutting turning out to be more precise than sanding.
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Phase 1 Keel and bulkheads2 Planking the gun deck3 Hull planking4 Stern and quarter galleries5 Coppering6 Mouldings, head and rudder7 Fitting out the gun deck8 Guns9 Planking the upper deck10 Rails and capstan11 Ship's wheel and binnacle12 Upper deck guns13 Hammock cranes All postsJanuary 2018
2 January 2018Hull planking9 photos
Starboard done, and a deck that sits too high
All the ports on the starboard side are in, but aft the upper deck sits up to 4 mm too high; a trial fit with a gun shows that the gun does fit once turned round.
Problem and fix Help from Pingu57, pietsan, Johan Verschuren.
3 January 2018Hull planking4 photos
Fourteen ports in a day
All the gunports on both sides are cut to size (14 x 16 mm), after a day from 7 in the morning to 10 at night on the port side.
Milestone Help from paulbo.
4 January 2018Hull planking2 photos
The gun carriage a millimetre and a half lower
By setting the axletrees deeper into the gun carriage the gun drops 1.5 mm, so that the barrel sits more neatly in the port.
Problem and fix Help from pietsan, *Hans*.
5 January 2018Hull planking2 photos
The insides of the ports, and the colour red
The insides of the ports on the port side are in; on Piet's advice the ports with lids go in now as well, and the inner bulwark is going to be red.
Help from pietsan, *Hans*, Danny Mulders, janzwart.
7 January 2018Hull planking4 photos
Linings in and the first coat of red ochre
All the port linings are in and get a first coat of Admiralty red ochre; the colour looks brown, but according to Piet it's right and the paint wants two thin coats.
Milestone Problem and fix Help from pietsan.
8 January 2018Hull planking2 photos
Painting isn't my thing yet
Two to three coats of red ochre on the linings, with a light rub down in between using very fine 3000 to 5000 grit paper.
How-to Help from paulbo, Hans Groenenberg.
March 2018
11 March 2018Hull planking6 photos
Seven strips a side
After a two-month break, back to the first planking: seven strips on each side, a few of them tapered and one stealer.
24 March 2018Hull planking7 photos
One side closed
The first side of the first planking is closed and the last strip fitted exactly; two strips short in the kit, and a warning from Piet about the hull warping.
Milestone Problem and fix Help from pietsan.
April 2018
1 April 2018Hull planking9 photos
Closed up
The first planking is completely closed and sanded and the keel has stayed straight; for the second layer Piet advises tapering earlier at the bow and using stealers aft.
Milestone Problem and fix Help from pietsan.
2 April 2018Hull planking8 photos
My own building cradle, and counter planking with the helm port
A building cradle made from bulkhead offcuts lined with felt, the counter planking with the helm port, the bulwark clamped into shape, and the decision to make an open rail like Piet's.
Problem and fix Help from pietsan.
5 April 2018Hull planking8 photos
The transom doesn't meet up
The transom doesn't meet the counter planking; the solution is to extend the planking below with a curved piece and drop the transom, without altering the transom plate itself.
Problem and fix Help from *Hans*, pietsan.
8 April 2018Hull planking9 photos
Bulwark lowered, and the first plank of the second layer
The bulwark lowered by 7.15 mm to transom height, the top of the wale marked out with masking tape, and the first plank of the second planking on.
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15 April 2018Hull planking6 photos
Up past the gunports
At one or two strakes an evening, the first side is closed up past the gunports; on Piet's advice the transition to the bulwark falls exactly halfway across a plank.
Help from pietsan.
16 April 2018Hull planking3 photos
No drop plank, tapering instead
A drop plank belongs only at the bow, not at the stern: the sliver planks come off and the planks are tapered so that they follow the sheer.
Problem and fix Help from pietsan.
21 April 2018Hull planking7 photos
Tiny gaps
Both sides are closed above the wale, but there are tiny gaps between the planks; Henk's trick with sanding dust and diluted PVA solves it, and the cause turns out to be glue residue on the edges of the strips.
Milestone How-to Problem and fix Help from Pingu57, Marc w, Henkl.
May 2018
3 May 2018Hull planking2 photos
The garboard strake and the false keel
The garboard strake is fitted, tapered on the keel side at the bow; Piet explains that the underside of the keel (the false keel) gets no copper.
Help from pietsan.
10 May 2018Hull planking2 photos
First stealer and first drop plank
Below the wale, the first stealer at the sternpost and, despite tapering earlier this time, the first drop plank at the bow.
16 May 2018Hull planking2 photos
The clinker effect
The strips at the bow keep producing a clinker effect; Piet explains how to determine for each strip where the taper should begin, and why he doesn't combine tapering with drop planks.
Problem and fix Help from Pingu57, pietsan.
17 May 2018Hull planking1 photos
English or Dutch
My drop plank turns out to be made to the Dutch system while the Diana is English; Henk calculates that the 5 mm kit planks are too wide for the curves.
Problem and fix Help from pietsan, Henkl.
18 May 2018Hull planking4 photos
Found the gap
A drop plank to the true English system reveals where the clinker effect arises; leaving the adjacent plank wider solves it, and the rest of the hull is divided into three belts with battens.
How-to Problem and fix Help from Pingu57, pietsan, Henkl.
19 May 2018Hull planking11 photos
A drop plank in eight steps
Step-by-step guide to a drop plank using masking tape as a template, plus progress at the sternpost where all the planks are being tapered.
How-to
24 May 2018Hull planking2 photos
A stealer at the sternpost
A stealer is needed at the sternpost after all; dry fit the real strip first to measure, then glue the stealer and only then the strip.
How-to
September 2018
8 September 2018Hull planking7 photos
Port closed, starboard started
After the summer break the port side is closed below the wale, with four stealers at the sternpost; for the starboard side the hull is divided into four equal belts with seven planks per belt.
Milestone How-to
November 2018
18 November 2018Hull planking7 photos
Completely closed
After two months of silence the second planking is completely closed, with exactly two planks' width left over in the middle; sanding of the sternpost has begun.
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