Planking the decks of a 1/350 Bismarck

[J. Soca]

Cool !!!

[MartinJQuinn]

What brand of planks are you using?

They are from Northeast Lumber Supply Company.

[Rodders]

For Gerarddm,

The wooden planks that follow the contour of the deck edge are called Margin Planks. The planks that fit into the rebate in them are "joggled".
The tapered cut end of the plank is the Snipe and it is this that is "joggled"

A very good description of deck laying can be found in
The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships by C. Nepean Longridge

RoddersUK

[wildspear]

Great job Martin, you have me thinking that may be the way to go for my 1/350 "Zona"

[Gerarddm]

RoddersUK, thanks for that; it has been my understanding that the terms are interchangeable, since the nibs can be either on hull planking ( typ at the stem) or deck planking ( at the margins).

At any rate, I think the effort to do nibbing is no harder and maybe easier than laboriously tapering a whole series of planks.

[Elvis965]

Yes, but since I don't want to completely loose my mind, I won't be doing that!!

Yeah, the would be a royal b .

Nice work, Martin!

Question for you....It looks like you are leaving an oh so small gap between the margin planks and the edge of the deck. Are you going to lay a small piece of styrene in there, or are your planks countersunk and flush with the deck edge?

Or, I could just need new contact lenses...

Bob

[MartinJQuinn]

Question for you....It looks like you are leaving an oh so small gap between the margin planks and the edge of the deck. Are you going to lay a small piece of styrene in there, or are your planks countersunk and flush with the deck edge?

Or, I could just need new contact lenses...

Bob

From pictures of the real ship, it looks like there is a gutter/waterway there, so I'm trying to replicate that. I'll paint it dark grey before I mount the PE railings to the edge of deck.

[El Guapo]

Great looking job, Martin! I am actually building the same model, and just ordered the same lumber from Northeast to use for the deck. Will I have to somehow stain the deck pieces to make them contrasting colors, or will they naturally be different hues as seen in your pictures?

[chuck]

How thick are those planks? What glue are you using to fix the planks to the deck? Do you have a website for Northeast Lumber? What I turned up on Google seems to be a wood flooring company. Did you have to special order?

[MartinJQuinn]

How thick are those planks? What glue are you using to fix the planks to the deck? Do you have a website for Northeast Lumber? What I turned up on Google seems to be a wood flooring company. Did you have to special order?

Website: http://www.northeasternscalelumber.com/

You can order them right off the companies website (hobby stores can get them as well). If you are using the web, go to the website (which is incompatible with Mozilla, BTW), click on "Railroading" and then "Scale Lumber". It will bring up a page where you can select the HO scale lumber in either 11 or 22 inch lengths. Use the drop down menu to then select your size...1 x 2, 1 x 3, etc.

The planks I'm using are 1 x 2, cut into 10mm lengths. I used CA glue to apply them. Ed Keegan did a nice explanation of how he did his decks, which you can find here.

Haven't worked on this project since I switched jobs, as I haven't really felt comfortable working on my hobby during my lunch hour. I may bring it into the office and start working on it at again soon.

[chuck]

Thanks!

[chuck]

Ouch! If I read the dimensions right, I'll need ~30 packs just to cover the main deck of a typical 1/350 scale battleship!




What the hell, eating is overrated, and weight loss is good for me!

[Elvis965]

I used CA glue to apply them.

I did some test planking for my Arizona and used plain old Elmers....it worked pretty well.

One thing Ed said in his post was he had to lay them quickly with CA. The Elmers gives you a little more time, but then you have more drying time.

I tried staining some black with food coloring to try and get a caulking effect in between the planks, but it was WAY overscale...

Bob

[Commodore Rob]

Glad to know I am not the only insane person here. I am in the process of Planking My 1/350 tirpitz with 1cm planks:) its only taken about 5 months so far...

[MartinJQuinn]

Ouch! If I read the dimensions right, I'll need ~30 packs just to cover the main deck of a typical 1/350 scale battleship!




What the hell, eating is overrated, and weight loss is good for me!

Hmmm...I'm not sure about that. I'm using this as a guide, and in the article, Dan says he hasn't used up all he bought.

Glad to know I am not the only insane person here. I am in the process of Planking My 1/350 tirpitz with 1cm planks:) its only taken about 5 months so far...

You are hardly the only loon on this board!

[Chris_uk]

Just a thought on the decking. After sealing wood with varnish why not use a weathering wash applied over the wood ? . I use Phil Flory's wethering wash on planes and i can't recommend it highly enough .

[DeadByCheese]

Its almost been a year of work on my Yamato. Only about halfway done. Took alot of time off.

[MartinJQuinn]

Brought the Bismarck into my new office (finally) and have found the time to do a little more work. This is the first time I've worked on it since October or November of last year.

Overview of hull

[johndon]

looking good

John

[Elvis965]

Nicely done, Martin.

Are you planning on doing any type of stain? I've been looking at the test piece I did for my Arizona, and I think the natural color is pretty close to a bleached out teak look, so I'm thinking of leaving it alone.

Bob