Planking the decks of a 1/350 Bismarck

[ModelMonkey]

That looks so freakin' good.

[MartinJQuinn]

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

I'm undecided about that. I think I'm just doing to let it stay the way it is, and then lightly dull coat the model (if and when I ever finish the beast)

That looks so freakin' good.

That's high praise, coming from you - thank you! It's a nice effect, but boy, can it get tedious!

[johndon]

Seeing the pics has given me the impetus to do the same on my New Jersey which is currently under construction.

John

[Elvis965]

It's a nice effect, but boy, can it get tedious!

Can it possibly be any MORE tedious than decaling 47 1/350 planes?????



My test piece wasn't TOO bad, but I only did half of the bow!

Bob

[Lucky]

Hi Martin

Compliments
it's spectacular
A great job

Luciano

[Tony Bunch]

Hi Guys,
Hey Martin,
Awesome!
You're doing Him justice!
Keep it comin!
Tony

[MartinJQuinn]

This has been sitting around untouched for awhile, so I've recently gotten back at it during lunch, after I've eaten. A few pictures taken today, with a crappy cell phone camera:

[Elvis965]

Coming along nicely, Martin!

Bob

[softsea]

Well done Martin. Keep up your patience.

I can tell you that your work has inspired me and some other Portuguese modellers to follow your hard work and try to plank the wood decks of their models

Happy modelling
Jo�o

[MartinJQuinn]

Well done Martin. Keep up your patience.

I can tell you that your work has inspired me and some other Portuguese modellers to follow your hard work and try to plank the wood decks of their models

Happy modelling
Jo�o

Oh no! What have I done!?!

Just kidding - good luck!

[Dave Hill]

That looks so sweet!!!!!!!!!...how did you work the deck to compensate for the wood planking thickness?





Can't wait for more!!!...Please don't give up on this one!


Dave

[MartinJQuinn]

That looks so sweet!!!!!!!!!...how did you work the deck to compensate for the wood planking thickness?

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa99 ... tled-2.jpg

Can't wait for more!!!...Please don't give up on this one!


Dave

Dave,

Thanks for the nice words. The planking is very thin, so I didn't do anything, based on this tutorial, which I'm using as a guide. It's from the now defunct Model Fleet site and was written by Dan Van Gartzen, who co-founded Model Fleet.

[Dave Hill]

So basiclly...sanding off the scribed decking removes enough material to allow you to apply the planks without altering the scale hight of bulkheads and the like!

Dave

[MartinJQuinn]

So basically...sanding off the scribed decking removes enough material to allow you to apply the planks without altering the scale hight of bulkheads and the like!

Dave

Well, yeah - I guess I did do something. I removed the things that I didn't think I could plank around, then sanded the deck down. The "planks" are very thin as well. I'll have to try and get a photo of a plank.

[MartinJQuinn]

Some better pictures (brought my camera into work today) and some further progress. I've run out of cut planks, I need to spend a few lunch hours cutting wood!

[Elvis965]

Nice stuff, Martin.

So, you are planking over where the anchor chain runners were? Are you going to cut new runners from some .010 plastic sheet and glue them on top of the planking?

I was puzzling over that one myself before Arizona went on the back burner. Seems like the wood is just about the same thickness as .010 plastic sheet. I was thinking about cutting a new runner and gluing it to the deck first, then plank around it.

Bob

[MartinJQuinn]

So, you are planking over where the anchor chain runners were? Are you going to cut new runners from some .010 plastic sheet and glue them on top of the planking?

From what I can tell, those were made out of wood, so that's I'm going to try and replicate, laying that over the deck planking.

[Elvis965]

From what I can tell, those were made out of wood,

Really? For all ships or just Bismarck in particular? You'd think the anchor chain would tear up a wooden runner.

There's a nice pic of Arizona's bow on page 21 of the Leeward Pubs Ships Data 3, and it looks like Arizona's were steel.

I'm looking forward to seeing it!

Bob

[MartinJQuinn]

From what I can tell, those were made out of wood,

Really? For all ships or just Bismarck in particular?

Just for Bismark & Tirpitz, as far as I can tell. Need to do some more research, but that's what photos appear to show.

[Dave Hill]

Martin,

Your latest pics of your plank work is simply stunning!!!!...I want Trumpy's Prinz Eugen and your work on Bismarck is seriously making me think about giveing it a try!...keep up the great work

Dave