That's some butter smooth work! Fantastic hands-on explanation! After having ruined three wooden ship models many moons ago, I admire skilled modelers with the rare talent to teach in a humble and inspiring manner - such as yourself. Subscribed!
Parts 6 and 7 were about the second layer where I went into Steelers and Tapering to get a perfect plank fit. The lower hull is all planked. Part 10 out soon is about added the wale lines and bulwarks.
Some interesting techniques shown, agree tree nailing with cocktail sticks takes forever. I will showing an alternative plank bending method on my HMS Fly build soon that avoids soaking planks, you may be interested. Loving the build👍🏻
You do realise steam contains water LOL? So same principle, allow the wood fibres to expand and soften with more water in the cells. Just the hazard of burning your hands on the scalding hot steam as you poke the planks through it. This I need to see!
Nice to see the hole plugging methods you've used, as well as your planking tips. Thanks Harry. I'll refrain from making any plugged hole jokes today. Cheers 😊
Oh I got it Sammy... but just in case the bots didn’t, I made light of the possibly misconstrued derogatory comment, so we don’t see you drilled out of Boobtube.
Hi, there, you're doing a great job. I read Captain Bligh wasn't the monster people made him out to be. I heard another Captain was, but people didn't want to ruin his reputation, so they pointed fingers at Bligh. The only ones who would know are the sailors who served under Captain Bligh.
the story about how bligh hid under the bed when confronted by a mutiny on the colony of Sydney does not ring true to me. He was a very brave man and was in command of HMS Glatton during the battle of Copenhagen where he was praised by Admiral Nelson. Nelson said that this battle was the most "heated" he'd ever been in and Bligh was in the thick of it.
God that's seams an easier way of doing it, I'm ok at modelling just not that sort of skill I'm in awe of anybody that can do this plus my hands are starting to cramp up after about an hour.👍👍
I am told there are mini battery powered drills which can take some of the hand cramping labour out of a task like this. My neck can only handle a few hours of this kind of work before I need to lie down and hot pack it to sooth the pain of occipital neuralgia.
Yes Russell. Now I am settled into my new house and will have my wood ship workshop setup in my garage soon, I should get back to the Bounty in the end of the year break.
Nice work - I'm enjoying the videos. Hull and deck planks in this era weren't attached with iron nails, they used treenails (trunnels), large wooden dowels driven into holes bored through the plank and into the hull frame or deck beam. The protruding ends were cut short and planed down to the surface of the plank, no plugs needed.
You could try but after 300 circles drawn, on each side, your hands would be cramped. Then if you managed not to smudge any of them, despite the varnish sealing your pencil work in, the wood grain of each plank will show through. They will simply look like marks on the planks, not plugs in the wood.
