Part two to our planking project on the rattle snake. this version has no background music, so you can hear the instruction better.. Building a plank on frame model yacht by jeff stobbe this is a very desirable change when building a competitive boat. in fact updating the keel and rudder to more modern profiles is recommended on many hull types and is easy to opposing plank and placed on the outside of the stem. at the transom the planking is overhung a couple inches. The rc boat hull is now almost ready for planking. the only thing standing in the way is some final sanding of the frame to take out any bumps and inconsistencies, and to provide more surface contact between the balsa planking and the hull structure..
1 a primer on planking here is a short photo-essay on planking a ship’s hull. the photographs in this article are of a model of resolution of 1772: one of captain cook’s ships for his second and third voyages. the scale of the model is 1:48. you will notice that this is not a fully framed model, as it is to be fully. Planking methods the normal procedure is to plank from the sheer (deck line) down towards the waterline and from the keel rabbet upwards, then meeting somewhere near the turn of the bilge, which is called the “shutter plank”.. Welcome! my name is bob hunt and i build model ships for a hobby. i've been building these wonderful models for over 23 years now. i want to share with you a very detailed set of instructions on how to build a fairly simple "plank on frame" model ship..
