Hi PD's,

now i have the first photos to post here of my paddletug "Bloody Oak" it shows you the general arrangement of the model. Not everything is in place, the are of different length but it will give you an idea. The two companionway's are nearly finished only the varnishing must be done.

regards Hans

Nice work.
How did you do the decking?

Hi Talisman,

the decking is done in the following way, i cleaned the original ply deck with sandpaper after that i glued a lot of oak strips 3*1mm and 8*1mm to the plydeck all with a gap of 0.5mm maybe a bit wider to each other when the glue has dried out i filled all the gaps with an, as we call it in Germany, black woodputty at the end i had to sand down all to an nice surface.

regards Hans

Thanks very much for sharing, will have a go at it myself as it does look more realistic than my usual pen drawn style decking. My current project does need a 'real' deck laid i think.

At the speed your building you should be finished by Thursday, so whats this Friday nights project going to be ?? 

Nice work Hans.....

Similar to Hans' method of deck planking, I've done it in the past by using black tile grout to fill the spaces between the planks - It makes a heck of a mess to start with, but once it's dry and sanded down it only needs a light coat of varnish to seal it. The good bit is that the tile grout is very soft, so the sanding part is easy!

Eddy

Hi Eddy / Hans

Given that the deck i need to lay is in the region of 5ft and will be removeable (may be slight flex when being handled) would you recomend this as a suitable filler?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MILLIPUT-EPOXY-PUTTY-MODELLING-SCULP-REPAIR-BLACK_W0QQitemZ380114998091QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Crafts_Cardmaking_Scrapbooking_Glue_Tape_EH?hash=item380114998091&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A7%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Hi Talisman,

i don't know this milliput epoxy putty, i think it could work but is maybe hard to sand down to a nice surface. The photos show you the wood filler i have used for my deck.

regards Hans

Another way of doing the planking of a ships deck is as follows,

Glue all your planks without a gap to your deck, sand it to a smooth surface, varnish it and sand it with sandpaper 300 grid, and then draw all the lines with indian ink and cover it with one or two layers of varnish, you can see the result at the photos.

regards Hans

Hi Jürgen
Looks good,hope i see it in July (Pforzheim Live)

Jörg