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I went for the 3mm x 10mm x 1200mm planks and luckily received a set with some beautiful knurling on one half of each plank which I have "mostly" aligned for a nice effect (after I had laid the first plank I realised this was the case: the port gunwhale is the wrong way around).']}),(0,y.jsx)("p",{children:"Alongside the usual woodworking tooling, these are the specialist tools and materials I used during the project:"}),(0,y.jsxs)("table",{border:"1",cellPadding:"8",style:{borderCollapse:"collapse",width:"100%"},children:[(0,y.jsx)("thead",{children:(0,y.jsxs)("tr",{style:{backgroundColor:"#f0f0f0",textAlign:"left"},children:[(0,y.jsx)("th",{children:"Item"}),(0,y.jsx)("th",{children:"Online Link (for UK based buyers)"}),(0,y.jsx)("th",{children:"Purpose"})]})}),(0,y.jsxs)("tbody",{children:[(0,y.jsxs)("tr",{children:[(0,y.jsx)("td",{children:(0,y.jsx)("strong",{children:"Model Hand Plane"})}),(0,y.jsxs)("td",{children:[(0,y.jsx)("a",{href:"https://www.dbsportandscale.com/david-combi-plane-wblades-7602-p.asp",target:"_blank",rel:"noopener noreferrer",children:"Website"})," "]}),(0,y.jsx)("td",{children:"Essential for tapering the planks."})]}),(0,y.jsxs)("tr",{children:[(0,y.jsx)("td",{children:(0,y.jsx)("strong",{children:"Selection of rubber bands, binder clips, and drawing pins"})}),(0,y.jsx)("td",{children:"NA"}),(0,y.jsx)("td",{children:"Holds planks together upon shadows."})]}),(0,y.jsxs)("tr",{children:[(0,y.jsx)("td",{children:(0,y.jsx)("strong",{children:"Alphatic Glue"})}),(0,y.jsxs)("td",{children:[(0,y.jsx)("a",{href:"https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/CMB-Glue-Pack-for-Building-R-C-Models-CMBGP3.html#SID=2506",target:"_blank",rel:"noopener noreferrer",children:"Website"})," "]}),(0,y.jsx)("td",{children:"As expected."})]}),(0,y.jsxs)("tr",{children:[(0,y.jsx)("td",{children:(0,y.jsx)("strong",{children:"PC-11"})}),(0,y.jsxs)("td",{children:[(0,y.jsx)("a",{href:"https://pcepoxy.co.uk/products/pc-11-paste-epoxy?_pos=1&_sid=726bc029a&_ss=r",target:"_blank",rel:"noopener noreferrer",children:"Website"})," "]}),(0,y.jsxs)("td",{children:["Waterproof epoxy paste for filleting joins. As used by one of the most calming and informative model yacht youtubers: ",(0,y.jsx)("a",{href:"https://www.youtube.com/@sailtails2775/videos",target:"_blank",rel:"noopener noreferrer",children:"sailtails"})]})]})]})]})]}),(0,y.jsxs)(n.Cs,{children:[(0,y.jsx)("h2",{children:"Building the Form and Planking"}),(0,y.jsx)("p",{children:"I assembled the laser cut forms with wood glue but in retrospect using hot glue would be recommended as this makes for easier dissasembly and reuse. Each shadow's edge was sellotaped to prevent the planks from being glued to the forms, except the first and last shadow so that the wood does stick here."}),(0,y.jsxs)("p",{children:["Initially I started wth the gunwhale planks as well as two keel planks following the centreline. At first I was using clamps and jigs to hold the planks in place but found these to not apply enough force later on! Subsequent planks were laid at the same time on alternate sides and the next layer started onced the glue had dried. 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I was a bit resistant to aggresive tapering, but this led to an incorrect angle of planks against the shadows and thus each plank incurring lots of twist. Therefore, I needed more force to hold the planks and so moved on to an intensive array of rubber bands, drawing pins, and binder clips! This twist created a lot of internal stress in the wood, but as a silver lining perhaps that increases the strength of the hull; some pre tensile load perhaps?"}),(0,y.jsx)("p",{children:"This was most noticeable towards the aft of the boat where the fit was not great, at least it can be partially rectified with sanding. 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