Continuing on from the previous post.....
OK I chickened out no spiling going on here the plans include a plank layout grid so I have cut out all the planks slightly oversize.
The garboard is then temporarily fixed to the molds and the plank marks on the molds are compared to those on the plank. Again I am amazed, no extremely pleased (don't want to insult Mr. Hylan) to find they correspond within a bees bum, apart from the station 2 and 18 which are the first and last molds. These points are within about an 1/4" at the bow and I put that down to a slight difference in batten spring. The pattern grid differs to the mold spacing so I am guessing that may explain the difference. At the stern it's under an 1/8th so I'm not to fussed back there.
The second pic shows the discrepancy fortunately the plank is wider than the mold mark so some adjustment could be possible. With that in mind I went ahead and cut the plank to my layout lines. Now the issue I have is do I adjust back to the mold ticks or just leave it. To my eye the plank edge is fair in fact if I follow the mold I think the sweep up to the stem would be exaggerated.
I have read repeatedly that a fair plank curve is more important than following the mold marks and if the difference is under 1/8" ignore it but I've got 1/4" +/-. Hopefully the pics show the state of play and any advice from experienced builders will be appreciated.
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