Planking. I did quite a bit of homework before starting this step. There are several guides across forum sites, and I felt adequately prepared before beginning. I purchased an electric plank bender, and build a jig using the Chuck Passaro method.
The planking started OK, but I quickly ran into problems due to the bluff bow of the ship itself. I wasn’t prepared for that hard of turn on the bow, and the planks quickly became disorderly. I also had an issue with the end of the wood splitting when driving the nails into the bow. I should have made pilot holes beforehand.
About halfway through, I opted to revert to the “OcCre method” of planking, running full strips and then filling in the triangular holes with custom sizes. After a fair bit of wood filler, I was left with a decent base to build the 2nd planking layer on.
Still a lot to learn and practice with in regards to planking, but I felt that after quite a bit of shaping, the result was OK.
Burgundy Models 
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