Fergal
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I am looking for details on how to build a half ship model from the builders plan for a sailing boat. I would be grateful for any information.
Half ship model
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Bajansailor
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Hello Blue - would this be for your 44 ft 20 tonne yacht? If so, have you got plans for her already? If you have, what sort of plans are they, and to what scale?
There are (at least) two ways you could go about building your model - one could be like a smaller version of how the big boat was built, by setting up half frames at the required station spacing onto a base and then planking it as you would a timber carvel vessel.
Or you could build it in strips (horizontal layers), using the waterlines for the shape of the strips. Once you have glued all the strips together you would then sand them down by eye to create a nice fair hull shape.
There are (at least) two ways you could go about building your model - one could be like a smaller version of how the big boat was built, by setting up half frames at the required station spacing onto a base and then planking it as you would a timber carvel vessel.
Or you could build it in strips (horizontal layers), using the waterlines for the shape of the strips. Once you have glued all the strips together you would then sand them down by eye to create a nice fair hull shape.
Poignard
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Or you could build it in strips (horizontal layers), using the waterlines for the shape of the strips. Once you have glued all the strips together you would then sand them down by eye to create a nice fair hull shape
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This method is described, and illustrated, in "Boatowner's Weekend Woodworking" by Garth Graves, published by Adlard Coles nautical, ISBN 0-7136-5178-4; and in many books on model boatbuilding
Or you could build it in strips (horizontal layers), using the waterlines for the shape of the strips. Once you have glued all the strips together you would then sand them down by eye to create a nice fair hull shape
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This method is described, and illustrated, in "Boatowner's Weekend Woodworking" by Garth Graves, published by Adlard Coles nautical, ISBN 0-7136-5178-4; and in many books on model boatbuilding
JesseLoynes
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Yep, made a half model using the waterline strips method.
Very easy to lift the patterns from the plans ( or take the lines yourself as I did!). Very easy to put together and very enjoyable to fair to a good shape. You have the reference of each watrline to keep things accurate, and can even use different timbers or laminates to show the waterline etc.
Very satisfying!
Enjoy it, a nice project for the cold weather. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Very easy to lift the patterns from the plans ( or take the lines yourself as I did!). Very easy to put together and very enjoyable to fair to a good shape. You have the reference of each watrline to keep things accurate, and can even use different timbers or laminates to show the waterline etc.
Very satisfying!
Enjoy it, a nice project for the cold weather. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
fisherman
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When you finish, mount it on a mirror.
bpscmarine
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Make sure that when you mount it against the mirror, the mirror you use is front silvered.