So, to amuse myself in the rainy winter weather days I decided to build another model boat. It took a few weeks of evening work and I only had a side-elevation and plan-view to work from... But here is how it went and what the final product looks like :
Starting with the plan, a Keel and some "made-up" hull formers for the 3D shape of the hull.
Then start planking the hull (I'm doing a Lap-Strake style hull with strips of 1cm wide and 1.5mmthick plywood) . The plywood is very thin and very flexible.
Clamps used to hold each new strip of ply to the edge of the previous strip... They are glued to each other (not to the hull formers) with an instant glue (super-glue)
Hull planking completed... Its very light and very strong (Hull is about 50cm long)
Then ad the deck framing
And install the electric motor and drive-shaft and rudder mounts,
And plank the deck (more of the plywood sheeting)
And then add some mahogany veneer for deck planking, and all the on-deck structures like the mast and wheel-house and winch etc.
And finally varnish and paint it...
And this is the end result... I'm quite pleased with it but where Ill put it in my cluttered house I don't know :)
... and back to looking for a job again :)
