Tigersteve

Definitely email model expo. They respond better than by phone.
Steve

Nothing spectacular, he says...<choke><cough><sputter>   Augie.. that is spectacular. 

Hello all,
 
This is my first try at posting a project to MSW, so please be patient with me.  As part of the Longboat Tri-Club build, I've been lagging hopelessly far behind everyone else.  After studying the various models already posted, I feel that my offerings will be very redundant, and certainly not as good.  Anyway, I'm going to start with square one, and go from there.
 

Removing the burn marks on the back side of the sheets went quite well.
 

Next step was to duplicate the bearding line on the port side of the false keel, and make the necessary bevels for the rabbet.
 


Using a piece of glass and some clamps, I assembled the keel, stem and false keel.
 

I then squared up the stem and keel.  Using the glass plate and a sanding block it went quite well.  The sandpaper was attached to the block with two-sided tape, which is one of my most useful tools.
 

At this point, I constructed a building board.  The angle brackets had to be adjusted to ensure that they were square.  I then epoxied some basswood to one face of each bracket.  Slightly undersized screws were used to affix them to the building board.  This provided some adjustability.
 


Two steel blocks, a small square and a clamp were used to ensure that the bulkheads were plumb when glued to the false keel.  The small angle was adjusted up or down as each new bulkhead was put in place.  Although the blocks were a bit cumbersome, the results were acceptable.  I found that it was necessary to introduce some play into the bulkhead notches before they were glued in place.  The Elmer's glue caused the wood to expand, and on a number of occasions adjustments were almost impossible to make.  One bulkhead had to be re-glued twice before it had the correct orientation.
 
 

Chuck & Ben,
 
Thanks for the positive comments.  I really appreciate it!
 
Bob