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Thanks everyone for jumping in and following along! After opening things up and getting sorted I know I'll need some advice as I go.... I grew up in a place with a history of wooden boat building and have always been a fan of them, never learned any hard skills about it though. Now I work for Outward Bound, who still uses these boats for their courses in Maine & The Florida Keys (https://www.hiobs.org/) and I think at the New Zealand school as well... I was looking for more info about the history of the OB boats online and stumbled upon this kit on ebay as well as this forum where I thought - I'd love to build that! Preliminary steps: - Made copies of the instructions and blueprints just to have back ups - organized planking and plank-like pieces by size, which was not as easy as I thought it'd be, but my dad had a helpful measuring tool for tiny thicknesses Upcoming steps: - getting a piece of scrap wood for a building surface, setting up the mold and backbone - tapering and shortening the inner kelson (from one of the 1/16" x 1/4") and cutting the outer kelson (from one of the 1/16"x1/8") to make up the backbone and fit into the stern timber/stem - Planking... Images attached: - The planking instructions, haven't really started any of that yet - The blue print with the kelson specifications - My piles of planking and plank-like materials organized by size; beginning to realize what I've just gotten myself into! Any thoughts, ideas, advice, or resources welcome and appreciated (especially re: learning how to do planking)!

Totally new to model boat building and will be thankful for anyone who can follow along and lend tips/answers to questions I may have along the way!