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  5. Billpitts
    I have been looking at a lot of boat plans to do a model and found the following. In the book by Richard Endsor, The Master Shipwright's Secrets, there is a picture of the pinnace for Tyger 1681 that has pins with supports against the pins on top of the gunnel, no notches in the gunnel. The model of the Medway boat from 1742 in the Royal Museum in Greenwich England shows plain pins sticking up from the gunnel, no notches. I have no idea if either of these methods are how it was done on your boat, but neither shows notches. Bill
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    I found drawings and scantlings and a step by step log on building a plug, framing, planking and where to find scantlings so will give a scratch build a go. Thanks for all your input. Bill
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    Rich, I have looked at many of the build logs here and suggested videos that explain about marking the frames so all the planks are tapered correctly in width from stem to stern. Do the instructions show this? It seems to be logical as the space for frames from the keel to the top of the hull is different at every frame. Thank you. Bill
  10. Billpitts
    Thank you very much Dr PR. At least for now I am interested in wooden hulls rather than resin or plastic so I would like to find a kit or, if necessary will attempt a scratch built boat. Bill
  11. Billpitts
    Thank you for your input! I think I will go with supplementary material for a kit or forgo a kit to get the clinker planking as this seems to have been the predominant or at least equal style for the 18th century except as you all have noted above. Do you or any other members know of kits for clinker construction? I am getting The Boats of Men-of-War, as you mentioned this book and in looking into it I found that it has charts with actual measurements for various parts of the cutters and/or other types of boats. Thanks again Bill
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    After seeing these posts I tried to study about cutters as I really like how they look and would like to build one. I found that the cutter photos and drawings I was able to find had planking that laps one over the other then blends at the bow so I quickly got confused after seeing this project. Were there mostly cutters like in this build example that have planking that does not overlap or can I adjust the kit to have the lapped planks like in this old drawing? Thanks Bill
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  16. Billpitts
    Have you tried McMaster Carr or Grainger? The selection is enormous as they cater to industry as well as private folks like us. Bill

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