Chesapeake Bay Flattie by rlindenbergsr - Midwest Products - Scale 1:32 - SMALL

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Chesapeake Bay Flattie by Richard L — Midwest—SMALL Scale 1:32

 

This is my second wooded ship/boat kit. My first was Midwest’s Yacht Skiff. I made many mistakes, but learned a lot from it. I hope it will permit me to achieve a better result with this kit.

 

Here’s what’s in the kit:

 

 

This photo shows the keel and the bulkheads. Three of the bulkheads have braces glued in place.

 

 

Test fitting the bulkheads to the keel.

 

 

Attaching the first bulkhead to the keel.

 

 

I have cut pieces of aluminum angle stock to use when clamping to keep the bulkhead square with the keel.

 

 

[ccoyle]

Good kit choice and good start.

[Cap'n Rat Fink]

Richard,

  I had a lot of fun building this little boat. Great choice, have fun.

 

 

Mario

[diablo0007]

Nice starting

[Mtoriordan]

Pulling up a chair, novice builder also. Am considering this as my next build.

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Thanks for the vistits. Comments and suggestions are welcomed.

 

Attaching the transom to the keel in correct alignment was a little tricky. Here’s the setup I used:

 

 

The complete keel/bulkhead assembly

 

 

 

Test fitting the deck

 

 

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I attached the deck in two phases since it has a curve. First I glued it to the transom and rear bulkhead. then I glued the deck to the forward bulkheads and keel.

 

 

Next, bow stiffeners were added around the mast step.

 

 

A keel strip was glued along the keel and in notches in the bulkheads. Again I did this in two phases.

 

 

[schooner]

Great start! This was my first kit build too but you have waaay better tools than I had (or have). I enjoyed that build and learned a lot, hope you will too.

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Thanks, Tim

 

On my first build, Midwest’s Yacht Skiff, I started with minimal tools. I’ve been adding some better things. Sometimes the right tool makes things a lot easier. I am finding the things I am acquiring for this hobby are not too bad expense-wise. My other hobby is photography and it’s a killer!

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I have made some progress on my flattie. The next step was to attach the chine. I made a jig using some nails in a board to follow the needed curve. I soaked the strip and put it in the jig with heat from a mini heat gun. The chine is first attached to the transom. The clamping was kind of involved, but here it is:

 

 

After the glue had cured. I attached the chine to the remaining bulkheads. In the photo below one can also see the second chine strip which was bent on the jig.

 

 

After both chines were attached, This is how it looked:

 

 

In a previous post I incorrectly referred to the braces at the mast step as “bow stiffeners.” On the above photo one can see the actual bow stiffeners attached to the foreward edge of the keel.

 

 

The final thing I have done is to attach the cabin sides to the deck and bulkheads.