doubling of the keel and the stem

[pwhman]

I came across some instructions  on model ship building regarding  doubling of the keel and stern.   It's the first time I've come across this technique.  Is this a normal technique in finishing  the keel/stern?

[Gregory]

What is your source?  What is the context?

 

It sounds like some type of laminating technique to reduce warping.

However, I've never heard it mentioned here before.

[mtaylor]

Which way is it "doubling"?  Is it the keel being glued to the false keel?

[wefalck]

I gather this is a way of generating the rabbets without having to cut it. Should be an acceptable method for a model that is painted all over prototype fashion, but would not be good for ‚artisanal‘ style models in varnished wood.

[allanyed]

I have always cut the rabbet into the keel until my current project in which I indeed did a "doubling" .  The reason for the change is that for the time period for this model which is the late 17th century and the rabbet starts at the top of the keel with no shoulder.  The frames sit on top of the keel with no notch.  Cutting the rabbet was problematic for me in that it was nigh impossible to maintain the top part of the rabbet at exactly the top of the keel without disturbing the top of the keel itself.   As it turns out, it was also easier to form the angles of the top and bottom face of the rabbet along the keel as it is dynamic along its entire length.  There is a seam of course, but as it is at the juncture of the two faces of the rabbet, it is not noticeable.

Allan