em_fo Posted June 1 #1 Posted June 1 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! yvesvidal, ccoyle, Ryland Craze and 4 others 7 Quote
JacquesCousteau Posted June 1 #2 Posted June 1 Looks like a very cool model, I haven't heard of that one before. How did you find the kit, and what got you interested in building it? Keith Black 1 Quote Current Builds: Lake Chapala Canoa de Rancho (1:32) [Scratch]; Lancha Chilota Coasting Sloop (1:32) [Scratch]; Completed Kit Builds: Model Shipways Dory (1:24); NRG Half-Hull Planking Kit (1:48); Midwest Maine Peapod (1:14) [Kit] Completed Scratch Builds: Xochimilco Trajinera (1:32); Juana y José Cross Section (1:32)
ccoyle Posted June 1 #3 Posted June 1 29 minutes ago, JacquesCousteau said: I haven't heard of that one before Me neither! Good luck with your project, Emily! Ryland Craze and Keith Black 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
em_fo Posted June 4 Author #4 Posted June 4 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)! Javlin, kuya, Ryland Craze and 4 others 7 Quote
JacquesCousteau Posted June 4 #5 Posted June 4 Very cool! It looks like this model will be a bit of a challenge to plank because it's an open boat, so any errors will be visible inside and outside. On planking in general, this site has a lot of resources that you can look for, like Chuck Passaro's planking tutorial. You might also look for examples of small vessels that are similarly constructed around removeable molds, like the Midwest Maine Peapod kit (although that uses strips for planking and may not be the best example to follow). Looking forward to watching the build move forward! Keith Black, em_fo, yvesvidal and 2 others 5 Quote Current Builds: Lake Chapala Canoa de Rancho (1:32) [Scratch]; Lancha Chilota Coasting Sloop (1:32) [Scratch]; Completed Kit Builds: Model Shipways Dory (1:24); NRG Half-Hull Planking Kit (1:48); Midwest Maine Peapod (1:14) [Kit] Completed Scratch Builds: Xochimilco Trajinera (1:32); Juana y José Cross Section (1:32)
jerome Posted June 22 #6 Posted June 22 (edited) Wow! finally someone building this long ago made kit. I vaguely remember this kit. I live close to Rockland, Maine and grew up just south of Rockland so remember the Outward bound school and there pulling boats. Never seen a build of the kit so will be interesting to follow along. Good luck. one tip for the planking aspect. put scotch tape on the molds so t when glueing the planks on you do not inadvertently glue them to the molds. Edited June 22 by jerome em_fo, kuya and Keith Black 3 Quote
jerome Posted June 22 #7 Posted June 22 And in case you’re curious. Cyrus Hamlin designed this pulling boat. Plans for this boat may be here: Additional material, including the majority of Hamlin's ships plans, can be found in the Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT. em_fo and Keith Black 2 Quote
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