first builds

Started by AndrewTurpinSnr 7 years ago

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first builds

Andrew are you building on a board with the frames fastened to it or gripping by the keel?. You need to hold the frames firmly and find a nice narrowish piece of flexible plastic/wood whatever and bend around the frames lengthwise. That should give you some idea of how much out they are. Trouble with old plans is they are very rarely accurate and sometimes frames are shown with planking sometimes not .
if you pm me I can help - we are at least in the same country.

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#2 7 years ago

first builds

Sounds as if you'll just have to trim the frames down until the planking does lay fair across the length. I wouldn't worry, I don't think it is too unusual a problem in scratchbuilding unless you are an expert. Interesting boat for a first build, is she a sailing or motor Fifie?

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#1 7 years ago

first builds

HI,
I am busy with my first build and am struggling to understand the plans. The boat I am Building is the Scottish Fifie fishing boat. This is a scratch build and the plans are pretty old and I scaled them up a bit. The problem is the rib sections do not the dimensions of the side view or the plan view. I have assumed that the sections were projected from the two views below and have thus used the measured dimensions of the side and plan views to adjust the difference. I fear that when I come to the planking I will get an uneven curve along the length of the boat which will necessitate my having to smooth it out with sand paper and thus end up with a different shaped hull that may not float properly. The differences are very small. Is this sort of problem common with plans and is it anything to worry about?
Regards
Andrew Turpin
Centurion
South Africa

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