Vol. 64, No. 3 Autumn 2019 198


12. T e building board at the bow with uprights, shims and cross piece to hold the stem piece on the centerline and at the proper angle. Note also the bracing to the cross spall of frame #9.


T e modeler need only strike a center line down the central plank and apply the bottom pattern from the half breadth plan on both sides. Make a vertical cut around the curved perimeter of the bottom. Mark lines across the centerline at 90 degrees at the location of each section.


Stem and stern pieces


T e list of scantlings states that these are made from timbers four inches in cross section. Because of the way that these members will be braced when set up to construct the model, they will be made from stock measuring 12 inches long for the stem and 8 inches for the stern piece. It is tempting to use store-bought basswood but roughing them out of the same wood as the crooks and cleats is more in keeping with nineteenth-century construction.


T is model will be built on the narrow edge of a straight 1-inch by 4-inch stock about 3-1/2 feet long. A straight line is drawn down the center of one edge from end to end. T e bateau will be constructed on this line and edge. It can be held upright in a bench vice or between two bricks on a bench or table. T is will allow easy access to all outside edges and surfaces of the model as it is built.


Position the bateau bottom on the edge of the building


Once the raw timber is squared to 4 inches, in scale, for its entire length, a line is drawn down the center of one face. Wood is removed from this line to the back edges, producing a fi nished timber that is triangular in cross section.


Set up


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