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3. Construct a replica model and retain the existing one in its present state.
Fortunately my client understood the value of not altering the existing model and opted for my third proposal.
It was also fortunate that the RCYC possessed two other models of this important design. One was another painted half-model at 1:16 scale, presently mounted on the wall of the Model Room. (https://
rcyc.ca/Doc-Types/RCYCModels/rcycmodels_ p3.aspx) T e other was a varnished full-hull model that had been in storage for some years. T e latter had been damaged, badly repaired and painted over. T is model was still in my studio, as I had just completed a proper restoration of it. (Figure 2) I was able to take the lines off this full-hull model and reduce them to half that scale. A profi le gauge proved very useful for taking off the station lines, which I placed at arbitrary 4-inch (full size) intervals.
A body plan was developed and drawn at the larger scale, scanned on the computer, then reduced to 50-percent and printed out. Waterlines were plotted
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from this and smoothed, then the body plan adjusted so that all was fair. (Figure 3)
T ere were some minor diff erences between the damaged half-model and the two larger models. T e most obvious was the toe rail or covering board. In both larger models it was fl ush with the topside of the hull, but in the half-model the rail was inset by a scale 3 inches. Aſt er discussion with the client, it was decided that the new half-model’s toe rail should also be shown fl ush with the topside. T e profi le of the fi n keel, rudder and stem diff ered slightly also, so I used the two larger models as my pattern.
One early decision was that, as the model was to be painted, I would make the liſt s in such a manner as to provide a thin liſt the width of the white boot topping. T is would obviate the need to mask the waterline accurately along a very shallow sloping surface.
T e hull consists of fi ve layers or liſt s of yellow cedar. T is specie is easy and pleasant to work, but with one caution. Sanding produces extremely fi ne dust, so appropriate precautions need to be taken. T e top
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