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4. T e carved plug with reliefs for the keelson and inner stem. X-Acto #18 and chisel blades worked fi ne for that.


T e use of caulking in a hull like this presented an opportunity to make two models: one, upside-down, with caulking cotton and seam compound applied to what could be a possible repair and a second, right side up, showing the complete interior and all its detailing. I usually build in 1:12 scale (one inch = one foot) and did so with these little boats, producing a pair of models that are eight inches long. T ey wound up in the small diorama that is shown in Figure 2.


T ere were a couple of ways to go about building these things: planking over bulkheads on an open form with the addition of frames, or ribs, inside the hull later on or, secondly, building them over a solid plug onto which ribs had been pre-bent and fastened. T at would incorporate the ribs into the hulls while


they were being built and would add signifi cant strength when the fi nished hull was removed from the plug. I elected to take that option. Since the inside of the upside-down model would not be visible, I decided to make it fi rst; problems that cropped up in the process could (hopefully) be corrected in the second model. Where I could I made the parts for both models at the same time, even though they were built sequentially.


T e plug


Martin’s drawing included only three waterlines but he did provide fi ve body sections and another for the transom. More sections meant less carving so I screwed a block of basswood to a wood keeper, with


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