this boat are “clinker” style. This means that each plank overlaps the edge of the plank below it.
This is quite a challenge to do on such a small hull but well worth the effort. Should you decide
not to place 3 or 4 clinker style planks (1/64” x 1/16”) on the boat; a simple molding can be
used instead. A 1/32” x 1/32’ strip can be glued across the hull just below the cap rail. A laser
cut cap rail is provided for you. It looks like a lift but without any tabs. It is 1/32” thick. This
rail is purposely left oversized. Once glued atop the ships frames sand the inside edge flush to
the frames. The outside of the rails is sanded so a small overlap can be seen outboard. The
keel, stem and stern post is also laser cut and can be attached to the boat now as well.
Finish up the boat by adding the oar locks (optional as they are quite tiny) and construct the rud-
der. It is also laser cut for your convenience. The rudder tiller is made using a length of 22
gauge black wire. Bend it to shape and glue it into a pre-drilled hole in the rudder. The rudder
will not be placed into the gudgeons and mounted on the hull. Instead, the rudder was removed
and stored inside of the boat while it was lashed down on deck. The gudgeons can be simulated
on the rudder post with some paper strips. The pintles on the rudder can be made the same way
with the addition of some small pins made from thin wire. You can also add some oars if you
wish to include even more details. A few coils of rope placed inside the boat can also add to its
overall appearance. See photo #7.
The final photo (#7) shows the boat lashed to the deck with all of its fittings completed. It is
lashed to the eye bolts glued along the main hatch on deck. Two cradles are laser cut and sup-
plied with the kit. Glue them on top of the main hatch frames as
shown in that same photo. Use the .018 diameter tan rigging line
to lash the boat down. Make two hooks out of 28 gauge black
wire or modify the eye bolts supplied with the kit. Use a needle
nosed pliers to bend the wire into shape. One end of each lashing
has a hook seized to it. A close up photo of a seized hook is also
shown below. Place the hook into the eye bolt on deck and run
the remaining free end of each lashing over the boat to the
opposite side of the deck. Seize it to its “partner” eye bolt on the
opposite side of the boat. Alternate the lashings so a hook is
visible on both sides of the model. Touch the knots and seizing
with a drop of super glue to secure them.
4.
Frames were added
5.
Floor boards, risers and thwarts
6.
Clinker planking, cap rail, keel, stem and
stern post
7.
Seizing a hook
to rigging line to
lash the boat on
deck.
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