The half hull model becomes the "master" from which plans can be drawn up. herreshoff, the famous american yacht designer, apparently designed all his boats this way. other times experienced designers make the half model first, as a reassurance that the lines "feel" right in three dimensions, before material and labor is committed for the full. Half-hull modeling is both a practical way to enjoy woodworking with limited time and tools, and a tangible way to grasp the intricacies of boat plans. to carve for yourself and mount a half model is to forever capture a design in three dimensions.. Building a half-hull boat model. step one and two: working from accurate scaled plans, we cut out each segment on stiff paper and traced them onto the wood. day one, we confronted the intimidating task of building a boat model from plans given to us by our instructor, mark southerland. most of the class chose the alerions, i naturally chose.
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