Thursday, December 1, 2011

March - June 2011

I purchased a sheet of 1/8 inch birch plywood, a book of tracing paper, a can of spray adhesive and started tracing out the scaled plans for the Melonseed. I than cut out the station molds, formed the stem and transom and assembled them to a ‘to scale’ ladder back form. After doing all of this and recovering from bronchitis I started to put ‘to scale’ planking on the model. As I was moving along on the planking process I happened to drive up and see Mike Wick’s new melonseed project and he suggested that I add 3 inches to the sheer line of the boat. So I decided to experiment with the model. This worked well, so I thought, why not, and I gave it a try. I thought the extra height of the hull looked good so I decided to keep it as part of the boat.  Adding the ‘to scale’ station molds, stem, transom and planks really got me to thinking about the lumber size and requirement for the real boat. Between work, family and spare time I finally finished the boat’s hull about the beginning of the Summer of 2011.