Getting back to building the base for the assembly of my hull, in the previous post I had just assembled the base and am now preparing to attach the piece of cut mahogany that will define the periphery of my hull.
Prior to attaching this piece to the base, I draw a line down the center of the shape dividing it into equal right and left halves. This line must be exact center as it will serve as the attachment point for the keel. With the center found, I use my hot glue gun to attach this piece of the model to the base. Since the base is slightly curved at the bow of the boat, I attach the bow first with just a dab of glue on each piece of the base. Once that glue cools and grabs, I flex the piece over the rest of the base and attach it at various locations with just a dab of glue. I don’t want to over do it with the glue because I want to separate the hull from the base once I am done with its’ construction.
The View from the Bottom Piece Attached
After the glue has cooled and the bonds are strong, I can attach the profile cutout of the keel to the view from below profile. Door skin mahogany can be a bit wavy so in order to get a straight keel I clamp a straight piece of 1 X 3 to the keel and then glue it to the view from below profile. The next step is to attach the quarter rounds that define the sponsons to the view from below profile. I place a quarter round approximately every eight inches – the perfect spacing to accept the foam blocks that I will later carve the full sponsons from. With the quarter rounds attached, I can go ahead and attach the hull sides to the view from below profile.
All the major pieces that will define the shape of this hull attached!
More Soon. This thing will start moving quick now!
Steve
