well since my forced internet loss i have been building again, Yeah More lighterage tugs!! i had an idea, this is always a danger with me! i cut some frames out and to make sure i had the stations plotted right and the shape was faired well i did them in card and pasted a board with the keel line and then using paper scored and glued. now this was pva and was setting real quick but to get an idea of the line i added a deck line knuckle so cut some slots and added more buttock line beams and i found this was growing stronger....
then went on to cut plates and add them all the time the shape was fine so i kept going..
well in the end i had a nice half hull with a good run to it so decided to add some 1 inch squares of newspaper painted with pva all over... well next day when it dried it had the hardness or plyboard! HANG ON A MIN... this will make a plug.... so i did it's mirror image on another board the same way and then did a bit of filling with polyfiller and smoothed it and painted it and BY THUNDER! i had a two part plug! which has since been used to make a mould and i have since drawn a full hull from the clamped two halves and it has come out well!
i have started work on this hull for a mate that wants a tosher (launch) tug so will make a nice 1/ 24 boat or a 1/48 ship towing hull.... i know this may seem a long winded way but i took the idea from the shipbuilding industry in the war... BUILD EM BY THE MILE.... CHOP EM OFF BY THE YARD! i now have a rather smart way of knocking out a nice tug shape hull that can be adapted with a little thought and some glue! so if anyone wants to borrow a 2 part mould or have a hull cast give me a shout! now i fancy a 12 inch to the foot scale model of the first tug i worked on.... wonder if the catering manager would mind if i moved the kitchen and the dining room
