Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Model Boating => Topic started by: Langsford on June 18, 2008, 10:03:38 pm

Title: Tracing from plans
Post by: Langsford on June 18, 2008, 10:03:38 pm
Most people seem to recommend tracing from a plan and the various methods of transferring it to the wood. I have just come across this little gizmo that my wife uses for sewing (or will do if she can get it back!!). It works beautifully by making a lot of small holes in the wood when run along the plan. Don't know what it's called though.
Cheers, John
Title: Re: Tracing from plans
Post by: nhp651 on June 18, 2008, 10:35:45 pm
also excellent for making rows of rivet marks on paper/card plating ( so long as you reverse the card) for plating your hull, O0
Title: Re: Tracing from plans
Post by: Rex Hunt on June 18, 2008, 10:53:24 pm
Leather working tool called a 'stitch marker'

Rex
Title: Re: Tracing from plans
Post by: RickF on June 18, 2008, 11:12:41 pm
I believe when used for dressmaking it's called a pounce wheel. I've made several from assorted clock gears to produce rivets in various scales.

Rick
Title: Re: Tracing from plans
Post by: towboatjoe on June 19, 2008, 05:56:38 am
Before the era of computer generated graphics, they used pounce wheels on letter patterns and then tape it on a vehicle and rub powder in the holes which left the outline on the vehicle and a painter would hand paint the lettering.