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Looks very good.

 

If you have the right software model it might be worth 3D printing a plastic version. 

If that is OK you can then cut scaled flat sheet  to check how the plating goes before attacking a 12 in to the foot version.

All very leading edge boat building for canal work.

N

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10 minutes ago, BEngo said:

Looks very good.

 

If you have the right software model it might be worth 3D printing a plastic version. 

If that is OK you can then cut scaled flat sheet  to check how the plating goes before attacking a 12 in to the foot version.

All very leading edge boat building for canal work.

N

We have someone who will be cutting a 12th scale baseplate and knees which we can then "plate".... watch this space!

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10 hours ago, BEngo said:

Looks very good.

 

If you have the right software model it might be worth 3D printing a plastic version. 

If that is OK you can then cut scaled flat sheet  to check how the plating goes before attacking a 12 in to the foot version.

All very leading edge boat building for canal work.

N

 

There are a number of boat hull design packages out there which allow you to do the hull form development on screen, and which will show which areas can be developed as flat surfaces, and which are double curved. Having then tweaked the design so that all surfaces can be plated, you can then print out the plate shapes for cutting,  or export to a CAD programme etc. I have looked at playing with a couple for a while but haven't actually got round to it, so I can't say how easy the process is, or how steep the learning curve. One such free package is Freeship (https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeship/) . If you google something like "free hull design software" you will find others, as well as some boatbuilding forum posts discussing the options.

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Due to self isolation I've cracked on with the model....... Daniel and Keri from Reverie canal trading co on Lyra chopped out some 12th scale bits for me which we've stuck together. A couple are slightly off and the position needs double checking... but hopefully you get the idea.

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Looking very good.  That is a handy looking adjuster, next the spare flywheel/fan/plate weight.

 

What is the thinking behind limber holes in the front few frames, but not the remainder?

 

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2 hours ago, Bee said:

That should be a lovely thing. Makes you realise there is more to narrow boats than 6`10" wide and right angles everywhere. 

Or rather..... 'there should be more to narrowboats than 6'10" wide and right angles everywhere'...... this whole exercise is about making a boat that looks amd swims well..... hopefully.

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What are your thoughts on the bow section? The planks would of course have originally run right through to the bow, horizontally, but the exterior appearance would have been the ice plates, running vertically. Which do you reckon you will go for?

 

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2 hours ago, Bee said:

That should be a lovely thing. Makes you realise there is more to narrow boats than 6`10" wide and right angles everywhere. 

Or rather..... 'there should be more to narrowboats than 6'10" wide and right angles everywhere'...... this whole exercise is about making a boat that looks amd swims well..... hopefully.

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A few weeks on, we've managed to get some more planks on, which has thrown up a couple of curveballs which we thought might happen, mainly due to knee shapes. All we'll do is let some fillets in behind the knees to the planks and tweak the drawing should we build another one...... 

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