Setup is always a boat building milestone. Whatever is used to define the boat’s shape gets affixed to a building base. Shape is usually defined by frames, forms, molds, bulkheads, sometimes temporary, sometimes an integral part of the structure. This boat uses the two watertight bulkheads and the mid-frame to define the shape. They are integral components, not temporary shape forms.
The building base for the 1:1 version needs to be any simple flat platform that is 12 feet long, about a foot wide, and on legs that provide a convenient working height. For the model, I used a strip of composite board. Part of one of the drawings is glued to the block to make parts placement accurate. A few strips of wood provide anchorage for the bulkheads and frame. The parts are placed on vertical boards to allow access to the hull interior as it is being constructed. This technique is used for the 1:1 version as well.
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