By W.F. Crosby THE SHIP model builder who attempts to make his own blocks out of wood will probably find that he is up against a real problem, particularly if he tries to make these close to actual scale. In order to overcome the difficulty, the use of ordinary wire solder, as shown in Fig. 1, is about the best possible way of making non-splitting blocks. This solder may be obtained in several different diameters, it is soft enough...
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Divide the space to the left of the zero mark into twelve equal spaces, which will each represent 1 in. Marks for the half inches should be omitted, as this fraction can easily be estimated, and the marks will only make the scale hard to read. Now, the dimensions of the original drawing are read on the 1/4-in. scale, and those of the new model laid out with the 3/4-in. one. Ship-Model Kinks Sandpaper, in addition to smoothing surfaces,...
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All one has to do is trace the water lines on the half-breadth plan on heavy wrapping paper and cut out the templates for making the lifts, as described in the article on the "Half Moon" previously mentioned. Care must be taken to make the wood used for the lifts the same thickness as the distance between the water lines. If working from a small drawing, as in a magazine or book, the lines of the hull can usually...
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These lines are of more importance to the designer than the model builder, but they do serve to a point a warning, and that is, that, no latter from what angle the hull is viewed, when completed, all the curves should be "fair," as the designer calls them, that is they should have a smooth, clean sweep from one end to the other, with no humps or hollows in them. When we take a loaf of bread and slice...
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