Wanderer III

[CornwallModelBoatsParticipant @grich101]

afternoon,

got plans to build the wanderer3 trawler, having built a fair amount im a lil confused, one sheet gives hull templates yet they seem to not be equal both sides, a few iknow have to be mirrored to create a single bulk head.

anyone built one that can throw me some suggestions. i attach a picture of the plans, my query is frames 3-7

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

Have you got a plan showing the beam and further construction? I’m guessing you have to cut out left and right versions of those frames/bulkheads and they join in the middle? Purely a guess though.

Chris

[Richard SimpsonParticipant @richardsimpson88330]

On a technical drawing a centre line is drawn with long broken lines and dots in the gaps between them.

If you look at the drawing, each frame has a centre line drawn on one edge of it.  Where either side of a centre line is the same but reflected it is common practise to simply draw one half.

You need to copy the picture of the frame, cut it out and lay it on your wood, draw around it, then fold the template over along the centre line and draw around it again.  You will then have the correct shape drawn on your wood.

What is a little confusing here is that, to save space on the plan, some of the frames are drawn on their sides.  What is also slightly against normal practise is that a part of the frame just over the centre line has been drawn.  The centre line though remains the line about which the frame is reflected so, in the case of frames 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 the centre line goes through the rebate for the keel and the centre stringer although the entire rebate is drawn.

I hope that makes sense!

[CornwallModelBoatsParticipant @grich101]

Morning,
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Thanks both for your replies were very helpful. Now I know I can crack on with it and start this great model. 😁</p>

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Just to add to what Richard say’s I’d trace round the half shape and transfer the image onto card, then cut that out and draw round it, plenty of ways of skinning a cat !!

Regards Ray

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