Any of you wood bros ever venture into the world of model boat/ship building? I have little to no experience woodworking but have wanted to get into it for years. The cost of tools and wood especially since Covid hit has really made bigger projects tough for me, so I decided ships would be a good challenge to test myself and learn, but on a smaller, slightly more affordable scale. First model I chose is an 11 inch flat bottom yankee tender. So far I have the building jig made, transom and stern fabricated, and the chines were fit yesterday. I’ll plank the bottom and sides next. The learning curve on this is fairly steep for someone with no wood working experience, but I’m having a total blast figuring out what to do. Pics below - sorry for the messy work space. Using my dining room table since I don’t have any kind of real workshop setup in my garage yet.
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