Building the Dumas 41′ USCG Utility Boat in 3/8″ = 1 foot scale

Episode 1: The Building Board

During the construction of the building board be very careful to triple-check your measurements, as any error drawing the lines here is magnified in the hull frame construction, which becomes progressively more difficult to correct as construction continues.

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Episode 1: The Building Board
Episode 2: Building up the keel
Episode 3: Adding the formers and sheers
Episode 4: Adding the chines
Episode 5: Adding the bottom planks
Episode 6: Removing the hull from the building board
Episode 7: Adding the center deck
Episode 8: Adding the side decks
Episode 9 Adding the side planks
Episode 10: Trimming the side planks
Episode 11: Adding the rear deck
Episode 12: Filling and sanding the hull
Episode 13: Adding the cabin formers
Episode 14: Adding the fore cabin sides and tops
Episode 15: A workaround to a mistake made in Episode 13