Episode 6: Building the Dumas 41′ USCG Utility Boat in 3/8″ = 1 foot scale

Episode 6: Removing the Hull from the Building Board

While the instructions call for final shaping of the bottom planks while the hull is attached to the building board, it’s very difficult to see what you are doing when you are nearly complete. So I removed the hull from the board so I could get a better view of the final sanding.

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