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| noobster |
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 Registered Member #1786 Joined: Sun Sep 18 2011, 07:09pmPosts: 7 | I haven't started a build log yet, but I'm building a Midwest Products Maine Pea Pod rowboat as my first wooden kit. http://www.ehobbies.com/mid977.html It's a plank on frame kit. The first step is to glue the 4 templates to the strongback in order to lay the planks. I have to draw a centerline down the strongback and the templates then glue them down. I've discovered that the centerline on 2-3 of the 4 templates are off by about 1/32" over a 2" run. My question is, is this level of variance normal in a small kit like this, or do I need to somehow true up the templates? Thanks, Robert | ||
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| Winston |
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winston   Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2299 | Hi Robert, Do you by any chance have any pictures you can show us? Having never built the particular model its kind of hard to determine if that would make a big difference. In my experience I have found that kits can be off a little. Some times to the point where its better to reconstruct the piece yourself than to use the one that came with the kit. To me 1/32" over 2" is quite a bit. | ||
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| noobster |
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| Registered Member #1786 Joined: Sun Sep 18 2011, 07:09pmPosts: 7 | I've taken some pics, let me get a build log started. I found what the problem was in this case I think: the bottom of the templates/bulkheads was not precisely flat, so my square was rocking. I've fixed that and glued up the bulkheads. | ||
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