(Walking the) Planks

| March 29, 2010

It’s been a challenge, but I’ve completed the planking on the Launch, more or less successfully. The Model Shipways kit of Bounty’s Launch, being a very modern product, was developed with CAD/CAM technology. One of the benefits of this is that the planks could be pre-cut to fairly accurate shapes. See, here’s the thing about […]

Faired and framed.

| March 17, 2010

After a brief interruption in the project due to the need to install my new home theater system (woohoo) it was back to work on the Launch. We left off with the molds securely attached to the false keel. Before going any further, the molds have to be faired, that is, their outer edges need […]