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Models
By:mike allen ---}
Date: 2/29/2000, 8:47 pm
In Response To: Re: design vs reality (Eric Schade (shearwater Boats))

? I have designed several S&G boats both using CAD software and manually. It ? pays to build one or several scale models first. You can use mat board ? available at art stores or framing shops to make a scaale model. Make the ? model as large as possible to minimize measureing errors. you can use tape ? and elmers glue to assemble the model. Better looking models can be make ? from birch plywood available in hoobie shops.

hi Eric

Do you use the models to measure or scale the panels, as proof of concept or both or ? Is mat card good enough or does it trick you in that it can move a bit?

-mick

Messages In This Thread

design vs reality
Steve Davis -- 2/27/2000, 2:10 pm
Re: design vs reality
Steve Davis -- 3/1/2000, 8:12 pm
Re: design vs reality
pete czerpak -- 3/1/2000, 7:58 am
Re: design vs reality
Eric Schade (shearwater Boats) -- 2/29/2000, 7:58 pm
Models
mike allen ---} -- 2/29/2000, 8:47 pm
Re: Models
Eric Schade (shearwater Boats) -- 3/1/2000, 6:13 pm
Re: design vs reality
Hank -- 2/27/2000, 7:21 pm
Re: design vs reality
Mike Hanks -- 2/27/2000, 3:23 pm