I have made a couple of scale model kayaks using balsa and S&G methods, but would like to try a stripper model about 1/10 scale. I have some cherry veneer which is cut into 1/8" wide strips. I know that there are kits available for making model strip canoes, but I can't figure out how they glue the edges of the strips to the adjoining strips. Obviously you can't B&C them, and the veneer is so thin that there isn't much surface area for gluing. I don't want a lot of extra glue on the strips as it will be fragile until glassed so you can't scrape off the extra, and the veneer is so thin that you can't do much sanding.

I was thinking that maybe the strips could be held to the forms (1/8" thick balsa) by pushing straight pins through them, if that doesn't cause the skinny cherry to split. I was even thinking of gluing the strips to the forms and leaving many of the forms inside the model since they won't show except in the coaming area. Has anyone else made such models?

John