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Originally Posted by Zathros
I used to make some pretty accurate balsa Catboat models. I would use a long thin planks of balsa, not very wide and run the plank along the formers and trace out the ends of the bow on the backside on the planks, and then make the appropriate cuts. The models I made had full formers that were used to making the hull but were not part of the ship. I would use bulkheads based on the formers I made for shaping the hull. The same thing could be done using paper, you would connect the lines, of course realizing the compromises that must be made if you are trying to make the side hull from one piece of paper, which is not how real boats are made anyways, (unless it is fiberglass and made in a mold).
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Thank you Zathros!:D I had not thought of that until you mentioned it. I used to scratchbuild with balsa years ago. Designing the formers, then, is the key!!