Dramatic Builder’s Half Hull Model
with Rope Border
Presented is a rather dramatic and large half-hull builder’s model of an auxiliary steam & sailing ship. We don’t have a history of this model, although it could have been built to construct a vessel. It is highly decorative with alternating color wood finishes for the six lifts and a nautical hemp rope border. Half-hull models were used to draft the lines of the ship under construction.
Dimensions:
Ship Lgth 48 1/2″
Overall Length: 51″
Width: 9½”
Draft: 7 ½” (Deck to Keel)
Weight: 22 lbs.
Price: $950.00 Shipping: $65.00
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Bow and Stern Sections
Lofting is particularly useful in boat building when it is used to
draw and cut pieces for hulls and keels. These are usually curved, often in three dimensions. Loftsmen at the mold lofts of shipyards were responsible for taking the dimensions and details from drawings and plans and translating this information into templates, battens, ordinates, cutting sketches, profiles, margins, and other data.
Dimensions:
Ship Lgth 48 1/2″
Overall Length: 51″
Width: 9½”
Draft: 7 ½” (Deck to Keel)
Weight: 22 lbs.
Back of mounting board
