Half-Hull Modeling: Step-by-step companion, from plans to finished model - Softcover

Rössel, Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1733104003 ISBN 13: 9781733104005

Publisher: Greg Rossel Boat Carpentry, 2019

Synopsis

Long before half-hull models became a staple of marine museums and living room walls, they were an essential tool for marine designers and shipbuilders alike. Indeed, the models offered not only a three-dimensional scale rendering of the completed vessel but also a set of comprehensive construction plans for the shipwright. Even in these days of CAD and 3-D printers, the model can still serve today’s builders by offering the opportunity to see what they are getting into and what the lines on their blueprints are actually saying. For the boat owner (or prospective boat owner), building a model can be a great way to spend some cold winter evenings carving an accurate and handsome rendition of the boat of their dreams.Half-Hull Modeling takes the reader through the entire process of making an accurate half model: history, tools, woods, safety, finishes, construction jigs, interpreting and working with lines plans, patternmaking, and constructing both waterline and buttock lift models. For those who already own a classic model and would like to build a replica, the book also offers instructions on how to build a measuring device to capture the lines of a hull and develop a set of lines plans.

About this title

About the Author

GREG RÖSSEL grew up cruising on the waters of New York Harbor and spending time in the boatyards on the south shore of Staten Island where economics (more than anything else) made wooden boats the craft of choice. He makes his home in Maine where he specializes in the construction and repair of small wooden boats. Since graduating at the top of his class in boatbuilding technology from Washington County Vocational Technical Institute, Greg has had a multifaceted career. For several years, he was an assistant restorer for a major private collection of antique runabouts and airplanes. Then he spent another couple of years as an instructor and assistant director at Maine Maritime Museum's Apprenticeshop program. All the while, he was building his own shop at home in Troy, Maine, and tackling a wide variety of small-boat construction and restoration projects. For over 30 years, Greg has been able to work for himself full-time, aside from a few odd jobs like setting up a wooden Whitehall factory in Mexico, custom lines taking and documentation for museums and other customers, and writing over 200 articles for numerous marine publications.

Review

Greg Rössel's directions for making half-hull models are clear and complete. Yet this how-to book is also an entertaining read.... Everyone can learn something from this good book.
---Mike O'Brien, Boat design editor, WoodenBoat magazine

Computer-aided design (CAD) requires pricey hardware, software, and a steep learning curve to use. Greg Rössel's book reintroduces the time-honored art of half-modeling and teaches us the hows and whys on a gentler learning curve. He writes with as much wit as he teaches. You are in for a treat.
--Cipperly Good, Curator, Penobscot Marine Museum

I know of no better way of achieving fluency and familiarity with hull forms ... than by working back and forth between two dimensions and three using scale models. In this valuable book Greg Rössel takes us through the process in both directions.
--Paul Gartside, Boatbuilder and designer

Edition details

• Publisher: Greg Rossel Boat Carpentry
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1733104003
• ISBN 13: 9781733104005
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 54