18 Inch Sharpie

BILL THE RICE BARGE LOOKS TO ME INTERESTING ESPECIALLY FOR MY SKILLS, HOW DO I GET THE PLANS AND ANY COSTS INVOLVED NO PROBLEM. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE ALL DON
 
Nice Video Rich. He cut the stem with a chainsaw better than I can cut one with all sorts of tools for a model boat.

Thanks for sharing.
 
BILL THE RICE BARGE LOOKS TO ME INTERESTING ESPECIALLY FOR MY SKILLS, HOW DO I GET THE PLANS AND ANY COSTS INVOLVED NO PROBLEM. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE ALL DON
Hey Don,
I got the plans and documentation online from the University of South Carolina. They have quite the maritime program. I'm attaching the two files for you to review.
 

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Hey, Bill! I love your lobster smack also! I built a 16’ LOD gaff-rigged sloop a few years back inspired by the Friendship sloops of the 19th century. I love that design!

Have you figured out the edits on the Sharpie? Especially the side boards?
 
THANKS DOC A GOOD ONE FOR ME SMALLER MORE INTERESTING BUILDS. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE YOU AND YOURS DON
Yep,Don. Just because it’s small doesn’t mean it’s not impressive! The Sharpie makes an elegant little model. I plan to experiment with some different woods on mine!
 
Hey, Bill! I love your lobster smack also! I built a 16’ LOD gaff-rigged sloop a few years back inspired by the Friendship sloops of the 19th century. I love that design!

Have you figured out the edits on the Sharpie? Especially the side boards?
Hey Doc

Think so. I'm including the measurements that they can be drawn from. I'll send you an update in the near future still trying to work out some other factors.
 
AGREED DOC VERY IMPRESSIVE IT IS, WOULD MAKE A SUPER LOOKING MODEL AND YES I TOO LOVE TO PAINT WITH WOOD AS I CAN NOT DO IT WITH OTHER MEASNS JUST ASK MIKE S, I REALLY THINK I CAN DO SOME GOOD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND THE HALF HULL LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE,,,,ONE OTHER QUESTION ON THE FLAT BED PLANSWHAT SIZE ARE THEY SO I CAN GET THEM PRINTED UP, THAKS. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE YOU AND YOURS DON
 
AGREED DOC VERY IMPRESSIVE IT IS, WOULD MAKE A SUPER LOOKING MODEL AND YES I TOO LOVE TO PAINT WITH WOOD AS I CAN NOT DO IT WITH OTHER MEASNS JUST ASK MIKE S, I REALLY THINK I CAN DO SOME GOOD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND THE HALF HULL LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE,,,,ONE OTHER QUESTION ON THE FLAT BED PLANSWHAT SIZE ARE THEY SO I CAN GET THEM PRINTED UP, THAKS. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE YOU AND YOURS DON
Don

Here is how I scaled mine.

The plans were taken from plans for a Rice Flat developed by the Maritime Research Division, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina. Generally, the barges were approximately 55 feet long and 15 feet wide. The model barge is 13.25 inches long and 4 inches wide giving a scale of ¼” = 1’ scale.
 
OK DOC OR BILL, MY PRINT PLACE ALWAYS WANTS TO KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE INCREASW FROM ORIGINAL CAN ANYONE HELP. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE ALL DON
Don,

The way I do it is: if your drawing is 10 inches and you want it 20 inches, divide 20 by 10 (20/10) which equal 200% enlargement on a copier. If the drawing is 10 inches and you want it 5 inches, divide 5 by 10 (5/10) which equals 50% on the copier.

Hope that helps.
 
I recently found a model ship kit barn find of the Occre Santisima Trinidad at the local Salvation Army Resale Store. After some discussion I purchased it for $40.00 minus a senior discount. The hull had been completed and the kit box contained a bunch of supplies. So I started to work on it but needed something to slow me down so I looked at my file of plans on hand. I settled on building a model of an 18 foot Sharpie from a 1930s Yachting magazine. The magazine contained an article describing how to build the boat and providing some plans. I've attached a copy of the article. So this is going to be my Build Log on how I built a model the 18 foot Sharpie.

I also use my artist license to decided that I was not going to paint the model but use different colored wood to accentuate the model. I also decided that I would use only reclaimed wood from other projects. I other words I was not going to spent a great deal of money on wood. I used some cypress, I think, some pine and a brown wood that is of unknown wood species. I also plan on coating it with poly. I was going to use Wipe On Poly, but discovered that on hand supp0ly had dried up. So it off to Amazon to replace it.

I recently started to learn some CAD using Fusion 360 and had used this boat to practice on making a set of plans. I had made drawings of the Molds, Sides, Transom and Center Board Box. So I already had a start on building the model. The first thing I did was cut the molds and mount them on a building board.

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The next step was to cut 6 pieces of wood 3/32 x 3/4 x 20 inches long for the sides. I butt glued them together using Elmer's glue to form 2 sets of three slats that the sides could be cut from. After the glue had set, I ran them through the Thickness Sander to reduce the size to 1/16 of an inch thickness.
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Next I used a scroll saw to was to cut the sides to the proper shape.

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After the sides were cut, I cut the transom and glued pieces of 1/8 x 1/8 to the sides to use a base to clamp the transom to the sides as the glue dried. I used a two part stem, inner and outer, instead of a one part stem. I find that it is easier to glue up.
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This has slowed me down on the S. Trinidad for awhile. But it is time to go back to work on it. It is turning into quite a project because of mistakes made during building the hull and a few missing parts. Luckily, I was able to make the missing parts.
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