Scratch building question.

[Ratio1]

Just as a point of inquiry…

Do scratch builders use model ship plans or do they use full size plans and scale down or both?

 

[Y.T.]

They use whatever is available.

 

[Uwek]

but usually you find so called plansets or monograph showing the ship already in a certain scale.
Just take a look at this area, where you find a lot of planset reviews

Plans, Plansets, and Monographies

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shipsofscale.com

Sometimes, for "modern" ships it is possible to get information directly from shipyards, but not usual.

There are also contemporary drawings of the age of sails existing, they are f.e. available from the National Maritime Museum, for download and order as print version in original size

Collections - National Maritime Museum

 

[debauchery]

basic mathe matics... ...

 

[Dave Stevens (Lumberyard)]

i build from scratch and get plans like plank on frame from the Harold Hahn collection, archaeological data and draw my own plans, Use plans from museum collections and redraw modeling plans from them. As Uwek pointed out there are plan sets available

 

[TJCampbell]

As a newer model builder, I am only doing modern cargo ships (Great Lakes freighters), and plans for older ships are quite readily available. Depending on what kind of ship your are building will factor into the available of plans. I don't have the resources to draw my own, or redraw, so I am at the mercy of the plans for what ship I want to do. I have a full set of shipyard drawings for one, and as little as general arrangements for others.

I am pretty sure there is a good link on here, if not then the information is online explaining what is generally the bare minimum required as far as drawings are concerned to do a scratch build.

 

[MikeC]

H. H. (Dynamite) Payson’s estate sells plans for different models of the dories he’d researched and drawn during his life.

The Smithsonian sells plans too. I built a Chesapeake Bay flattie using a plan set I got there.

Or look at modelboatyard.com. John Earle scratch builds historic Chesapeake Bay vessels for museums. Then he makes build threads for each of them on his site. He refers you to sources for plans.