This afternoon, we started to draw a lines plan, with drawing kits in the drawing room.
Drawing a lines plan of boat is similar to lofting, the difference is the scale. When lofting, we need to loft the boat in full size. But drawing, we do it in scale of 1:10. Actually, this can explain why we need to loft the boat before we start to build it. In the drawing, because of the scale, some errors can not be seen because they are so small on the paper. However, once you loft it, you may find that the error could be something like 1cm or 10cm. This is enough to cause a lot of trouble by making lines unfair.
The step is also similar. Starts with straight line to construct the grid, then the curves.
Battens are used to draw curves, while ducks are used to hold the batten.
How is it?
I can sense here the start of another fine blog.
How many lines have you drawn on this lines plan?
What was it like drawing your first line using splines and duck weights?
Could you see a fair curve by sighting along the spline before drawing in?
When are you going to get back to completing the rest of the lines?
What grade pencil are you using here?
Cheers
Posted by: christopher lovegrove | 09/24/2010 at 02:22 PM