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Since I'm intrigued by the FS13 I thought to make a model. l I had some scrap cheap Luan, about 3/15" I use for mockups I cut out the panels. One bottom one broke at the tip, probably because of a void, but Home Depot had some really thin sheets of something for eighth bucks so I used that. The stitch up process is very cool to do on a small scale, and it kind of teaches you how to fiddle with things. Wish I'd done this sooner. Its a 1/3rd scale, or 4" to the foot. Here's the hull with stringers:





Playing in the shop Dougster

Neat looking model Dougster.
I have a mate my age that fishes from a paddle ski , usually about 3kn from the beach, it is a reserve so he has to go beyond the restricted area. There is no land mass between there and Antartica so you can imagine that sometimes the conditions can get a bit hairy.
He is my age,75, and I am thinking the FS13 would be ideal for that purpose especially if it was fitted with a small electric motor. I know it is designed as a "flats boat" but it appears to be very stable and I am sure it would make it more comfortable and less of a "schlepp" to get back to the beach when the weather comes up.
Thanks for sharing that with us.
Dave

Looks good Dougster! You've nearly got me beat

How difficult were the bottom panels up at the bow to join? Mine are pretty stiff but I have not played with them too much yet.

DAVE LUDICK wrote:. . . it appears to be very stable

It is much more stable than a regular SUP but not stable compared to other small boats.
The guy who has the 1st prototype says that he can dance on the deck but you have to get used to the boat.

Gramps wrote: How difficult were the bottom panels up at the bow to join? Mine are pretty stiff but I have not played with them too much yet.

It's easy at full scale but you will have problems with any scaled model unless you use very thin ply like veneer 1/16".
I specify 4 mm, if you scale donw to 1/4, that means 1mm ply = 40 th. 1"

I have a mate my age that fishes from a paddle ski , usually about 3kn from the beach, it is a reserve so he has to go beyond the restricted area. There is no land mass between there and Antartica so you can imagine that sometimes the conditions can get a bit hairy.

Once I used the thin doorskin stuff (about 1/8" thick) the bow stitched up pretty well. What worked best for me was following the notes and Cracker Larry's way of loosely putting in the zip ties, then locking in the transom with a few screws, getting it set just right, then working forward, tightening up the zip ties with the dowels shown in the pic.



It's a cool looking little guy so far.

Dougster

Fun exercise, and informative. What, you didn't have any scale zip-ties?

No scaled zip ties Maybe do a scaled longboard.

Lost his mind Dougster

try this?

I just noticed Cape Man's last post I did finally get around to finishing the model, and even found some old paint. Here' a couple of pics.





It was a fun project. Now, given the two larger size choices I wonder about the pros and cons of each size. Maybe I'll post that on Jacques thread showing them.

Dougster

Are there any videos of the FS13 running with an outboard?