I usually scratch build most of my scale boats, but I enjoyed building the Dauntless kit so much, that I bought the Dumas 110' Sub Chaser kit.
The idea was to build it after I finished the American Enterprise kit that I'm half way through.

But I couldn't help myself & started it ahead of time, a couple of months ago.
It's nearing completion, so I thought I'd post a few pics in a sort of retrospective build thread. I should have started it earlier, I know.

So here's the kit.

http://www.dumasproducts.com/product...oducts_id=1066

It's a very bare & basic kit compared to what the real boats had packed onto the decks. So I'm adding more detail with photos taken from the internet & this fantastic site linked below.
There are some brilliant photos of the real boats "Close Aboard" & of other peoples models too.

https://www.subchaser.org/home


Where to start.

Well, the kit comes with a great set of instructions & assembly diagrams & a full size top & side drawing & a full size keel drawing.
Step 1 is to assemble the two halves of each former, & then assemble the keel.

Next draw some lines on the building board & assemble the formers onto the keel.
A small dab of CA glue holds the formers to the board. The tabs are cut away later.
Then the wood strips are added at the deck line.

A little sanding to fair the timber to the formers & then the planking was added.
A bit of tapering, & beveling is required to fit some of the planks.
Also a bit of splicing of the planks, because the basswood planks provided are not quite long enough to reach from stem to stern.

Joining the formers together.
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Laying the keel.
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Assembling the frames & keel on the building board.
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Planking underway.
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Notice the spliced planks. They were really only an inch or so short but I staggered the joints for structural integrity so they weren't all in the same line.
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