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threebs

Not quite sure what you are trying to achieve (based on your description), but from my experience you lay the planks onto your hull "plug" without any keel. The keel is then added in sections. The mating surface of the keel timber obviously needs to be shaped to fit the hull.If you are working on very small scales you could make the keel timber too deep, then trim it back when it's fitted and the glue has set. Will the ships boats be painted? If so filler is wonderful stuff.
Alternatively you could carefully cut the wooden hull down the centre line and glue it back together sandwiching the keel timbers. I have done it this way and you do get a neat job.

Good luck. :thumbs_up_1:

I know there is a post on this somewhere??!! I am trying to build the gigs, barges, and launches using solid hull formed in sections, then planked. removing the form, adding the keel, gunwales, flooring, seats, oar locks, and all that other good stuff later. Just not sure how to attach keel. found a post on this somewhere on this forum, but, now I cannot find it!!