No , I didn,t mispeak . Those of you who do a lot of scratch building won,t be surprised ,but , those of you who kit build ,you will be. I bet you,re saying "he,s nuts " .Nuha! This hit me like a ton of bricks . Well three boxes (large) of sprue. I couldn,t melt enough to make filler .HMMMM.... what to do .Gee ,look at that curved piece , it looks like a ship frame. Then I thought "why not ?" Just because we use evergreen and such , why can,t sprue be used instead ? Just think , all your sprue has a use and an ideal purpose . When you build the frames ,let them dry for a day or two, then , using the largest sprue make your keel . Hey , they use toothpicks and stirsticks ,why not sprue ? The sky is the limit . Think about doing it small scale first . The best boat to build in this method is a whitehall rowing boat . If you can do this ,you can do anything in a ship or boat . TRY IT YOU,LL LIKE IT !!!!! More later tankerbuilder