The Lucia A. Simpson, I completed a few years ago. It originally was a full hull, bread and butter model that was started back in the 60's, and then languished on the workshop shelf for almost 30 years. I finally decided to do something with it, or through it away. She was in pretty bad shape, so a half hull seemed like the best way to go. I built a cradle out of angle iron and threaded rod, and laid the model on its side, so the centerline of the hull lined up with the angle iron. I had to use a hacksaw to cut the hull in half since I suspected that there were wood screws imbedded in the lifts. I encountered three of them as I cut along the model's length.