by tweety777 » Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:48 pm
Do you want to scratch-build her or do you want to modify a kit?
If you choose for scratch-build the model might be useful to give the shape of the hull.
Take one or more blocks of foam and sand them in the right shape.
Check the shape constantly by comparing the model and your foam block.
Make a fibreglass mold on the foam, remove the foam and make a fibreglass hull inside the mold.
The supertructure is the easy part, especially when you don't want to build the interior.
It's basically some sheets of evergreen cut to the right length and height, glue them together and there you have yourself an undetailed superstructure.
The platforms can be made the same way, but using some framing underneath it or any other support is recommendeable as it otherwise will try to fall down.
For the hull are also some other ways to scratchbuild it, as does for all parts of the models.
Greetings Josse
Do you want to scratch-build her or do you want to modify a kit?
If you choose for scratch-build the model might be useful to give the shape of the hull.
Take one or more blocks of foam and sand them in the right shape.
Check the shape constantly by comparing the model and your foam block.
Make a fibreglass mold on the foam, remove the foam and make a fibreglass hull inside the mold.
The supertructure is the easy part, especially when you don't want to build the interior.
It's basically some sheets of evergreen cut to the right length and height, glue them together and there you have yourself an undetailed superstructure.
The platforms can be made the same way, but using some framing underneath it or any other support is recommendeable as it otherwise will try to fall down.
For the hull are also some other ways to scratchbuild it, as does for all parts of the models.
Greetings Josse