Hello everybody.
I am currently in the last few weeks of term for school and am extremely tight on time, however as soon as I am done, towards the end of April, I will be working on the Schnellboot in earnest.
Thank you for all the interest and kind words.
To answer some of your questions:
PICKETBOAT wrote:
Lord_Waffles
This is a brilliant project. The idea of building the model in a HUGE scale is inspired and should make it a very realistic model to sail.
You are doing a fine job of the hull planking. Don't forget the GRP resin and tissue inside and out. I would hate the finished model to "spring a plank" after all your hard work.
Have you considered brushless motors?
Keep the post coming.
I am definitely taking no chances with anything and am going overboard with the epoxy. 3 layers of epoxy sealer were put on the bare hull both inside and outside, and after the fiberglass was applied 3 layers of epoxy resin were applied. She is very very strong now. And I have not yet decided on what engines I will be installing in her. Thanks for the comments on scale
I am very excited for her to be on the water at this big scale!
DrPR wrote:
Many years ago I built two plank on frame models, and after not too long the planks started "adjusting" to dry conditions, cracks opened between the planks, and my nice smooth hull finishes were ruined.
In the next model I applied clear epoxy paint to the inside of the hull planking. This was just very thin and runny epoxy glue that soaked into the basswood planks. Now, 20+ years later, the hull has no cracks and is like new.
Applying fiberglass certainly won't hurt anything, but the key to a stable crack-free planked hull is to get the resin to soak into the wood and glue the planks together.
Phil
I completely agree with you on the soaking of the planks with epoxy. I added three layers of epoxy sealer both inside and outside before applying the fiberglass along with another 3 layers of resin on top of that. She needs to be very strong as she will be quite heavy yet still will reach a scale speed of 8 knots thus the stresses on the hull will be bigger then on smaller scaled models.
Thanks for the feedback!