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Hi Guys, To continue, I copied the Faired Lines, these were at 1/96 so I had to enlarge them on my scanner to 1/72 scale, 6 sections in all, giving a hull length of 54 1/2 inch.


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These were then cellotaped together,(glued)



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Placed on my plywood and drawn round with a pencil, also all ribs were marked on the board 1-27.





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1/72 scale WOWWWW this ship is going to be huge. Good to have you back scratchbuilding ships Ron, I'm hoping to see an IJN subject after this one.


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Okay, sitting at the back, flicking ink pellets at the Yanks and putting frog spawn in the ink pots of the French, but otherwise paying rapt attention to the lesson!


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Any one caught flicking ink pellets will be brought to the front of the class and made to sand my hull later. :lol_3: :lol_3:



The shape of the hull was drawn on my ply and all rib sections were marked off and numbered.


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A close up of the stern section.

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All rib sections slots were cut out, 1/2 the distance of the full depth of the hull, also the short keel section was removed,this will be fitted later.

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Rib 22 being marked off , carbon paper placed underneath and marked round.

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Rib being cut out on my vibro saw.


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I'm hoping to see an IJN subject after this one.


I second that!

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This is the clearest photo-illustration sequence I have ever seen of this process-

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That is a neat little saw-I assuem that is an airpipe to blow away the dust so youy can see the line?

My vibrosaw does not have that-and its a pain!

Good to have you back in the saddle!

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Jim, The air pipe is attached to some sort of little pump , as the cutter goes up and down it puffs out air to clear the saw dust, it does help. Thanks for the post. :wave_1: :thumbs_up_1:

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I use the tube from a little cheap cylinder vaccum cleaner I have...the end of it taped next to the working area...sucks away almost every speck of sawdust


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Great start Ron and I second Jim's comments it's certainly the best presentation for any intro to a model build that I have ever seen any where. However if I may make just one comment don't forget to mention the safety classes, I can see you have a perspex cover over the blade but the glasses I certainly would recommend when machine cutting. As per usual you make the whole process look easy. Look forward to the next instalment.
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Hi Ron :wave_1:
after being away for a week, this is a most pleasant surprise to find that the Headmaster is back to teach. Im here for today only then off i go again this time for a bit of R&R in a nice quiet and peacefull cottage so i had better put up my hand and ask a question.
You state there are 27 stations but have only cut 15 slots, do you intend to put the rest in or dont you need them at this stage.

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p.s after getting the cane 3 times for bringing my beloved catapult to school i promise to leave it in the loft (yes i still have it) promise :eyebrows:


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You state there are 27 stations but have only cut 15 slots, do you intend to put the rest in or dont you need them at this stage.

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You are correct Roy, what I should have said was 1 at the bow, 27 at the stern and all even numbers inbetween 2,4,6,8,10, 12, 14 ,16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26. :Oops_1:

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Hi Dave , You are correct, I dont think that way becuase I have to wear my glasses to see what im doing. :heh: :heh: :thumbs_up_1:

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i take it then that you fill and sand between the even stations, but do you use the odd's as formers to check the curviture as you go?

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No ROY, I am so use to doing hulls I feel for any imperfections when I am doing the plastering, and ajust as necessary.
One can put all the rib sections in to help with the shape.

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Plastering hum, so this is a plug for fibre glass again? I am curious, is there a particular criteria that makes you decide if a hull should be plug and fibre glass or plank on frame?


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Yes Middle watch, because it will be a working model and the beam will only be 6 3/4 inch I need all the room I can get for the 2 motors and all the electrics, battleships being wider at at least 11 inch it not so critical.

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Hi Ron

Are you using 1/4" ply this time ?

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Are you using 1/4" ply this time ?

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Yes it was 1/4 inch plywood, it was what we call an off cut, 8ft x 1ft. cost £2-00 or $4.00. :wave_1: :wave_1: :eyebrows: :eyebrows:

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Hi Guys, After cutting out the half sections, I cut out the middle 3 rib sections 10, 12, 14 and clued them in place, and left them to dry, I am using PVA white glue.




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Next , working towards the stern I cut out 16,18,20,22 and glued them in position.


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After that all remaining sections were cut out and glued in position, starting in the middle helped to keep the framework upright while gluing in all the remaining ribs


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Stern shot.

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Hi Ron I find this method of construction fascinating. It's very different to that I'm familiar with . Although you used this method when building Moffett were did you get the ideas for using plaster in the first place?
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