I'm looking for hull profiles of this ship, can anyone help?
Oh and Ozpirate, if you're having trouble getting the hull out of the figerglass mould here's what you need to do (i build full sized powerboats, fiberglass can be a nighmare when you start out!)
First you'll need to sand that plaster down to as smooth a surface as poss (though I'm sure you already have
.) Then prime it several times sanding to a GLEAMING finish. No joke. Laquer it if you must. You gotta see your face in it.
When thats done get yourself some liquid wax release agent, I use a product called J-Wax but it has mnay names. Any resin supplier will know what you're talking about. Give if many many MANY coats of this wax, probably up to a .7 - 1 mm thick layer. Buff this off to a shine.
Then you can start glassing. It will definately help you to have a two part mould here. To do this, run a wall of clay perpendicularly all the way along the keel and up both the prow and transome, with the edge of the wall dead center if you can. Start with a layer of Gelcoat or two, then lay your glass mat directly on top, including over the clay. You'll have to have about a minimum of 5 mm of glassfibre for a mould this big. Thats it, you have one half of a mould. Now clean all the clay off and carefully trim the mould back so there's no sharp bits of matt to hurt you. Then lay clingfilm along and over the wall shape of the mould half, and cover that with talk so the other half of the mould wont stick. Then lay up your other half. When you're done, be sure to drill bolt holes to join the two halves together while the master is still in the mould.
This is the sad part. You're gonna have to sperate the two mould halves and get your master out. This will probably destroy it
. If you've waxed it right any debris should come out pretty easily.
Ok now I'll offer another mathod for people doing similar projects in future. Use wooden bulkheads and then shape the hull out of clay. It's tricky, but it just washes right out a mould, and you don't even have to wax it. Though a foam hull is probably easier to shape. But the clay is worth the extra effort, and far fewer demoulding related heart attacks will occur.
Hope that helped a bit
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