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Originally Posted by Positive_Rate
Hi Boats,
How do you prevent the hull from warping (eg, so you don't get a 'banana' shaped hull!)?
How do you prevent the hull skins from buckling? (It seems the skeleton of the model has only the keel, waterplane and the deck - and the skins have to be stuck to these with no support in between?)
Regards,
Alan
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Ahoy Positive
Thank you for Tuning In The Keel And Hull stations were Built On A Building board to Prevent Warpage. The Formers Have Butt Strips Glued On top Of Them I am not done with The Hull Yet. I Have Plating to do On the Hull I Am Adding more Detail to the kit then What It Was Designed The Butt Strips Were no Pictured they were Put On After the first Posting All kit Have former butt Strips This kit does Not haver butt Strips You Have to Make your Own. I Added The Hull plating On the Port Side Got the Starboard side to do A lot more work Will Be added to This build. This kit got Me Interested To No End I love 19th Century Vessels They Have Great Hull lines for that Era.
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