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08-01-2008, 08:32 PM
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NC&J: Papertrade #13 Viskotter GO-38
Like I said in the main thread for this challenge, I am jumping with both feet into this build,
And as such, I have completed the first part of the build, namely the eggcrate structure of the hull.  I am following the way the instructions are listed, doing the model in groups of parts Like this part of the hull is parts 1 though 14. Next up are the decks of the ship, making it look more whole. Rick
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08-02-2008, 05:52 AM
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Excellent beginning, Rick. But it doesn't look like a helicopter!
As for me, I am embrangled with Korean map name translations and will spend the day at the East Broad Top narrow-gauge railroad with older grandson, Don4, who has built a nice paper dragon. My efforts toward the contest consist so far only of sketching the Peder Skram on the back of a place mat at dinner two nights ago. Don
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08-02-2008, 08:53 AM
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Nice start, I never saw anything like that entering Paris-Dakar..
BTW, I thought the deadline was Xmass, not next week 
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08-02-2008, 11:16 AM
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Me?
I am innocent......... Yes it is not a helicopter, or a Race truck
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"Rock is Dead, Long Live Paper and Scissors" International Paper Model Convention Blog http://paperdakar.blogspot.com/ http://picasaweb.google.com/rickstef "The weak point of the modern car is the squidgy organic bit behind the wheel." Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear's Race to Oslo
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08-05-2008, 08:17 AM
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I'll jump in and hijack to answer part of this. I've never finished a ship, but I have done a few waterline hulls with decks, and yes the egg-crate frame can be made pretty strong from plain card. I got started with Wilhelmshavener kits and that is the assembly method they used for all the ships I've tried. The aircraft carrier I built in high school was fairly high, and I could set like 10 pounds or so on it.
The recent Lutjens that sits 1/2 finished on my shelf took a bunch of the weight of my 15 lb. cat a couple times when I left it out working on bits and he walked across it. It was when I got back into card modelling last year that I ran across framing anything with extra layers of card. It works, but you can do a lot and get pretty strong structures without it depending on the design.
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