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Ships' Boats
To the master modellers out there:
There are several different ways that ships' boats have been designed. Trying to model the compound curve is very difficult, so I wonder what you think has been the best design, with the main considerations: 1. Ease of build; 2. Appearane of end product. 3. Scale 1:200 and smaller. (As the bigger scale affords more detailed design) (Not sure if this has been discussed before. I looked) |
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Boats
Hello Sygrod,
Small auxiliary boats are always challenging. There are as many methods as there are modelers. I recommend practice, practice and more practice until you develop a technique you like. One lesson that has remained with me is the use of 1/32” plywood to strengthen the thwarts. I usually crush or damage the thwarts during assembly. To fix that, I glue the thwarts on the left (made of paper or card) onto a frame (made of 1/32” plywood) on the right. No matter what kind of difficulties you encounter with those "compound curves", the thwarts will stand up to a lot of abuse. Note about 1/32” plywood: It is quite strong, but can be cut with scissors. Hope that is helpful. Mike |
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As was mentioned there are many ways REAL boats were built. The desired use of boats dictated differences. Compare a boat used in a fishing fleet to a passenger ship life boat, then the boats used on military ships. As was said, "Hold your nose and jump in!"
Bob Neill |
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4. Boats for Naval vessels.
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To narrow things down even further:
5. Standard Cutters. 30 ft or 9m, for example. |
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