Laminating question

[herky]

Originally Posted by jjdesch

Wow, this is a helpful, active community! Thanks for all the replies, everyone!

There are English instructions, but they are somewhat cryptic. More distressing is the general lack of any visual diagrams other than a partial frame shot, a profile and top down view. Some more exploded assembly instructions typically found in plastic kits would have been nice!

I will post some pics shortly.

generally i find jsc models simple to build even the ones without any english instructions.the main rule is to ALWAYS assemble in order of part numbers

[jjdesch]

The SS United States takes shape. All bulkheads in place except the bow.

[Don Boose]

Good start. The beginning of a new project is always exciting.

Don

[jjdesch]

Thanks, I almost screwed up the central support beam, scoring in two places where is should not have been, thinking they were glue tabs. Took me a while to figure out the stern side supports too. I guess its part of the charm...

[jjdesch]

Upper and lower supports, and the beginning of decks. Damn, fun and frustrating at the same time. I wish there wer more exploded diagrams...Is there a convention on in which direction a tab should be folded? Sometimes this is easy to figure out, sometimes not