Hello All!
Hopefully somebody can help me out/lend me a hand with this.
I'm scratch-building a 1/192
Iwo Jima Class LPH out of foamcore and cardstock, and I need to model her bow as simple (and neatly) as possible.
As you can see in the images here, the bow is rounded at the top, and has a tapered curve down to a knife edge just above the waterline.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...-2%29_1979.jpg
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At scale, her flight deck will be 6 1/4 inches wide, and stand 3/14 inches above her waterline.
Ideally, the inner structure will be a series of foamcore bulkheads/formers radiating outward like a wagon wheel to provide rigidity and strength.
I'd like to "skin" the hull with cardstock in as few pieces as possible.
Can anyone point me to a technique or provide a template which will help me finish this lady up right?