Prudenzio - Going Ape

**Darwin** · #1 08-16-2011, 09:11 PM

The Zio contest is not dead. I am going for at least one more entry, the Italian Corvette Ape, in WWII configuration. The Ape was one of over sixty planned Ape class vessels. A goodly percentage of them were taken over by the Germans following Italy's surrender. Very, very few of the class survived WWII...from what I've been able to discover, only a few survived long enough to receive post-war conversions and soldier on. I decided to build the model essentially as Zio designed it to be built...tabs and all. I did deviate a bit by printing a second set of frames to essentially double the gluing surface. After doing that, a dryfit showed I would be in major fit-issue hell if I tried backing the deck with cardboard. Hopefully, this is a small enough model with enough bulkheads to not have major starved-puppy appearance. With luck, the two weeks left before contest close is enough to finish the build, given it has no directions other than the photos on Zio's webpage.

**doctormax** · #2 08-17-2011, 03:45 AM

a good start

**peter taft** · #3 08-17-2011, 04:11 AM

Great start, and the way you have pinned to a board will definitely pay dividends for a true flat and straight hull. Nice.

**doctormax** · #4 08-17-2011, 04:16 AM

I was thinking of doing the sharnhost but my ink is out and not going to get any till next week and there is no way even me can build a ship in a week

**peter taft** · #5 08-17-2011, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doctormax

I was thinking of doing the sharnhost but my ink is out and not going to get any till next week and there is no way even me can build a ship in a week

Martin.... this model is a breeze compared with the Das Boot you just built - i think speed building is one of your skills, i build at snail pace compared

**cjwalas** · #6 08-17-2011, 08:59 AM

Great to see another ZP build underway! Looks like you've made a great start and I'll be following this one closely. I hope to get one more ZP build in myself before the deadline!
Chris

**Don Boose** · #7 08-17-2011, 09:02 AM

Good news!

I look forward to seeing your work on this one Darwin.

And I hope to sneak in under the wire with my two builds before the contest ends.

Don

**doctormax** · #8 08-17-2011, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by peter taft

Martin.... this model is a breeze compared with the Das Boot you just built - i think speed building is one of your skills, i build at snail pace compared

I may give it a go, but all depends on winning that bid for the ink winning on friday and the person posting on Friday evening ae saturday morning

Budget has to be watched

**larry2** · #9 08-17-2011, 10:06 AM

Nice straight looking start. Should be a beautiful model. I can't believe how quickly some of you guy's are able to build.

**Vermin_King** · #10 08-17-2011, 12:30 PM

I think they must have Craft Robo's for the cutting