Making and fitting the stabiliser bars took two days as we had to cut and shape the timber to form the correct profile. Once this was complete it was then a few hours work to steam and bend it to fit the hull’s profile. We needed to fit it to the hull and this was…
Prop Shafts
The next stage was fitting the prop shafts, which took a day to cut and fit. All the parts needed to be alined correctly, and then the glued into position which took some time as you can see from the photos we had to tape parts into place to allow for the two part epoxy…
Rudder Build
The hull for this model is made from fibreglass not all the placements for fittings are correct so some modifications had to be made. We needed to add the additional lower mount for the rudder made from epoxy putty, allowing me to carve and sand the putty to the correct shape and size to take…
Planning
Today saw the start of reviewing all the plans and making measurements for the superstructure and deck fittings.This semi kit was supplied by Fleetscale which includes the fibreglass hull and most the fittings so its a simpler job compared to building HMS Hampshire. Once all the measurements have been made it will be time to…
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