It looks great. I'm glad to hear you cat striped the formers. That should help with the cupping around the formers.
James J. Hairston 8559 Birch Creek Rd. Keller Tx. 76248 H: (817) 337-4183; E-Mail: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Papermodels II 40288] UPDATE 8 1-32 Type VII U-Boat Build Conning Tower Conning Tower FINALLY _____ I had to start plating somewhere so I picked the conning tower as looking the easiest. This is my first model with formers and skins. All of the hull and the majority of the saddle tanks have strips applied to them to make a wider spot to attache the edges of the skins to. Smart move to allow for possible misalignment. Oddly, the conning tower has no such provision so I went ahead and added them myself. The skins are going down nicely but even with the added length from the additional glue strips thatere was some minor trimming at some edges. Started dead center front and worked each side down separately. Not seen in the pictures is the skin that is applied around the sides and bottom of the lower Wintergarden. Not only does the skin have to fit around a curved inward angle, it also has to twist from the inward angle out to straight up-and-down. I mention this not because it was difficult to apply (it wasn't). I say it as a kudo to kooklit to be able to design a piece that fits so well around many angles and reverse twists. Even with the use of CAD, I think the fit on this piece is amazing. For those of you who have the model, it's part Y4. I dry-fitted the decking in place to see how it fit (nice and snug!) and how it looked. Very nice. I'm going out on a limb and saying I am seriously contemplating laying down individual "wood" strips on the deck. The models certainly big enough for that and it would look great. Would like to find some nice solid color (through the paper) scrap-booking paper that could be cut into strips. Sure, real wood strips would be better. I did insert some strips along the indside bottom to alleviate some of the cupping that naturally occurs. Keep in mind I'm using 100# Bristol board-that's pretty thick as it is! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
