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Post by trev on Jan 23, 2008 3:55:43 GMT 1
Hi Guys
Sorry for not posting for a while but I have recently been eyes deep in a fantastic book "ship modeling simplified by Frank Mastini"
Fran advised in his book then when you are fitting deck furnitire and deck houses etc to a deck with a camber there is an eazy way to make sure they sit level.
1) mark out the spot on the deck where you are placing the fitting/housing.
2) Pin some sandpaper over the deck where the fitting will be then rub your housing/fitting back and forth and this will shape the base of the fitting to match the camber of the deck = a nice level fit.
Hope this helps
Trev
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Post by david on Jan 23, 2008 10:35:48 GMT 1
Hi Trev,
Greg made the same suggestion a while back somewhere on this labyrinthine forum, but it's a good reminder to those of us cambering their decks. Thanks for the tip on the book too, sounds useful.
David
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Post by Greg on Jan 23, 2008 12:58:08 GMT 1
Hi Trev & David, When Mr. Mastini uses the inverted sandpaper technique to shape deck fittings to suit the deck camber I think you'll find that he does so on a relatively small scale compared to Bismarck. Because Bismarck's superstructure is comparatively large it may be difficult to prevent lopsided sanding. It would wise to do a few practice runs before attempting to sand the real thing.
Have to agree that Mr. Mastini's book is a good reference for beginners (I have a copy) but more so for wooden sailing ships rather than than 20th century battleships.
Regards Greg.
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