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Old 01-16-08, 11:27 AM   #30
Savvy
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Default Pressure Hull

Yesterday i said i would be making a basic pressure hull.

Well, you really can't get much more basic than this, but it really does work and goes to show just how little can be seen of it.

I started by drawing around the deck sections on to some thin plastic sheet.
I then made up some simple angle brackets made from more sheet, this was then scored with a knife and then bent to 90 degrees. These were then super glued to the bow and stern sections of the hull. The mid section 'shelves' were just glued to the inside face of the saddle tanks again with scraps of sheet.

Then i trimmed around the sections drawn up earlier until they were a snug fit, easy!!

On to this i will glue various bit's of rubbish that resembles the fittings found in this area.

Sav.







PS You can just see in one of the pix that i have added the drip channels. I made these from 0.8mm quarter round styrene.
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