Hello all,
Thanks for all the suggestions from people about the dilemma of the forward bulges / Blisters over the hydroplane housing. All I need is some good photo's of the bow area to clear this up but so far neither Rubin or The St Petersburg Submariners club have bothered to reply which is a bit annoying.
I really think that I will reduce the size and profile of the blisters and maybe just raise the deck between the blisters by a tiny amount. This is influenced by Barts black cut out profile of the forward deck. Most cunning...
The photo's continue, one showing me on my best side. I talked a week earlier about creating a flat marking out board and here is me using it. I admit my pen clamping device is a bit crude but works very effectively. This method is really good for getting nice consistent equators and other lines around the hull. The challenge is making sure that the hull is dead level and that the top of the deck is level and at the top. To do this I actually unscrewed some of the screws in the bottom of the hull that were used to secure the dividers inside the hull for the top deck. I drilled holes in the base of the measuring board and then re-screwed up form underneath to get a fixed hull and one that was level and with the deck at the top and centre.
Once this was done I could then mark out the equatorial lines around the hull and even do some light scribing. This line would probably be sanded off later as I continue to smooth down the bow section and get it just right. I will be using the marking out board later as I come back to marking out waterlines and equators later when the hull is nearing completion.
I am as mentioned finding a divergence between what the drawings say and what the photos of the Komsomolets, show. The bow section with the blisters, are they as pronounced as the drawings suggest or is the deck more raised? For this I have had lots of feedback for which I have been grateful. I have mentioned my decision earlier and these series of photos show me using the templates for the bow front view template showing the pronounced blisters. I will not make them as pronounced.
I have taken time to modify the overall shape of the blisters. This involves adding more filler and using a template that feature a cut out of the blister and placing it over the top of the blister and tracing around it. Then making sure that they match up and sanding accordingly. I have also used a blade to shape the front end of the blister, marking out with lines to make sure they both line up.
Anyway, enough for now.
David h
Thanks for all the suggestions from people about the dilemma of the forward bulges / Blisters over the hydroplane housing. All I need is some good photo's of the bow area to clear this up but so far neither Rubin or The St Petersburg Submariners club have bothered to reply which is a bit annoying.
I really think that I will reduce the size and profile of the blisters and maybe just raise the deck between the blisters by a tiny amount. This is influenced by Barts black cut out profile of the forward deck. Most cunning...
The photo's continue, one showing me on my best side. I talked a week earlier about creating a flat marking out board and here is me using it. I admit my pen clamping device is a bit crude but works very effectively. This method is really good for getting nice consistent equators and other lines around the hull. The challenge is making sure that the hull is dead level and that the top of the deck is level and at the top. To do this I actually unscrewed some of the screws in the bottom of the hull that were used to secure the dividers inside the hull for the top deck. I drilled holes in the base of the measuring board and then re-screwed up form underneath to get a fixed hull and one that was level and with the deck at the top and centre.
Once this was done I could then mark out the equatorial lines around the hull and even do some light scribing. This line would probably be sanded off later as I continue to smooth down the bow section and get it just right. I will be using the marking out board later as I come back to marking out waterlines and equators later when the hull is nearing completion.
I am as mentioned finding a divergence between what the drawings say and what the photos of the Komsomolets, show. The bow section with the blisters, are they as pronounced as the drawings suggest or is the deck more raised? For this I have had lots of feedback for which I have been grateful. I have mentioned my decision earlier and these series of photos show me using the templates for the bow front view template showing the pronounced blisters. I will not make them as pronounced.
I have taken time to modify the overall shape of the blisters. This involves adding more filler and using a template that feature a cut out of the blister and placing it over the top of the blister and tracing around it. Then making sure that they match up and sanding accordingly. I have also used a blade to shape the front end of the blister, marking out with lines to make sure they both line up.
Anyway, enough for now.
David h
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