I’m just starting my latest project… a 1:72 Los Angeles Class Fast attack boat. The boat is a whopping 60 inches long (without the screw), with a 5.5” beam. She’s going to get some real attention when she puts to sea in Lake Washington!
I still haven’t decided which flight boat to make this thing. Having been to sea on the SSN 714, USS Norfolk, that boat is a prime candidate, but I’m debating the merits of the increased controllability of the flight 3 boats with the retractable bow planes. I welcome anyone’s thoughts on this.
This hull is from Lee Upshaw at the Scale Shipyard. He didn’t have the 1:72 LA hull in full production, so the hull has the bottom scribed already but the top is not scribed. The Escape trunks are molded into the upper hull half, so that’s good.
The fiberglass layup on this hull is excellent. After having seen some other fiberglass work on stuff like this, I’m quite pleased. The thickness is good, not too floppy.
My camera is being borrowed, so I cant send any photo’s out yet, but they will be forthcoming.
I’m getting all the scribing marks/detail from the top of the hull drawn up in Autocad, and then that’ll be printed on Mac-Tak type paper, and will be used to make a scribing template. I also welcome any advice on scribing.
More to follow…
I still haven’t decided which flight boat to make this thing. Having been to sea on the SSN 714, USS Norfolk, that boat is a prime candidate, but I’m debating the merits of the increased controllability of the flight 3 boats with the retractable bow planes. I welcome anyone’s thoughts on this.
This hull is from Lee Upshaw at the Scale Shipyard. He didn’t have the 1:72 LA hull in full production, so the hull has the bottom scribed already but the top is not scribed. The Escape trunks are molded into the upper hull half, so that’s good.
The fiberglass layup on this hull is excellent. After having seen some other fiberglass work on stuff like this, I’m quite pleased. The thickness is good, not too floppy.
My camera is being borrowed, so I cant send any photo’s out yet, but they will be forthcoming.
I’m getting all the scribing marks/detail from the top of the hull drawn up in Autocad, and then that’ll be printed on Mac-Tak type paper, and will be used to make a scribing template. I also welcome any advice on scribing.
More to follow…
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