how to scratch build hulls?
My basic plan is to build a 1/72 or bigger wet hulled rc akula from scratch as i don't feel like shelling out for the fibreglass hulls, are there any particularly good or recognised ways of making a submarine hull other than making a fibreglass mould route?
My plan is to make an internal Skelton out of ply and then cover it in something i haven't decided on yet for the outer hull perhaps thin ply but that might e a bit delicate.
My questions are does my current planned route work or is it doomed to fail and is making a fibreglass mould and doing it that way as difficult as it looks and if not are there any good guides on how to do it.
Thanks in advance
twiggy
http://forum.sub-driver.com/showthre...ass-1-72-scale
However FYI as an example
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Jetnautilus/
http://sneillfx.com/page28
It really is worth the purchase price.
There are also quite a few build threads on the "lost foam" technique on www.subcommittee.com
Most recently one from a guy doing his first scratch built Russian Alfa
epoxy paint sealed the wood for water resistance. The resulting hull is very stiff and light.
Of course the shape is limited to the woods property to bend and ones imagination to use it favorably.
for bonding I used Tribond 3 wood glue.
my boat is on You Tube video. Search “Harpoon RC Submarine “.