subhunter13

Battlers Connection has fiberglass ships in thier catalog for combat ships.
My question is what do you use to patch the fiberglass hull? More fiberglass?

Umi_Ryuzuki

The fiberglass hulls first have the sides cut out. this gives you a skeletal frame to mount the
regulation balsa siding required in warship combat.

Then after a battle, all the patching once again only balsa.

[8D]

johnmCA72

After repeated re-skinnings (power sander eats a little more than just glue sometimes), & even from extreme battle damage now & then, it can be necessary to do some repairs to the fiberglass frame of the hull. When I need to, I do like you suggest: just patch it with some more fiberglass. I sometimes find myself having to "paint" a little resin onto a thin spot, & if a "rib" happens to break, it can be shored up with a little glass cloth & resin. We're talking about very, very small amounts here. To repair a cracked rib, all it really takes is a strip of cloth about 3/8" wide by a couple of inches long, & maybe a couple of ounces of mixed resin.

JM

subhunter13

Got it. Thanks!