Wooden Model Ship Kits

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Wooden Model Ship Kits

• There are many different methods of building a
  model ship, but one of the easiest is the
  sandwich or built-up method. It involves
  cutting out horizontal layers of a suitable
  material like sheet styrene or balsa in the shape
  of the hulls waterline plan, then the plan of
  the next deck up, and so on until all the decks
  are represented. They are all stuck together, one
  on top of the other, using an appropriate
  adhesive, and the hull sides are then sanded
  smooth to remove any inconsistencies between the
  layers.
• The Wooden Model Ship Kits helps you to build a
  perfect model too. The same technique of building
  up layers can then be used to make the structures
  above deck, like the bridge and deckhouses.
  Funnels can be built from plastic tubing on
  wooden dowel of the appropriate diameter, and
  masts can be made from thinner dowel, plastic rod
  or wire.

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• The basic shapes of the lower hull and the
  armored superstructure (smaller oval) glued
  together. They are made of balsa wood. In order
  to hide the wood grain a thin strip of paper has
  been glued around the circumference of each
  component this gives a smooth surface to the
  sides. The small construction in the bottom right
  is the flying bridge or hurricane deck which
  will be mounted above the hull.
• Extra layers have been added to the hull at the
  bow and stern. A catwalk has been added to the
  aft section, made of thin card with wire
  staples as supports and wire ventilators. More
  thin wire supports and the flying deck have been
  added, along with a thin central structure built
  of balsa. All structures have been clad in paper
  as with the hull. Next, the turret was carved
  into shape, covered in paper and had short wire
  guns inserted before being glued onto the upper
  deck, the funnel was made from wooden dowel and
  the mast was made from wire. Using the Wooden
  Model Ship Kits, many other more sophisticated
  modeling methods exist.

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• Small details were made of wire and boats were
  made of card paper. Before mounting it, a
  similar-sized piece of paper with a hole similar
  to the hull shape in the middle is cut. The inner
  edges of the paper were turned up and fixed in
  the raised position with PVA glue. This simulates
  the bow hull waves and wake in a very simple
  manner.
• For more information Mail id- rjeya_at_utsca.com,
  Contact Number- 866-865-7900, http//www.historics
  hips.com/, Address- 822 N A1A Highway, Suite 310
  Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082, USA.
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