LST in Balsa repairs to Bow

 

So discovering that using a Stanley knife and a hand saw are not the Best for Angles will remedy in the Future

And wood is a Fibreous Material prone to cracking bending warping Esp. In the direction you don't want

 So a fair amount of cracking etc happened and mis Shaping etc, So made a Paper Machee Slurry of warm water, PVA (wood glue) and patched up and have let dry....

So will sand back and see how we go.......

Part 3 soon

LST in Balsa Now

Ok so I finally Got around to buying some things ie Balsa wood plank which was about $10 so around a third of the Original plan:

                 Up against the planning board

The First pencilling and engraving

              Against the  paper cut out original

                      The Sugery commences

                We have two halves almost

           Let the cutting begin, the lesson is any curves use a model saw thin....

One half ready for it's partner needed to make up to 25mm in height 12.5mm x2
Plank size was 90cm long 75mm wide (?) and about 12.5mm (?13mm)

         Done the deed is?

      Just some PVA (Wood Glue) and a little warm water to spread it out!

       Both the halves glued and clamped, let them dry overnight:

Out in the Setting Sun it starts to take shape, just some repairs to the Bow and more sanding....

 

Have done work to Bow (making a paper machee slury of Balsa) and more of this later

Cheers Karcuss

1/300 LST part ? More Planning

More plans in Scale or Up scaled, About to Buy some Balsa Wood Any Day Now!

From The OLDE '80S War Machine Centre Spread (So Were/ Are The Carriers working ON!)

 

More Later on this and others

Getting the Knives reading to do some Balsa Carving!

Cheers Karcuss

1/300 scaled plans for Aircraft carriers

Work on My 1/300 Aircaft carrier Idea

 

The Photocopied work Board sheets upscaled ex-Originals to Percentages to as close to 1/300 (6mm) as possible probably in scale a few feet bigger

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KMS Graf Zeppelin

USS Intrepid

Work in progress

 

Planes to Show/make to Scale

 How big they are going to be

Lets see How It goes?

cheers Karcuss

part three LST project

So the LST part 3# it Continues checking sizes:

  

It looked like a box at 40 mm high so down to 22mm

and some trucks etc to give a size comparison

 

What she will end up looking like when she spills the load on the beach head

 

So what Medium do i cut from hard wood, Or do i do in Balsa wood

A resin mold??? Have to work on the bow doors

And bow and Stern Armament etc,?! But have been Given A good Link to a 1/240 Lindberg Kit

And have a few phots in the Archive

Cheers Karcuss

The part two of the LST

cutting out the bottom and top of the template

Also now deciding to maybe do It in Balsa wood as seen The Great one been done in 1/87 on yahoo groups    

too high at 4 cm about 22mm or 2cm debating

See part three done writing and part  four on the way