HMS Ontario 1780 scale 1:32 POB full version

G'day Zoly
Great progress mate. Good idea about foam, I'm going for balsa wood. Like you I like a solid foundation for the planking.
Glad to see that you used the word 'soccer' not FOOTBALL. Lol
Havagoodone
Greg

Hello Greg,I wanted to try this foam idea for a long time ,very easy to cut but not too soft and easy to sand ,shall see the end result when the whole hull is done.

Only in Usa and Canada soccer and Australia .Lol Normally I call it football. Lol


The project left well and I am impatient to see the continuation - I understand now is the great season of football. Why not benefit from the two pleasures ;-) (football& scale modeling) ;)


Thanks for stopping by and for the kind words,I watch the games and try to work a little bit on the ship too.

Hi Zoltan. Be careful when sanding the foam, easy does it, as it is much softer than the bulkheads it is easy to end with waves instead of a continuous curve, if you see what I mean.

JL

Hello JL,I bought the hardest and dense foam I could ,shall see how it works out.

Zoltan
 
Hello Zoltan
Very interesting the way that you are using the foam to stiffen up your ship, this sure will help in planking her up. Got a question how do you use CA and glue in your build? Just curious, ENJOY.

Regards Lawrence
 
There is nothing new under the sun, really. I used it in my Prince of Neufchâtel without ever having heard of it... :):) .
But it seems a logical solution, cheap and quick if you want to have a good base for the planking and stiffen the hull.

JL
 
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The filler foam is much softer than the wooden frames, so it should be no problem to sand them down to the correct shape.....it is looking good
 
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My experience tells me that I'd rather use balsa at the bow and stern.
Or other soft wood.
JL
If you use wood-glue it is off course an advantage of you use any soft wood for these parts, so you can use the same type of glue.
I would not know which glue to use for this kind of foam Zoltan is using
 
The problem is not the glue, I used Pva to glue the foam to the ply and it works very well.
The problem is that foam is much softer than the ply from the bulkheads so it is easy to oversand the foam at the bow and the stem. Also being the areas where the planks are more curved, wood helps better keeping that curves than foam, besides it is easier to use pins or whatever method you use to keep the planks in place while the glue dries.

JL
 
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