adzam

Ian all the advice i can give you is take as long as possible on teh final shaping of the hull peice`s, as you`ve noticed there isn`t much room for error.
all i can suggest is the chef method, try it,taste it. leave a good 4 mm of flash on the moulding after cutting most of it off, and take it down with gentle filing and sanding, but continoulsy checking the outcome on the model. the more time and effort spent here will pay dividends in the final model. once youve done teh first one, tape it on the hull and this will give you a guide for the adjacent peices.
apart from that

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ajg141

Ian

Interesting to hear that the mk2 version has the bottom half of the nose cone attached to the main hull. Gluing the 2 halves together on the mk1 was always a real bind. Mine managed to part on one occasion when I hit the bottom of the pond too hard! I ended up having to araldite tape over the joints on the inside to prevent further splits. Sounds like the mk2 has been vastly improved.

Andrew

periscope

Hi Andrew - nice to know you're keeping an eye on me too..... I think the main modification to the second version is the long threaded bolt that goes from the threaded spindle on the inner tray to the end of the bow section so that the WTC can be accessed easily by using an allen key - nothing else needs to be dismantled then. I'm busy drilling and filing out the flooding slots now - this is going to take a while me-thinks but as Chris says the best way is just to take it carefully and aim for a good finish.


Ian

periscope

It's a steady number filing out the flooding slots as decribed on my plan and instructions - I've noticed that on some of the earlier pictures of the Seawolf on the web there are no slots, only holes drilled. Is this an easy way out or are the slots supposed to be an improvement with the water flow through the hull??

ajg141

Haven't a clue if the slots are an improvement Ian - but they work fine for me. Just wait until you've cracked the Seawolf project and then move on to the 247 square holes on a Typhoon fibreglass hull - or what I suspect is worse the slots on a Type VII U-boat. Real fun - and fibreglass dust everywhere.