Building the Sevastopol

Along with building the Edgar Quinet, I've decided to try my luck at scratch-building the Russian Battlecruiser Sevastopol from the plans posted on the free plans section. Since it was never finished, it's going to be a treaty ship with 5.5 units. I've gotten the frames glued on the plywood and should be cutting them out later today.

 

So I know this is probably going to come back and bite me in the but, but I'm new, and if it does, it'll give ya'll a laugh. So I called all the print shops in my town, but no one prints sheets large enough to use the plans on. The closest place that does it is about an hour away, so it's going to be a bit before I get the plans. But never fear, plans are meant to be looked at afterwards to see if you can fix the damage you've done. So since I can't get the plans soon, I decided to try another approach. I scaled the plans on my computer until they were the right size, then I put paper over the screen and traced the frame. Very high tech, isn't it, especially when i could have screen shot it and printed them out, but where's the fun in that. Here's what I got from it:

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It turned out pretty well. Glued it onto 1/4 plywood.

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I didn't have any blades for the scroll saw, so I used a skill saw.

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Got firewood?

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Though if you're not careful, you shall lose it to the local wildlife.

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Finished cutting the outside of the frames, going to sand it to match the template.

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Here they are laid out for sanding.

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I got halfway through sanding when my dremel tool overheated, so I'm waiting till tomorrow to finish it up.

 

I'll get to learn sooner than I thought. My aunt had to go to another town, and they have a place where I can print the plans. I should get them either later tonight or tomorrow. I also got a blade for my scroll saw and a pneumatic sander, so I should be able to finish with the ribs either tomorrow or monday.

Now if only I could teach my dog to sand....

 

Ended up getting the plans today, the frames i cut out do indeed fit where they're supposed to go.

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You can see where I left of sanding some of the pieces, the first half fit where they're supposed to go.

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I'll finish sanding the outsides sometime this week, along with tracing and cutting out the insides of the frames. I'll also notch for the deck and cut 1/8" off the top for the deck. I'm debating about what type of keel to use. I've got some ideas, but any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

So I ended up having to redo the frames, my measurements were off. Since, I had to remake them, I decided to try to turn it into a plug for a fiberglass hull. I understand the basics of making it, and it would be a good learning experience. I'll post my progress and any questions I have on here, and I'd appreciate it if you guys could help answer them

 

So far, I've got frames 31-17 cut out, we may have a snow day tomorrow, so I'm going to try to finish cutting the rest out and pour the foam for the mold. For the angled deck, I'm thinking of making another section of foam to put on the flat top, to make it easier to mold, is this a good idea, or should make the plug taller with excess foam, and carve it so it's more stable?

 

I'm not too sure on this, but I have heard that it's necessary to make the plug a bit "fatter" especially on the bottom, to allow for fibreglass shrinkage which would otherwise cause any hulls taken fro the mould to "hog".
Others with fibreglass moulding experience may be able to verify this.