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| Raymond Deliz |
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  Registered Member #4329 Joined: Thu Dec 12 2013, 06:21pmPosts: 382 | I originally planned to work on the "Gunboat Philadelphia" after completeing my Vietnamese junk, but after seeing Gary's enthusiasm in regards to explaining his process on the Eagle, let's just say I also caught the bug. I've started by printing out the plans and taking them to Staples to get them enlarged to 300%. In Gene's practicum, it states to ensure the measurement on the plans were at 1/4" equaled 12". That will not be the case with my plans as they are off by 1/32". While it throws off everything by a bit, I believe if I take the measurements off the plans I have, I should be fine. Everyone else will wind up having greater then 60 frames and I believe I'll be just shy of the mark. I also believe that as long as I maintain uniformity between all of my frames, it will make for an attractive specimen to add on to my slowly growing collection of models. Should anyone believe I should start anew with the correct scale please feel free to speak now seeing as I've only lofted three frames.   | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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  Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1782 | Raymond, Your idea with work just fine. I look forward to watching your building log. Good luck and enjoy. Gene | ||
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| Gary M |
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| Registered Member #4198 Joined: Tue May 07 2013, 10:50pmPosts: 908 | Hi Raymond, In looking at your midship frame, I cant help but note that it is one smooth continuous arc along the entire frame as compared to the one shown on the body profile. (sorry for the landlubber description) I found that by using a french curve, I was able to incorporate that subtle reverse arc into the lofted frame plan. Sorry if this is splitting hairs. Gary. | ||
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