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HMS Zulu build
andy:
--- Quote from: radio joe on Tuesday | 24. September 2013 | 17:15 hrs --- Andy you don't see many refits on here it would be good to see a refit of a 20 year old ship.
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Hey Joe..I am looking at doing a refit posting here along with a couple of builds. To go along with me HMS Nubian, I also have a flower class corvette, tribal class destroy and the escort carrier. Just have a little yard work to finish up on before the coming of winter and the start of the building season.
Andy
radio joe:
Hey that all sounds good to me Andy, I look forward to following your posts. Joe
radio joe:
Zulu kit arrived today so well done to Deans for another fast delivery just over a day, first impressions are she looks quite large with her round bow and large transom, and studying the kit and plan she also looks delightfully complicated lets just say she will not be built as quick as Bramble which is not a bad thing, My plan is to take the winter to build her so she can be exhibited at the SWA exhibition at Action Stations in Portsmouth dock yard late spring 2014. Trouble is once I get the bit between my teeth etc. I must learn to pace myself, so today I marked the station lines on the plan, degreased the hull and transferred the lines to the hull, and now the job I don't like much, rubbing down the hull top, and as the hull is quite big it is very flexible so I'll be fitting plenty of stiffeners though out. found a pic of Zulu and Gurkha at Portsmouth. Joe
paul swainson:
Now Joe remember pace your self, I will be away in the other half of the world so I will not be on line as much as I am when in the UK so nice detail of each part of the build with lots of nice photos so I can catch up on your work. If you put the photos together and with a spoken text you could make a build video to have on the stand showing how the build went, that would get a few people to stand and watch and get the bug. All fun aside enjoy your build and I look forward to the end result and the bits in between. Paul.
radio joe:
Hi Dave, by stiffeners I mean the usual bulkheads and cross members it's up to you how many you fit, I sometimes fit bulkheads and cut the middle out to allow cables etc. to run through, and because Zulu has a flat bottom which at the moment is rather concave I'll probably fit a plywood bottom liner inside weighted down on epoxy to stiffen the bottom.
I've sanded off the hull top took about two hours using a sanding bat with 60 grit machine paper glued to it the surplus comes off quite quickly, are you sure you are not using too fine a paper. Joe
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