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| Sa'ar 5 Class Corvette of the Israeli Navy | |||||
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Hull and main superstructure construction
ongoing. With the usual interruption keeping me away from my reference pictures.
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Sanding down the hull to get the right angles is
always a difficulty. Here, the curvature of the hull might be a little too
much as it goes up, merging with the front superstructure. I will try to
sand the vertical surfaces some more to reduce the protrusion. Keeping the
edges sharp during this process is always a challenge.
The deck in the midsection and above the bridge have been added, as well as the hangar bay. The base of the main mast was also finished today.
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Back to work on the model after quite a bit of
downtime. Construction of the aft superstructure has begun. Preliminary stack. Holes still need to be drilled and all crevices need to be filled with putty and sanded. More work on the forward mast, adding the final level and platform. The intermediate layer was built with two individual PE strips bent into the right shape, as well as two small pieces to go in between the two curved parts. These pieces were bent horizontally, to prevent a vertical surface to reflect the radar signals. |
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AUGUST 24 > The aft mast was also constructed. Due to the
small size and the complexity of angles, it took quite a bit longer than
expected. The rest of the ship was also sanded down. AUGUST
26 >
Next step: Construction of the forward
CIWS platform located on the bow. Again, the different angles took some
experimenting to get right. |
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Styrene sheets are difficult to sand down to a
homogenous thickness (everything thinner than 0.5mm). That's when I revert
to PE parts. The disadvantages are obvious: much harder to get into the
right shape, very difficult to correct when mistakes are made and working
with PE parts (and superglue) is always tedious work.
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