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Re: Curved Bow
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lugnet.boats
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Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:24:22 GMT
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Erin Windross wrote:
> In lugnet.boats, Alan Gerber writes:
> > I've found a good way to make curved bows, like on the Titanic. Take a heck • of
> > a lot of 1x2 bircks, build two walls of the same length, attach them at a 90
> > degree angle, then bend the wall to attach to two other walls, to make
> > the curved walls. (I make no sense, do I?)
> > Alan
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> The problem with that is that making a forecastle deck would be almost
> impossible. I still prefer the basic brick steps.
I'm still a fan of using the 1x4/2x2 brick hinge to simulate the bow--I'm
experimenting with four-section variable curve bows, but I don't have the
construction room to build it up as I'd like (I had a 48-wide ship that was doing
OK). So I've returned to the 32-wide pattern with a single-bend bow--but I may
amend this to toe it out a bit.
See:
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/oldhull.jpg
for the only pic I have of the two-bend 48-wide prow. If done well, you can
still get support for the walls, and build up a honeycomb that will support the
foc's'le deck.
best
Lindsay
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| (...) of (...) The problem with that is that making a forecastle deck would be almost impossible. I still prefer the basic brick steps. (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.boats)
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