Good day gentlemen, I must admit I need help.
I am unsure if this is a good place to post this but here we go;
As of this moment I am designing and planning to create a mini 14' ship styled in the H&W ship building, (antique looking ship) and I've been looking at the titanic for reference. She's going to look like an adorable little tender.
I need to know since her hull is "In and Out" I was thinking of simply making a ship with the same thing and instead of rivets, using bolts and nuts to fasten the strakes between each other. The hull will be comprised of 1/4 inch or 1/2 inch aluminum sheets, to which i will make strakes. My only issue is, how is it that between the long pieces of shell, that the pieces are sealed preventing leakage? does it not seem like the overlapping method would spring a triangular leak between the cracks of the shell? Should I put these plates to fasten the two pieces together? Or should I just put caulk in between the plates? I need photographic help, or a guide for this accomplishment. My next concern, would be how I'm going to get these "In and Out" shells
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To neatly connect into one line and attach to the stem of the ship. How can I possibly create a watertight seal and have this overlapping method, if it will just spring a leak because of the gap the "out" plate leaves when pressed against the "In" plates against the stem? To be quite honest I have no experience or idea how i'm going to get the plates to connect with the stem and make a sealed bow at all. What i'm trying to say is how does the alternating plates connect together to make the bow?
I am unsure if this is a good place to post this but here we go;
As of this moment I am designing and planning to create a mini 14' ship styled in the H&W ship building, (antique looking ship) and I've been looking at the titanic for reference. She's going to look like an adorable little tender.
I need to know since her hull is "In and Out" I was thinking of simply making a ship with the same thing and instead of rivets, using bolts and nuts to fasten the strakes between each other. The hull will be comprised of 1/4 inch or 1/2 inch aluminum sheets, to which i will make strakes. My only issue is, how is it that between the long pieces of shell, that the pieces are sealed preventing leakage? does it not seem like the overlapping method would spring a triangular leak between the cracks of the shell? Should I put these plates to fasten the two pieces together? Or should I just put caulk in between the plates? I need photographic help, or a guide for this accomplishment. My next concern, would be how I'm going to get these "In and Out" shells
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To neatly connect into one line and attach to the stem of the ship. How can I possibly create a watertight seal and have this overlapping method, if it will just spring a leak because of the gap the "out" plate leaves when pressed against the "In" plates against the stem? To be quite honest I have no experience or idea how i'm going to get the plates to connect with the stem and make a sealed bow at all. What i'm trying to say is how does the alternating plates connect together to make the bow?
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