LPH-11 USS New Orleans by Spaceman Spiff - Iron Shipwrights - 1/350 - RESIN

[ddp]

approx. how much is the bottom of the bow & stern raised in relation to the midships? had the reverse issue with my 1/429 scale OBB's so i ran them thru a belt sander that resolved that issue as now the keel is flat from bow to stern.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Not sure - I’ll measure when I get home and show pics. All of that will be hidden under the water/waves. I’ve made an at-sea dio before using celluclay  - forming/shaping and covering with diluted white glue. Painted/dry brushed and covered with future. Looked pretty good. 

 

Tonight I’ll tape down flight deck and start that process. Once it’s built to shape, then I will relocate doors, platforms, etc. 

 

i really like that idea you gave me. 

[Landlubber Mike]

I've done the hot water trick (and hair dryer trick) on thinner resin parts and things worked out just fine.  My parts again were much much thinner and had a bit of flex to them. Your resin looks a lot harder with little flex, and anyway the hull looks way too thick to get any bends out of it at this point.

 

First question though - do you know if the deck is supposed to be perfectly flat, or is there supposed to be a slight camber to the deck at the bow and stern?  That could be why the hull is shaped the way it is.  Though, in your pictures in post #44, the top of the hull doesn't seem to have a smooth line - straight or curved - but had what looks like little valleys that don't conform to the general line of the top of the hull.

 

That being said, if the hull is the problem (i.e., the deck is supposed to be perfectly flat), I'd try to sand the middle section down a bit so that the deck fits a little better.  I'd then glue down the deck with two-part epoxy.  Once cured, I'd glue in plastic card shims, use a two-part epoxy putty like Tamiya's to get all the tiny gaps filled, and then sand everything so that you have a smooth hull.

 

If the deck actually needs to have a camber to it (i.e., the hull is correct), I'd try the hot water technique to get a curve in the deck.  Then I would use a strong two-part epoxy to glue down the deck while it is clamped to the hull.  

 

Good luck!

[Spaceman Spiff]

Thanks for the input! The flight deck of the LPH’s were flat. The hull definitely is the issue, so it looks like sheet styrene and milliput is the way to go. Will have to relocate doors etc to match new height

[ddp]

Mike, deck is supposed to be flat & camber is side to side not front to back. have a look at this link.

LPH-9 USS Guam Booklet of General Plans (196X) https://archive.org/details/lph9bogp196x

 

Spiff, you are welcome. take a look at that link i just posted.

Edited July 11 by ddp

[GrandpaPhil]

If you have an actual bathtub, you can fill it with really hot water and submerge the model in it and apply pressure to take the bend out that way.