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1:48 scale Type 22 (3) Royal Navy Frigate

Covering the Hull

This was a time consuming part of the build, but I've got plenty of time!

I covered the whole hull in Balsa, then sanded it all down to make the joints flush. I then applied resin and fibreglass to the completed hull. You can the see the start of this process at the aft end.

Aft showing fibreglass

Here are some other views ... 

      

I then turned my attention to the front radar dome. I used profiles to build up the shape and then applied ISOPON P45 car filler to make the shape.

  Front Radar dome

I then covered all the fibreglass in P45 and sanded down the whole hull. In the photo below, you can see the resultant surface, and here I have started to position the prop shafts.

Hull and Props