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  • 7 October 2008 at 14:42 #16393
    Steve Arendse
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      hello everyone,I’m in ireland some 2 hours away from everything(model shops0 and was hoping to find a balsa wood ready made superstructure,modern -destroyer for my 1,5 xm x 25cm destroyer,twin 800 rpm torpedo motors,running off 12 volt battery and viper truck speed controller(mtroniks)Will pay for readymade structure…

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      7 October 2008 at 17:58 #16401
      ashley needham
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        Steve . I think the chaps will want to know a bit more about your hull before advising on availability (or offering to build something !) like…. what class or type of ship is it, what style of superstructure did you want, ie true scale or standoff or even similar-to? any chance of a picture? I am not sure ready made tops exist, but you never know!  Ashley

        7 October 2008 at 19:04 #16406
        Steve Arendse
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          its a standoff,perhaps I want to make it a uss churchill and arleigh burke class.combine,,,skys the limit..i built on an exisiting israeli saar 4,5 hull it slopes towards the back -just slightly…I want a piec at rer for seaking….though…

          7 October 2008 at 19:06 #16407
          Steve Arendse
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            i tried attaching pic but too big,,,how does one thumbnail a pic?

            8 October 2008 at 08:12 #16428
            Nick Clarke 1
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              Try lowering the resolution of the picture,this can be done with your photo editing software

              8 October 2008 at 12:23 #16430
              Steve Arendse
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                thanks…

                8 October 2008 at 19:15 #16440
                ashley needham
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                  Steve. You dont have to use balsa you know. Card is often used, or a composite board like foam-backed card, or sandwich card from an art shop will serve just as well. The beauty of a modern warship, especially to stand off scale is that the superstructures are very "boxy" and thus dead easy to construct. Foam board especially would be good for this as it is dead easy to cut, very stiff and very light. Do we take it you have a deck already fitted or not?? this would need to be ply really, or thickish plasticard.. Again an art shop may have this.   Ashley

                  9 January 2009 at 19:20 #5956
                  Steve Arendse
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                    superstructures

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