Armor placement

Discussion in '1/96 Battlestations' started by Beaver, Oct 20, 2013.

  1. Beaver

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    I've come to the conclusion that I don't understand armor placement at all. Are you supposed to sheet the whole hull in the correct thickness of balsa "armor", or are you supposed to put it in historically accurate places? Also, do you sheet the armor on to 1/32 balsa, or directly on to the hull?

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    The whole hull (other than legally hard areas) gets sheeted the same thickness, based on the thickest part of the armour belt on the hull, directly onto the hull.
     
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    Ok, that makes sense. :) So Rodney would get sheeted with 1/8" balsa everywhere except the bow and stern, right?

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