Ok here is a few up dates on the ISE BB first off the bow is shaped the bottom is sheeted and the stern is shaped. All the 1/8 stringers are installed. Ready to fiberglass as soon as I get some good weather. Buddy
Did light sanding today after work and applied the first coat of sealer. Thanks for the good comments I think it si a good looking ship! Buddy
Do the deck level, casemate level, and armour belt total deck thickness meet the new MWCI rule Buddy? It's just hard to tell from the pics, none are a straight on side view. But it looks like you may of ground out the 1/8 from the bottom of the subdeck, so it has only 1/4 inch instead of 3/8 inch deck thickness between the casemates. Just asking is all, thats what I did on my Duke to make it legal. It looks great, Brandon will have a great time with it till he runs into a Duke, LOL.
I checked it before it got shipped out, it had 1/4" up top, 1/8" on the bottom. Some of the stringers might have been slightly thicker than 1/8" I dont recall now, but that's easilly fixable with the dremel. I didn't have too much trouble with IDs in my Fuso, Ise is virtually identical. Different gun placement though.
Hi Guys Ok I had built the new sub deck out ofte 1/4 plywood and then in stalled a 1/8 plywood deck. So in order to meet the rules after the casemates were built I then went back and with my trusty dremel ground down to make the edges to 1/8 inch, it is made that way till just behind the casemates. So basically the subdeck is 3/4 inch wide and I took and ground back about a 3/8 to 1/2 inch. The rest is still 1/4 inch thick. Buddy
Buddy, I went into the server and adjusted the file size of your photos (reducing it from 2,000k to about 50k for each photo so the page loads much faster), then adjusted the layout on the front end as well.
I'll have to find a way to make a really pretty superstructure for her. Maybe bribe dirty dave...maybe spend more time on the looks myself?
