Starting to get some time for boat building, new workshop is still in development but I've tripled my bench space so far First new project will be the USS South Dakota (BB-49). This class was just voted-in as legal for IRCWCC this past year. I started the plug last week. I'll be trying to make a video for this one covering fiberglass mold construction so details here will be brief Sourced plans from navsource I have the deck cut out Next step will be starting to glue it all together
Starting this back up now that battle season has wrapped up Old pics Progress from the weekend Spackle on
Mold part 2 done, had some resin penetration so surface needs some work, plug dis not survive This thing has some volume
What scale did you build this to? I am looking at modeling the USS Alabama which is a South Dakota class battleship. I was wondering if you still have the stencils for your cross sections. I have been searching and searching for hull cross sections. StanC
Hi Stan, this model is a different South Dakota, it’s the 1920 version that was never completed https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota-class_battleship_(1920) you are looking for the wwii version https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota-class_battleship_(1939) Battlers connection has a WWII South Dakota hull, plans should be available on profile morskie https://profilemorskie.com/144_PDF_a9d6.htm
Trimmed the hull, float test, marked windows. Went with even spacing as she’ll probably take a lot midships and want to minimize blow outs A few different weights
I remember seeing the model of her in the Navy Yard Museum, back when that was a thing. Fantasies of building one, with triple bow guns, my own design that would never work, of course, etc. etc. etc. Almost enough to make me want one. Almost. She looks good and I hope you enjoy her. Also - you might want to move that hard area up a bit in the stern; you're allowed to, you know. Something about "area of the props and rudders" or something.
