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Well I recently got my hands on fairly old Scale Shipyard 1/96 Alfa and it needs a little work.
As it was it had a part of the hull missing from the bottom and a broken stern plane that needed to be fixed. I also noted that the dive planes and rudder were not accurate at all. Additionally I noticed that there were no bow planes , nor were there any seawater induction scoops. So, I decided to make all new ones for this model and this is a little show and tell of what I have done.
I have repaired the bottom of the hull using painters tape and evercoat. The hull damage was a hole about 2 inches in diameter on the bottom so, all i did was use the tape as a backer and then lay down coats of evercoat on the inside till I got it built up enough to sand to shape. I drew a blue line to show you just about how big a chunk was missing.
After the bottom was repaired I set out to improve the boat. The first thing that was done was removal of the all the control surfaces by violent means. Lucky for me they had been on so long that they had started to become brittle. This is also probably the reason they were broken in the first place.
The first piece I made was the bow planes. I did this just because they would be quick and simple. Using a drawing I sized to scale, I cut out the picture of the planes and glued it to a piece of renshape. I then ground it down to shape using a table sander and files. Next I made the little hull fairing out of a piece of styrene and a quick scribe for the details and they were done. Very easy!
As it was it had a part of the hull missing from the bottom and a broken stern plane that needed to be fixed. I also noted that the dive planes and rudder were not accurate at all. Additionally I noticed that there were no bow planes , nor were there any seawater induction scoops. So, I decided to make all new ones for this model and this is a little show and tell of what I have done.
I have repaired the bottom of the hull using painters tape and evercoat. The hull damage was a hole about 2 inches in diameter on the bottom so, all i did was use the tape as a backer and then lay down coats of evercoat on the inside till I got it built up enough to sand to shape. I drew a blue line to show you just about how big a chunk was missing.
After the bottom was repaired I set out to improve the boat. The first thing that was done was removal of the all the control surfaces by violent means. Lucky for me they had been on so long that they had started to become brittle. This is also probably the reason they were broken in the first place.
The first piece I made was the bow planes. I did this just because they would be quick and simple. Using a drawing I sized to scale, I cut out the picture of the planes and glued it to a piece of renshape. I then ground it down to shape using a table sander and files. Next I made the little hull fairing out of a piece of styrene and a quick scribe for the details and they were done. Very easy!
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