Academy Titanic – 1:400 scale – {part 37}

8-13-2015

Turning my attention to the hull……….I’ve got an alignment problem here.   Now that the A deck and the boat decks are assembled,  I can work on it while I deal with it.   The stern section of the hull has a bit of a warp to it.   The stern section does not sit properly,  nor does the mid section,  when in place.   I need to make a couple of jigs to pull the section together.   Once this is done,  pieces of sprue can be cemented across the span of the aft hull to make it permanent.

At this time,  the props were cemented in place.

The bow section has already been assembled to the hull.   The holes on the tab of the bow section,   for the mid section,   were  ‘egg’  shaped with a file to insure a better fit.   I did drill them out larger,  but it still seemed to fit odd.

The jigs were removed when enough time had passed.   The glue should be dry by now.

The stern section was dry fitted in place……..it seemed to be a tight fit.   The procedure was a success  🙂   Sanding along the side edges of the stern section took care of the tight fit problem,   and it was finally cemented in place.

Before this was done though,  the top edges of the well areas were painted with flat white.   Along the mid section,  the top edges were painted with the flat yellow.   An inspection was made to insure that there was no gaps between these two parts……the stern section,  and the hull.

AHOY!!!