R-34 scale model project... Building the other side of the hull.

After building the first side of the hull, the second side was built in the same fashion. It went alot faster, though. The pieces were already fabricated, so other than on some of the disc quarters that needed trimmed or added to, to fit, it was just glued it together by matching up the numbers.

On about every fourth disc, I would first align them up on my ring marking template on the left, below the airship plan, to mark where the 1/16"x 1/16" longitudinal stringers were to run down the discs of the hull that give the ship it's final shape. You can see those marks on the chosen half discs laying in the ready on my reference board, to the right.

Follow along as I assemble the starboard side of the hull sub-frame in this chronological sequence of images from January of 2012.

  Remaining  half-discs ready, stacked up in order to cut in half again, to install on the hull sub-frame.

  Nose shot of the assembly.

  Completed!

 Dead-on shot of the stern.

  Last three images show the completed hull sub-frame.

Laying on the reference plan to make sure everything is within visual tolerances, and the corresponding discs line up, and proportions look correct.

After I completed the hull sub-frame assembly, I very lightly sanded the edges of the structure to even out all the high and low spots, but being very careful not to distort the overall shape of the thing, leaving it ready to run the longitudinal stringers, (laying on the table in the upper left of this image).

Jim.