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Hankwilliams:
Good evening, dear friends and neighbors,
 
last week I began a new paddler, the porteur du Rhone "OCEAN" in scale 1 : 48 with 322 cm lengt. A very narrow and flat hull as you see. The hull will be divided in 3 pieces for transport. Building of hull isn`t very difficult, it was possible to make frames and planking with thin plywood until now in 5 days. I consider to make bow and stern section of Forex. Until now I don`t have any experience with this material. May be some of our members was working with Forex? If yes, I would be glad for some advices about the quality and the workmanship of this material.

Thomas

Eddy Matthews:
WOW! That's lloooonngg!

Wonder what the turning circle is for a vessel of that length?

Looking forward to following the build Thomas...

Regards
Eddy

Walter Snowdon:
that makes the average skinny destroyer look like a fat old lady! with that length and narrow beam every littie ripple must have made it hog and sag like  a long thin reed.Looking forward to seeing it finished. Remember your Willens cigar ship eddy?. now that took half a mile and three days to turn! Did you ever post pictures of it on the site?. That model was a work of genius. regards, Walter.

Eddy Matthews:

--- Quote from: Walter Snowdon on January 12, 2022, 05:37:33 AM ---that makes the average skinny destroyer look like a fat old lady! with that length and narrow beam every littie ripple must have made it hog and sag like  a long thin reed.Looking forward to seeing it finished. Remember your Willens cigar ship eddy?. now that took half a mile and three days to turn! Did you ever post pictures of it on the site?. That model was a work of genius. regards, Walter.

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I did post a few photos about the Cigar Ship a long time ago Walter - You can find them here: http://www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3776.0

But if anyone is interested, please add to that topic, NOT this one, as I don't want to hijack Thomas's build!

Regards
Eddy

Hankwilliams:
Hi Eddy,

I`m also wondering about the turning circle. Bur the surface of rudder will be large: 18 cm in lenght and 2,5 cm height. May be, it`s better to install a bow thruster?

Thomas

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