Because I had to design light paddle steamers because of the scale and the displacement, I had taken some risks in the construction of my model hulls. But in the end it was no risk!
First is, that, if a wooden hull is constructed wirh frameworks, in the end all the framework is waste except of about 2 frames. The shell of the hull always has enough stability without all the heavy framework! Especially, if the hull was covered with resin- then you could avoid the wooden planks as well. So I think the better construction was a hull, made on a wooden form in resin with glass fibre inlay.
Ok, maybe, that a wooden hull is wanted, but then I always would avoid about 60% of the framework in the finished hull with a big advantage in weight by no losses in stability. So you could divide the framework in only needed ones for the form of the building the hull and ohters, which could remain for statics.
You will be astonished, how muc stabilitsy a model hull can have without a lot of framework!
In my biggest model, the PS DIESSEN, made of a brass tin hull with 2 m, the material is 0,4mm thick, there are only 2 frames inside, which made about of 80% of the stability against torsions. And when the deck was glued, stability was about 150%.
So I think, it is more efficient to use frameworks only for the forming needs and not for remainig in the hull. Especially, when You have to intergrate heavy stem engines and boilers and so far in the model.
Andreas
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