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[bikerdude666]

So, im new to modelling, just got my 1st model and am waiting for the radio gear to drop through my letter box.

But talking to my gf last night (id forgotten this) but her dad works in a plastics factory, used to make bodywork for tvr's and the like. so i jokingly suggested he make me a hull for a battleship.

But the thing is, ive got a very clear image in my head of what i want, but its kinda hard to describe and im rubbish at drawing, so i was just wondering, how hard is it to design your own hull? I'd then adapt the superstructure from other ships to make up my own unique ship.

I've been looking at pictures on google and none of them have the shape im after.

Anyone think its worth me bothering, or know of a site with good pics of hulls?

thanks

[toesupwa]

But the thing is, ive got a very clear image in my head of what i want, but its kinda hard to describe and im rubbish at drawing, so i was just wondering, how hard is it to design your own hull? I'd then adapt the superstructure from other ships to make up my own unique ship.

The design part is easy... then it gets more difficult...

http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=22008.0

[boatmadman]

Ship design tutorial here:

http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=19208.0

[bikerdude666]

thanks for both those replies, though the computer design program looks like its for windows? and ive got a mac so....

where did you get the foamy stuff to shape for the plug? pretty sure id be able to do the right shape it i could do the plug instead of having to draw it.

[Navy2000]

Delftship is a good program that you can use, just down load it. After some practice it becomes easier to use.
The link below is a sight where you can download a program that will allow you to be able to design your own ship and you can also download other ship and tug hulls that you can use and change if so desire to.

http://www.delftship.net/delftship/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31:delftship-free&catid=13:products&Itemid=4

Duane

[Islander1951]

Ask your local builders merchant for blue or pink insulation foam

Edward.

[toesupwa]

where did you get the foamy stuff to shape for the plug? pretty sure id be able to do the right shape it i could do the plug instead of having to draw it.

Me?

The Wife spotted it in the car park after we came out of a restaurant one evening... it fell off of the back of a truck.. 

[Arrow5]

UK suppliers of all sorts of foam sheets are Sheffield Insulations, they have depots all over UK. Check Yellow Pages for your nearest.  Not cheap so check building sites for off-cuts and scraps.

[ZZ56]

thanks for both those replies, though the computer design program looks like its for windows? and ive got a mac so....

where did you get the foamy stuff to shape for the plug? pretty sure id be able to do the right shape it i could do the plug instead of having to draw it.

You can use CAD programs for Mac, or even Adobe Illustrator, to draft your own hull.  It helps if you have top and side views, and photos of the hull out of water

[tigertiger]

Designing a ship is much more than just aesthetics. If is possible to build an unsailable hull.
I did this as a kid.

If I were 'freelancing', I would tend to go for an existing hull design that is close to my idea of what I want, bearing in mind part of it will not be vissible on the water. That Way I know the hydrodynamics are ok. I would then go mental with the superstructure.
Just my 2 cents.

[bikerdude666]

You can use CAD programs for Mac, or even Adobe Illustrator, to draft your own hull.  It helps if you have top and side views, and photos of the hull out of water

do you have any examples of programs? dont really know where to look.

ive found a little plastic model that has the right hull shape that i want, but i want it to be 2-3 times bigger, maybe even bigger, so is it easier to upscale a current model or just to start again?

[tigertiger]

What is the model you have? There may be plans our there already for that hull/model

[bikerdude666]

What is the model you have? There may be plans our there already for that hull/model

its just a cheap ready to go thing off ebay, its been advertised as the battleship yamato, and also as the bismark, im sure its not the bismark though as it seems to have missile type silos on the side.

[Colin Bishop]

Unlikely to be the Yamato either then....

[malcolmfrary]

Unlikely to be the Yamato either then....

...........not with the superstructure on back to front and a Soviet helicopter on the stern.

Some of the cheap RTS models have been converted into quite respectable models, but by the end of the conversion, they are no longer exactly cheap.