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[Akira]

Beautiful master! What is the material, it looks like Renshape? I like how you are approaching ballasting, It will look like original plating.  Are you planning on your armament being operational?

[ballastanksian]

Hi Akira,


The material is called 'Chemiwood' though other names like Modlab are also used for some grades. I imagine that Renshape is a similar wood flour/resin compound that can be machined, turned etc.


My approach to the ballasting is because there isn't a huge amount of space for stuff inside because of her shallow hull and the baulks of balsa used to create the hull shape. The hull is so buoyant!


I will make the barbette traverse but the guns run up slopes on firing, so decided to keep things less complicated. More detail and less action!

[Akira]

Excellent!