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Re: S&G: positioning forms for the hull
By:skiffrace
Date: 4/2/2009, 7:09 am
In Response To: S&G: positioning forms for the hull (John Faas)

I would first check if the forms are in the right places. Even a few inches off would make them not to fit correctly. In kit from Pygmy I built once there were 3 forms and they fit very well in the designated areas.
Once you assure you are gluing the forms exactly where they belong, check the given form is the one for the given position. It is possible that you may have swapped the bow and stern forms, even though they look very similar.
Last I would check your stitching. Typically kits require panel edge-to-panel edge stitching. If you stitch ex. panel edge to panel surface, the dimension of the hull will not be accurate and the form will not fit right.

: Wondering it there is a trick for positioning the interior forms for the
: hull. My kit has 2 bulkheads that will stay in and 5 temporary forms to
: get the hull into the right shape.
: It seemed pretty difficult to get the forms positioned just right. The first
: one I hot glued into place seems to have more than a little gap. Is there
: a way to clamp them in place and then hot glue once positioned perfectly?
: Thanks---don't want to end up with a boat that goes in circles.

: Kit is the Arctic Hawk from CLC

Messages In This Thread

S&G: positioning forms for the hull
John Faas -- 4/2/2009, 12:56 am
Re: S&G: positioning forms for the hull
Dan Beatty -- 4/2/2009, 7:37 pm
Re: S&G: positioning forms for the hull
John Van Buren -- 4/2/2009, 8:03 am
Re: S&G: positioning forms for the hull
skiffrace -- 4/2/2009, 7:09 am