Here we go then.
Here's the first part:
The Main DeckYou will also need:
5mm Foamcore board. I found mine in a high street stationers. I was expecting to find it in Hobbycraft, but apparently not!
A Scalpel or Craft Knife.A Steel Ruler.A Glue Stick. I find Glue sticks like Pritt are good for covering large areas without making the paper too wet and thus causing warping.
Some Sharp ScissorsPrint out the four pages, which will give you four seperate pieces to put together.
For much of this model I recommend very high quality printer paper as it tends to be thicker and the colours and contrast tend to be stronger than standard office printer paper. That said, for this piece, standard printer paper will do fine.
Make sure the Page Scaling in the printer options is set to 'None' just to make sure it prints at exactly the right size.
Step 1You'll notice a black line across each of the pieces. I've marked it in red in the above diagram. This is where each of the two pieces meet.
Taking the aft part of the upper deck (the wood planked part), cut across the black line removing the excess.
Step 2Now glue the aft part to the fore part, lining it's newly cut edge up with the black line across the fore part. This will give you one large deck piece.
Step 3Next glue this piece to the foam board. You can either cut carefully around the edge of the deck first, or you can leave it until Step 4.
Step 4Using the Scalpel or Craft Knife, cut carefully around the edge of the deck. Try and keep the knife as vertical as you can because holding it at an angle can cause wobbly edges on the opposite side of the foam board which will cause slight problems in the next step.
Step 5Now for the underside. We're going to do this a bit differently from the top part though.
First flip the foam board deck over so that the white underside is showing.
Now cut carefully around the fore part of the underside (the dark grey part) and glue it to the foam board. This may require some adjusting back and forth depending on how well you kept the knife upright during Step 4.
Now cut across the black line on the aft part and then cut carefully around the aft part and glue that to the foam core. Don't worry too much about aligning it's newly cut edge with the black line as you did in Step 2 because firstly the black line won't be visible and secondly, it's more important to get it to fit the foam board shape as closely as possible. If it fits well, then the two pieces will line up correctly anyway.
That's it, you're done.
I'll hopefully post the Hull pieces and instructions in the next couple of days.
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