Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Water Models / April 2007

Hello!

I am currently building - since about a year actually as I am low on time -
a 1:200 scale model of the Tirpitz. As the Bismarck has exactly the same
hull, I wanted to make a copy of the hull that I am currently building -
and, as the wooden framework inside the ship eats a lot of space, I was
actually considering making 2 copies of the hull consisting only out of
fiberglass and with no internal wooden skeleton.
But how to I take a copy of a 1.26m glassfiber hull?
Any experiences, suggestions, ideas?
I was currently thinking about taking liquid latex, like sold in sex-shops,
acover the hull with that and then place it inside a papermache-bath. And
when that would have hardened, pull off the latex cover, place it in the
papermache and then put the glassfiber-mats in there, eventually affixing
them with thumbtacks which could later on be grinded away from the hull.

That sounds reasonable?