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That depends. Masters made for casting in metal generally require hollow hulls for best results, so bread and butter doesn’t usually work, unless the model is very small. Models that I have done just for my own collection don’t require hollow hulls, and bread and butter is a much easier method of construction.
I do not build in wood. Only plastic. Previous Message
Do you make your hulls using a bread-and-butter approach? Previous Message
I presume that you mean TA 10105 HAMUL. That could be done, but would require a significant amount of deconstruction and reconstruction. Previous Message
GREAT models! Looks like conversions from the Trident AD. Previous Message
Looking for something to do recently I found two ships, which to my knowledge have never been modeled in 1200/1250 scale. The U.S Navy repair ships DELTA and BRIAREUS were sister ships converted from C-3 hulls. Identical except for minor differences, their most prominent differences were the cranes just aft of the superstructure, DELTA having a heavy single crane, typical of those found on war built seaplane, destroyer and submarine tenders, versus BRIAREUS which instead just had a third goalpost mast. This difference justified me in scratch building models of both ships. DELTA is shown here in early 1943, and BRIAREUS late 1943, accounting for other differences, such as 1.1" guns on the former and 40mm on the latter's bridge wings, as well as the radar mast on BRIAREUS.
Both ships served long after the war, DELTA only being retired in 1970.
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