Hull-2 Laser Cut Superstructure

It's taken a while but I have finally got around to doing a laser cut version of the Hull-2 Superstructure, this is the first cut that I did as a test, so nowhere near finished but I needed to check some idea's such as how strong the day room roof trusses would be and making the side join jigsaw joints a tight fit etc.

The roof trusses look cool and they are pretty strong as well, I have changed them since though as I decided to inset a sheet of 1.2mm ply to most of the roof and then use something thinner (not decided yet) over the top to make the curved sides and this then gives me the ability to make holes to suit masts, hand rails and put hatches in the right place.

Getting the front roof curve and fit to other faces is a bit of a trick but it looks pretty good so far. I may make the bridge as a separate drop in inner so that it can be detailed separately. There are no machine gun turrets yet.

The engine room hatch and the rear bofors mount are all in one piece but they can be changed to suit a PT109 style layout as well.

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