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Can anyone suggest suitable replacement to the plywood strips used for the 330/300mm long deck beams used in Stage18/19 of Pack 2? The instructions tell you to make cuts to the rear face to allow for the deck & rib curvature. I must have gone too far in one spot and weakened them because while sanding them down one long and one short one bent so they are now useless! CS tell me ther is no surplus stock in the UK so would have to come from Italy   and we all know how that goes. I thought if i could find a suitable pliable hardwood i can make my own. Any ideas??? Regards Gray
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Hello Gray! If you can get the actual curvature of the beams drawn out on paper I would suggest cutting or sanding a thick strip of plywood about an inch in depth, half an inch or so in thickness and the length of the beams to that curvature and then get some square section wood from a model shop or supplier, the same size as the beams and soak or steam them to make them pliable before clamping the beam to the plywood former along the curve. Once the wood is dry you should be able to remove it from the clamps and have a wooden beam pre-shaped to the correct curve. Best of luck! Robin First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Thanks for the reply, Robin. Derek from the FST (delboy271155 - thanks Del- you're a star  ) had a spare Pack 18, which he has very kindly sent me. Quite suprisingly, the beams in this pack, which came with the printed booklet, are actually WOOD, not plywood like mine! I think this is much better for me and definately the way to go. I will try your bending idea Robin - hopefully that should work!
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Just as an update to this, if anyone has an spare Issue 19 that they are willing to sell, I’d be interested
Regards Gray
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CaptnBirdseye wrote:Just as an update to this, if anyone has an spare Issue 19 that they are willing to sell, I’d be interested
Regards Gray Hi Gray I`m happy the spare was what you needed.  As for the parts in pack 19, if it`s only the strip wood you need take a look in Cornwall model boats. Enter stripwood into their search engine and they do pages of different sizes. Here`s hoping. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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 Good shout Del It loks like the choice is between balsa, beech, and lime to get the correct measurements of the originals. Does anyone happen to know the properties of these different woods, as to which would be best suited to 'steam bending'?
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CaptnBirdseye wrote: Good shout Del It loks like the choice is between balsa, beech, and lime to get the correct measurements of the originals. Does anyone happen to know the properties of these different woods, as to which would be best suited to 'steam bending'? Lime will bend the best. Balsa is too soft, and beech a bit too hard. Best, Mark “Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”
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