kbilly, the ribs seen only what sticks past the curved hull. I'm doing it differently than most builds. I am trying to make a flat template with cutouts for the dock tunnels and the maintenance wells. Not sure if it will be as sturdy as other builds where the curved hull is laid out and than the tunnels are attached on top. We'll see, I guess. I will, however, make templates for the latter as well in case I need to take that route. I'll eventually build a few of these for some of my nerdy cousins, so there will be trial and error involved. I'm lazy when it coles to cutting plastic so making templates on a program is the way to go for me. I hope to get mine laser cut.
Stefan, diving in already, huh? Awesome! Good question! And here is where I must finally confess that my templates are off. The base radius is 11.45" (29.083 cm) going off of Maruska's drawings. That's just the round part of the hull, not including the length of the mandibles. My radius is slightly larger at 11.54" (29.31 cm) which is actually the curved hull radius. So, I will have to trim my hull circumference a bit. Don't have the entire length at the moment but I will measure later tonight.
Joe
Stefan, diving in already, huh? Awesome! Good question! And here is where I must finally confess that my templates are off. The base radius is 11.45" (29.083 cm) going off of Maruska's drawings. That's just the round part of the hull, not including the length of the mandibles. My radius is slightly larger at 11.54" (29.31 cm) which is actually the curved hull radius. So, I will have to trim my hull circumference a bit. Don't have the entire length at the moment but I will measure later tonight.
Joe