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Solid Hull method
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The Solid Hull method starts with one piece of large wood, typically Basswood. This piece is often machine-shaped to the rough shape of the ship’s hull. Using templates, the modeler carves and sands the hull to the final the shape.
This method lends it self to new modelers and takes much less time to fashion a finished hull than other methods.
Most solid hull models are not designed to be planked, but rather simply painted.
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Plank-on-Bulkhead (POB) method
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The Plank-on-Bulkhead method approximates the detailed framing of the hull that can be found on Plank-on-Frame models (see below.) The POB method can be much faster than POF models, and lends itself to much more detail on the finished model (gun ports, multiple decks) than the Solid Hull method allows.
Instead of using actual frames as in the more complex POF methodolgy, POB uses separate bulkheads to create the form and lines of the hull. The bulkhead pieces in a kit are often laser cut and extend the full beam of the ship. The bulkheads are slotted into the ship's keel, and there are usually fewer bulkheads than the number of frames of a POF model, and many fewer than the number of frames on the actual ship.
A POB model requires planking the hull.
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Plank-on-Frame (POF) method
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Plank-on-Frame models require the modeler to build the individual frames that will form the hull. This is the closest approximation of the ship modelers' craft to that of shipwright. Most POF models, while following the shipwrights methodology for making frames, only have half or fewer of the number frames found on the actual ship. Very detailed POF models, such as an Admiralty model may represent every frame of the actual ship.
The frames themselves may or may not be single pieces of wood, depending upon the level of detail desired. Actual frames, and those found on detailed POF models, consist of a number of pieces (futtocks) that make up a single frame.
A POF model requires planking the hull.
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