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Old 17 March 2005, 18:44   #1
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Tube fit

some of you may have expressed an interest in how tubes are fitted so here's a brief picture guide of how it's done....

I may have put this in the wrong place Mr Kennet....please forgive me!!!

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First of all take a few strips of fabric that look like this
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....take one set of funky toobs, place them on the hull and mark round them
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Then they'll need masking up, sanding and glueing.
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....after years of training with a Hentai warrior you will be qualified to fit the tubes on to the hull and they should look something like this
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......glue the strips on underneath like so...... and fit all your sundries
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.....time for the all important strake line.....it's worth spending time on this as this can really make or break the job!
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It should end up looking like this.
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Excellent series of foto's.


Thank for posting them.
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