Cutaway Enterprise disaster, I want to kitbash now

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I tried my hand at building the Cutaway Enterprise closed up. I couldn’t get the saucer to line up right so I quit.
Now I’m thinking of taking remaining parts from kit and making a Destroyer. Will have to scratchbuild a whole saucer section though.
I have Franz Joseph Designs diagrams and I can explore online for reference.
I’m thinking of building up the saucer with layers of balsa and carefully sanding.
I have experience with balsa as I made a small-scale ship model hull with it from a kit.
What would a good scratchbuilder do for a Federation primary hull?

Thanks,

-Dave

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Hey Dave, I’ve had great results with saucers using this method (about half way down):
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=31157
And have used PVC pipe for several hull shapes. Cut, glue, sand…all kind of fun.

You can also look at Woodys:

http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?page=6&TOPIC_ID=33960

Hope this helps,
Matt

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Maxx, Thanks for the info. I may try that[8D]

Thank you,

-Dave