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American Scout C-2 Cargo Ship by Sterling Models

For those interested in the Naval Architecture of these vessels, she has a “cruiser stern. Although counterintuitive, at higher speeds, ships with longer waterlines are more easily driven than those with shorter ones. This has to do with the wavelength of the waves generated by movement of the vessel’s hull. As speed increases, the amplitude of these waves increases and wavelength increases until there is one large wave at the bow and one at the stern. When this happens a huge power increase is required to move her any faster.

The cruiser stern increases this waterline length. As a side benefit it also better protects the rudder than the old fantail stern.

Roger
 
Roger Pellett said:
For those interested in the Naval Architecture of these vessels, she has a “cruiser stern. Although counterintuitive, at higher speeds, ships with longer waterlines are more easily driven than those with shorter ones. This has to do with the wavelength of the waves generated by movement of the vessel’s hull. As speed increases, the amplitude of these waves increases and wavelength increases until there is one large wave at the bow and one at the stern. When this happens a huge power increase is required to move her any faster.

The cruiser stern increases this waterline length. As a side benefit it also better protects the rudder than the old fantail stern.

Roger
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That does sound counterintuitive.
 
GrantTyler said:
Good morning Vic. Between your Fubbs and this there must be plenty of saw/sanding dust flying around…..;). Cheers Grant
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Unfortunately, much more to come. I’m either in the garage or on the patio half the time. In Texas in July and August, it’s not that comfortable. It’s hard to motivate myself to take a shower. What’s the point? I walk around like Pig Pen in the Peanuts comic strip, dust flying off me everywhere I go. (No picture for this one.)
 
Thanks for that Vfordyce. It's gonna be a big one for sure. Will you be making a case for it? I'm looking around for people who are building their own cases for their models. Pete
 
fourseas said:
You are doing a terrific job on the Scout. I am very interested to see how it will be mounted in the railroad diorama. I hope you will be able to eventually post some pictures when it is set up.

Jim
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Thanks Jim. I hope he’ll let me take pictures of it in its new environment. The plan is to cut it off at the waterline, glue it to a new plywood base, and create a dock in the bay using blue colored resin.
 
I forgot it was going on a train layout. I hope to see pics of it too. That will be some model with the trains. I have HO too but somehow I can't imagine something so huge next to any of it. Should be interesting.
 
I added the main deck cabin side. Because I didn’t think to lay down a 1/8” plank to guide my knife, I cut too much off the hull. Thank you Mr. Woodputty! Also, the hull is slightly bowed. I soaked the walls in water. Then I glued and pinned the ends to the hull. Finally, I used pins to gently force the middle out to be flush to the hull. image.jpgimage.jpg
 
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