This concludes the basic hull construction. It has taken 11 months to get to this stage. Unfortunately, three months were spent fixing the hull due to the poor quality plans from VTH that I had initially used. This was a very hard lesson to learn. If you cannot get good plans, do not even start the project. Do not settle for low-quality plans, you will end up with an inaccurate model. Now I can move onto the next stage on the hull, resin coating and painting. Due to all the repairs to make the hull accurate, it is going to require some body-putty and filling to make it smooth. This will also be covered in the next section. Once the hull is painted, I will make up the pages and activate the link for "Hull Finishing & Painting" on the main "How to Build a Battleship" home page. Click the "Next" link below to return to the "How to Build a Battleship" home page, and thanks for watching the SMS Pommern hull take shape.

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Intro / Getting Ready / Cutting Stations / Gluing the Stations to the Keel / Planking / Bow & Stern / Catastrophe/ Casemates / Final Product