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Last gasp before maiden splash in warm weather
… at weight about 4 lbs. Might be a bit light. 2. Gloss black hull, white anti foul paint on bottom & red boot top. 3. Profile view.
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New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
More sanding and fairing on the hull lately, (not so much the last week, as it's been raining non stop the whole week, (big storm, see todays' rain radar pic,- NZ's under there somewhere ) - floods everywhere,- workshop downstairs has a tin …
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Fitting a Mahogany Gunwale.
… ole deck is planked I can fit a mahogany gunwale around the hull which will be a good edge for the hull paint finish as well as a nice finishing detail. I can’t use a plain and straight strip of mahogany for this, as to accommodate the curv …
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Dole Aztec cont.
… erwork is done!" My previous post showed the first layer of hull planking. This was done only on the bottom so that the 1/32 bass wood sheet skins had ample surface area to adhere to. After making card stock templates of each side of the bo …
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New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
… hat will all be sanded smooth, and if satisfactory, will be painted with a thick acrylic primer, with more sanding to go. getting closer to the fun part of making the fittings and installing the gear. Hull now weighs 1.4kg,- (was 1.3kg befo …
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Vosper
Well, I'm about to start my Vosper. I painted the crew, glued the transom in place. made a rudder up because I'm just thinking about how I'll propel the boat, rummage around in the drawers for a motor and drive shaft prop that may take a wh …
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wave master restoration
Reglued the keel and are going to fit strips to base off hull as suggested hope this stop the diving affect and then repaint the hull going to leave the keel intact and not cut it back as per this suggestion
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Planking the Deck. Part 3.
… mahogany strips to use around the deck on the sides of the hull, these will make a nice gunwale feature and also become a good clean edge for the hull paint finish too. Very soon I'll need to decide on a suitable colour scheme, perhaps a p …
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Radio in deck installed bulwarks beefed up
Hi y’all. The radio is installed in the hull, and the deck is installed. I built up the rudder access hatch from 2 pieces of plasticard, the inner piece is a press fit into the access hole, the upper piece has an overlap of roughly 3/16 inc …
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KNOCKER WHITE LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS DAY 'OFFICIAL' MAIDEN VOYAGE
Further progress... 33) 03-08 Dec, hull painted matt black upper, brick red lower, white bulwark tops. Actually, there were a few 'test' voyages for the hull prior to the xmas day sailing... . After sealing/painting the hull, I thought I wo …
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Planking the deck. Part 1.
… ng mahogany. I will also be adding a mahogany detail to the hull that follows the gunwale of the deck that will form a nice edge for the paint finish on the hull. I began by using some thin cardboard to make some templates for the edging of …
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A BIT MORE PROGRESS....
… rip pieces glued on, as well as skeg fill-in piece. 23)&24) Hull sanded smooth, corners slightly rounded, bulwarks trimmed 25)Over the course of a week of evenings, hull superstructure made up from thin ply offcuts and scrap sheet, includin …
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Another Springer tug!!
… I tried to remove it to make changes I severely damaged the hull. So, I removed all equipment, fittings, etc and scrapped the hull. I’ve been wanting another go at it, so I ordered the Zippkits tugster, just the kit no hardware, and started …
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wavemaster
… , also its spray rail has a big gap forward do I fill and repaint as I was going re do the lower hull as few scrapes
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Roof, pilot, lights
… nd front to allow a little bevel. Once sanded and filled, I painted the roof to match the upper hull. I then decided that JP is right she needs lights for all the night runs we haven’t done yet. Plus, I need an interior light so Iron Man wo …
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Telectra 2 Standoff scale Police/Customs launch or Service Tender MM Plan No: MM417 - Part 9
… the side skins again verticaly sheeting, this will give the hull a lot of strength, again best left overnight to thoroughly dry and glue set. only the Bow to infill with block balsa or any left over bits of sheet, i think the more glue join …
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SEMI SCALE FOAM AND GLASS MODEL OF MY 15FT 1953 SCHOCK US DESIGN DAY SAILER.
… hecked side to side with cardboard templates) I glassed the hull with epoxy resin and 5 oz cloth. I rolled on a thick layer of resin before the cloth, to help with filling the pores of the foam. Hull had 2 further coats of resin, sanded bet …
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SLEC pilot boat progress.
… made some headway. Part assembled the cabin. Been sand the hull ready fit the skins. I’m putting that off at the moment! I’m not sure how I’m going to do it yet. Instructions says use evo stick. I’m not sure I’d position it correctly immed …
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SEMI SCALE FOAM AND GLASS MODEL OF MY 15FT 1953 SCHOCK US DESIGN DAY SAILER
… ter of effort on the sails, and center of resistance on the hull here a bit out of whack. Milled a slot in the front of the 6mm x 50 skeg, and epoxied in a 3mmx 50 insert, then glassed it all in. Now has double the skeg width, which should …
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3 coats of sanding sealer later, deck and coamings installed.
Hi y’all. I’ve decided not to glass the hull of the Springer, from what I’ve read most people don’t, so I gave her a good painting of 30 minute epoxy inside, and 3 coats of lacquer based sanding sealer outside, sanding between coats. Had to …
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RAF Crash Tender
… eral it was sound but a bit neglected. I am well into the repaint and have lined ide interior of the hull with glass fibre and resin. Will update as I progress
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Preparing The Bottom Skins.
… e skins marks a transition between the skeletal form of the hull and the something that starts to resemble a boat. My sanding plate made a good job of flattening the keel, formers and chines and so I pinned the 1.5mm ply skins roughly in pl …
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USS Melvin
… hen I ran at our club's favourite water hole. So, I cut the hull at the waterline and added about a half-inch. I can tell you now that the bathtub had a real workout to get the model stable & balanced. Painted hull, but it wasn't a very goo …
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Gratings and Skids
… alled in the head for the grating to sit on, and it all got painted. I made new templates and from them 3D models of (hopefully) better fitting gratings. Being thin and perforated, they wanted to curl, so I glued wood stiffeners to the unde …
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SEMI SCALE FOAM AND GLASS MODEL OF MY 15FT 1953 SCHOCK US DESIGN DAY SAILER
… closer to getting it wet. Front and rear servo space covers painted and fitted (side seals to be fitted and retaining tabs to make.) keel bulb and hull painted with the first coat. Having trouble with the marine paint (original internationa …
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SEMI SCALE FOAM AND GLASS MODEL OF MY 15FT 1953 SCHOCK US DESIGN DAY SAILER
… and rear deck trim gluing, as we have had a few fine days, painting is slow in 4-15deg C) Seats are assembled but not glued in, as I'm probably making them removable. Keel weight is cast with a through slot milled for a laminated double 3m …
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Anchors, battery tray rails, epoxy work and a weight check
… cover the hole from the inside, made a hole for the shaft, painted the outboard side of the plasticard to match the hull. Once I glued the anchors in place I slid the plasticard over the shaft and glued to the inside of the hull, sealing t …
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SEMI SCALE FOAM AND GLASS MODEL OF MY 15FT 1953 SCHOCK US DESIGN DAY SAILER
Been doing a lot of painting lately, but it's taking a while due to the weather at the moment, (daily rain and cold) and odd things happening to the paints I'm using, (different companies using different thinners these days in their spray c …