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Custom 12 inch push tug
… ke her into a mooring/push tug. The kit is nice, fiberglass hull, laser cut and 3D printed plastic, etc., however, I’m only using the hull, deck, bulwarks and few odds and ends from the supplied parts. The brass is put away, and the comical …
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A maiden, a sinking and a recovery.
… ad to put her in under duress. My buddy Steve and hi traded paint between my old IMEX Taurus and his vintage Kyosho Jetstream. My superstructure was knocked off, and the Jetstream was floating upside down. I immediately grabbed the Kragle t …
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PERKASA NO3 1/24th
… one out of plywood and Balsa wood, I am going to alter the hull so it has three motors I have three 850 motors I like to use brushed motors it has twin rudders fitted the mid part of the boat is almost there so with few holes to fill and a …
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Inga1V
… . Meanwhile I have hopefully completed the rubbing down and painting the hull of my boat finishing with 1500grit wet and dry, what a long job but so satisfying when all seems to go right. Photo attached and I am scared to touch it and it no …
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Inga1V
The hull has been primed after being sanded and finished with P38 filler and upturned looks so much like a dolphin that I am thinking of naming the finished boat just that. That or Aquarius not sure. I also did a float test and was pleased …
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Bayliner 3250 Conquest Day Cruiser
… of the hands of the kids in my cabin. I had only started to paint the hull when I lived at home, and the job I did was brutal. I took the model home after being salvaged, stripped it down, filled in the bad spots with micro balloons, re-san …
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Inga 1V
… fter masking the wooden parts I wish to glue wood to wood I painted the whole of the inner hull generously with GRP resin. With this in a heated garage to cure I cut and hammered the lead flashing into three compact lumps to fit between the …
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RAF Launch Part4.Twin Shaft/Rudder build.
… n All. I am still in the process of stripping many coats of paint from the hull which like many of you I find becomes laborious and is certainly time consuming but nevertheless has to be done. Having stripped the bottom and sides I decided …
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Sea Plane Tenders 9
… rogress the two boats side by side. These pictures show the hulls being prepared for primer by masking off other areas, and in the last picture, after further masking off, application of red paint to the hull bottoms. Paint used was Halford …
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The first cut is the deepest
… ith the topsides removed I took the opportunity to get some paint on the hull, black under the waterline and I found that Hycote produce a Polar Grey for Ford cars, this is the shade of grey I was looking for. The paint is too glossy at the …
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(Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
… model, the panel pin heads are obvious in a few places. The hull was in decent condition, there was a dent each side soon disappeared with West + micro balloons. I pulled the prop shaft out and found that is was a 3.67mm dimeter shaft with …
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Phantom Tug
… hing and minimize the chances of introducing a twist to the hull while the planking went on. Even with the deck and the shear strakes installed I was constantly checking the trueness until there were five or six strakes on both sides. Even …
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part 9
at this stage i have gone over the whole hull exterior with some Filler Primer this i do this to give me an idea of any imperfections that need dealing with this is then smoothed out ready for other parts to be added to outer hull . also an …
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HMS Verulam R28 Refit Part 5.Fit Smoke & repair decks.
… with a flat base.The smoker is attached with a clip. Having painted it black and allowing to dry I glued to to the internal base of the funnel and tested . All good it works(see first test video) During this job I damaged the funnel top wir …
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a little update
… ith another short update, I've been able to get most of the paint done and complete much of the hull and deck equipment. I also set about building up and painting the cabin, cargo hatch, and winch. I'm currently in the process of building t …
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Juneau
… n the end made up my own supplies instead. I have manage to paint the hull. All of the drive gear is installed and the rudder servo as well. Brackets are in place for the main batteries and I can install ESC's at my leisure. Next up will be …
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Model slipway Trent 1:16 progress Build blog
well I'm getting there still a long way to go. Painting the cabin and Hull before adding all the attachments. Thought it would be easier to do with out all the lights railings and other stuff are added. I used 220 wet and dry sand paper for …
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HMS Verulam R28 Refit Part 2. Motors and Rudder.
… sult of the water ingress so I made a new base and suitably painted it.This was set aside to dry and set. The shaft oiler tubes were replaced. This was done by cutting two 15mm lengths of 3mm diameter copper tubing. I faced off the ends on …
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Started fwd superstructure
… main body, once built I set the main cabin in place on the hull and tack glued the aft assembly to it to make sure it fit flush to the hull, the I carefully removed the whole assembly and did the rest of the joint. I’m at the stage where i …
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Slipway Trent Build question
… r the lighting and Radar that needs to be run down into the hull. I'm trying to figure out how to do this with out installing the radar arch at this time, do to sanding and painting the cabin after the upper deck is added to the cabin. the …
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HMS Belfast Update Number 10.To Weather or not to Weather.
… s aimed at dulling the shine and give the oxidation effect. Paint used…..Humbrol 120 Matt. I apply the paint using the foam side of a kitchen scouring pad and taking care not to soak it too much just gently dab the paint on little by little …
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Kitshack 28" Vosper 68' RTTL
… nking this one would be model of 2748 in the white tropical paint scheme. The hull has been built well, and most of the superstructure is complete, there’s a box full of bits and pieces so I think everything is there to finish the boat, if …
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Keil Craft 46 inch Raf Fire boat S M Harris
… 1960s its a all wood kit and about to start to prepare for hull refurbishments following some excellent blogs on this site it has inspired me to start on its restoration my first question is if i repaint the hull the top black is in good c …
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Dumas Whitehall-WWII PCE
… eam of 4 inches. This is the first kit I’ve built where the hull is in 2 longitudinal halves….anyway, let’s get started!! The first thing the builder does is to build a temporary stand, which is provided in the kit. It’s made of expanded pv …
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Swedish 16M
The hull is now fair and prime painted. Decided to try it in a water tank to test for leaks, check ballast, waterjet impeller and reverse operation. The usual adjustments quickly concluded the ballast and jet rotation questions. There was a …
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And now some detailing
Well, I’ve declared the main painting done, have a couple of areas needing some fettling but I’m pressing on with the detail. Finally got the Trimline to work, went for a narrower line and it looks like it has adhered. The numbers went on w …
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Fire boat S M Harris
This boat at last after all its hull paint And lines done I can now turn it over for the deck work to be done When I was rubbing it down the deck was a light grey and the cabin a dark grey is this right I have some old deck fittings to remo …
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Scratch Built 31" 'Blue Moppie'
… with all her racing success, put designer Ray Hunt’s Deep V hull firmly on the map and radically changed powerboat design. She had a Bertram 31 hull which is almost identical to ‘Huntresses' Ray Hunt Deep V, for which I still had the line d …