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Update on Guardsman
Hi One & All Just a quick update, I have done a repaint of the hull, and today I made and fixed the mast, just have to rig it now. The one in the brack ground is a MMM Lady "T"
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Juneau
… r effect. She will be imposing. I hope to finish primer the hull this week and maybe throw some finish paint on her. I'll see how that goes...
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Week 2
While waiting for the rains to stop so I could start painting, I decided to do a bit of work on the cabin, with I little effort and reference back to the assembly CD pictures, I was able to build up as much as the cabin as possible without …
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Getting towards the end of the build
… off Amazon for covering the joint between the deck and the hull. I would personally recommend this rather than having to paint the white strip provided in the kit and then gluing this on without spoiling the beautiful varnish finish! It wo …
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Building The Police Launch From The Wooden Model Boat Company
Hello mturpin013, Concerning the paint I am using on this model, I was going to buy a whole new set of paints according to the colours required but on this occasion I am using what I have on the shelf. I have used a white automotive spray p …
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Very fiddly portholes
I’ve left the two black boats a couple of days for the hull paint to harden off. So today was the day for a job I really wasn’t looking forward to but needed doing before the hull is masked up while I finish the the deck paint. The RTTL has …
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Building The Police Launch From The Wooden Model Boat Company
… and the primer and add the first of the finishes. The lower hull will be red oxide. The upper hull will be black. The deck surface will be NATO green and the wheelhouse and cabin will be white. Following the painting I will add the glazing, …
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You can have any colour as along as it is black
Today was very much a black paint day. Both the Crash Tender and the RTTL had the black hull paint cut back with 240 wet and dry and hopefully the last top coat applied. The Crash Tender is looking good, the RTTL might need another coat, wi …
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Progress is being made
… but keep forgetting to update the blog. When the RTTL gets painted, the crash tender gets the same. Have done some other work though, the foreword port holes are cut, the bridge deck is in place and I’ve been sorting out the rear cockpit. …
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Building The Police Launch From The Wooden Model Boat Company
Having completed the hull I decided to add an additional piece of Balsa to the transom as I did not like how it looked with the hull frame joints showing. I then assemble the deck and built the superstructure which went together reasonably …
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Building The Police Launch From The Wooden Model Boat Company
… hs to follow). I have used filler were necessary on the the hull and the superstructure and will be sanding back to a nice smooth finish ready for the sander sealer coats either later today or tomorrow. The sander sealer coats will be both …
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Building The Police Launch From The Wooden Model Boat Company
… ain with caution I have progressed to the completion of the hull of the Police Launch. Following correcting my error in incorrectly positioning the transom I have progressed to complete the frame and add the chines to the upper and lower pa …
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Albert - fitting the electrics
… te, at this stage the deck has not yet been attached to the hull. The sequence of pictures show the cabin and for'd hatch being built the hatch cover with flange to which receiver and battery will be attached the cabin roof being made. Roof …
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Aeronaut's Cabin Cruiser Diva - My First Build of an RC Boat - Part VII - Final Part
… ften use an airbrush but on this occasion I decided to hand paint the model. Once assembled all wooden parts were painted with two coats of sander sealer with each coat being rubbed down with fine paper after drying. The upper part of the h …
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10 Planking the deck (preparation)
… plied in 6 pieces which are remarkably accurate and fit the hull really well. I started by temporally pinning each piece to the hull to make sure that all the planks will line up. I have altered the main cockpit area, which means that the s …
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Kitshack 28" Vosper 68' RTTL
… the instructions of leaving 1/8" of the deck to overlap the hull. At this point I decided to go off plan and work on a better method of fixing the two cabin sections in place. The plans suggest using 12 pieces of dowel as deck latches, repr …
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USS Jueau
… to about 2 seconds swing from extreme to extreme. Continued painting epoxy where need inside the hull and await a few more deck beams. That is it for now. Pictures next post.
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Getting closer
… tow rope rail is also installed…and I drilled a hole in the hull!! My right eye had been acting up a bit since the protective contact lens was removed a week and a half ago. Came to realize that my allergies were acting up, and even though …
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Making a start
… tabs were then added to aid alignment whilst fixing to the hull. I will continue with fixing the deck and superstructure for the next update at which point the model will go on hold until the weather warms up and allows me to start the pai …
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Bluebird of Chelsea
… s, brass props fitted and the single rudder also fitted and painted. The hull has had another two coats of Humbrol white with a P1200 wet and dry rub down between coats, I love that Humbrol paint and for someone who seems unable to spray pa …
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A bit done today
… I hit the gap with thick ca then accelerator, once dried I painted it in the hopes it would look like a weld. I need to touch it up but so far I was semi successful. So that’s where she sits now. I could probably ballast her up and splash …
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Aeronaut's Cabin Cruiser Diva - My First Build of an RC Boat - Part V
… I had with the cockpit deck being too big to fit in to the hull I over came by measuring and marking on the deck what had to be removed to get the deck to fit. Once I had marked the deck equally on both sides I drew a pencil line on both s …
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(Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
… Crash Tender again while the last few pieces of gluing and paintwork on the Perkasa dry off. I have done a little of work on the Crash Tender a few weeks ago, but looks like I didn't take many photos. While fitting the new motor and prop s …
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Aeronaut's Cabin Cruiser Diva - My First Build of an RC Boat - Part IV
… tting in the way. Before I proceeded any further I gave the hull and superstructure a coat of sander sealer. I next got the cockpit deck ready by adding the supports for the bench seat and stained the deck using a Pine wood dye. The dying d …
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At last bit of Progress
Well the hulls be now has been primed and undercoated and the top deck has been given the same treatment the inside has been ozy coated and now two coats of smooth hamerite paint when that all drys it at last will be the turn of the top coa …
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Russian KC100D waterjet work boat project
… about 10 mins, (poke the cracked bits in, 5min epoxy and a paint touch up). Lucky it wasn't a balsa hull, might have been more serious. Still some lights to add. JB
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Creole Queen by Dumas build
… e one or two months on west coast. I will glue main deck to hull next. Then set up paddles. Once that is done I’ll paint the cabins and attach them. Next will be railing n stairs ( assembled stairs already). I might get to pick material fir …
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Deck, wood and bulwarks.
… rk like always…but…when I cut the excess deck away from the hull, I could hear the epoxy crack, and the joint loosen. The epoxy stayed in place, but the joint failed. I either got a bad mix, used too much or I added too much filler. Also, I …