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Russian KC100D waterjet work boat project
Painted the coamings, and screwed them into 8mm dowels glued into the hull. I drilled 2.5mm holes in the dowels and threaded them M3 , after hardening the holes with cyano, and then made up the front ramp. Still a lot to do. Have to try and …
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Revamping a Damaged Model Schooner for a Non Profit
… and cabin top, but the bigger problem was the damage to the hull and topside paint work. Luckily the wood underneath was fine, but it did mean the beautiful paint job had to be taken down and repainted. It's coming together nicely. Next sta …
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Precedent 49" Perkasa
I have declared the hull and superstructure to be painting finished, mainly as I realised that some of the imperfections will be covered by other components or you'd have to be a contortionist to see to odd mistake. I have spent a fair bit …
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Winter Project
… 't feel like winter was 8c today so decided to put a little paint on the Andrea Gail . Paint helps to see all the flaws on the hull that need fixing I need some heavy duty sandpaper for that . P/S hope every one has a Happy New Year & lots …
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Russian KC100D waterjet work boat project
… arry a decent load. Working with foam is a piece of cake, - hull shape was done in about 30 mins - roughed out with a surform, then a blunt surform then 80 grit paper then 120, before being liberally painted with PVA. I only did one generou …
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1930 chris craft runabout
I have the hull paint on. Primed and painted. Next the classic white stripe, black paint on deck, name on transom, then clear coat. Now I have another question. Should the aluminum trim that goes on all over this boat be cleared over as wel …
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freighter of unknown builder
… his is a here is one some made earlier, its a wooden ribbed hull the planked and veneers in wooden planks and painted and varnished,the tiller flat is made from a fruits de exotic box the wis from what ever was to hand a real on board ship …
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Cabin Fitting and Repairs
… see that I had completed the wiring including the cabin to hull connection which I had not added to this blog. Pictures of the wiring and connectors are added here. Another outstanding issue that I had worked on over the summer was to try …
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1930 chris craft runabout
… will sand the whole boat again including cockpits and start hull paint. I am also going to paint the black accents with transparent black hoping that when in the sun the mahogany grain will show. At this point I am going to paint the red an …
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Scratch Built 31" 'Blue Moppie'
Painting is finished. My grandson probably wouldn't have chosen these colors but this was Blue Moppie’s color scheme. Pale blue and lots of shiny white fiberglass. I find it far more interesting to make scratch built models of actual boats, …
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Update….
… ouple of days I have done a bit of work on the us army tug, hull shaping ect, I think it’s turned out pretty well for a novice. The cable ties really helped with keeping the shape while the glue dried with the help of a few pins. Bit more f …
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Winter Project
… nter is a long time, so I'll be taking my time. Got the two hulls glued together & sealed with some two-part finishing epoxy. Needed to order a prop & stuffing box from China probably will take a while to get. Made up a deck sheet & now I n …
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Russian K100D waterjet work boat project
Started on the cabin paint,- 2 coats of Zinsser 1.2.3 water based primer sealer, and 3 coats of auto primer . If it stops raining long enough, I might get the bottom half of the cabin painted, (grey,- same as the hull, white on top) Started …
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Float testing
… jority of the glass work still more sanding and preping for paint on the hull. I decided.to see where it was as far as the draft. Initially sitting it in the water it was floating way to light. after finding at best guess, about 1 1/2 pound …
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Gun Deck and Gun Deck Walls
… I was not careful enough when gluing the two halves in the hull and the join is visible, particularly at each end. The jury is still out as the whether I should fit a 'centreline' plank, or leave well alone, as the top deck and ship's boat …
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1930 chris craft runabout
… st of the interior details. Next step is stain, fiberglass, paint and clear for the hull. I am going to name her Driftwood. My better half loves to collect driftwood when we are on the river or lake. I had a gold leaf vinyl decal made up. D …
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Russian K100D waterjet work boat project
Painted the hull with an auto primer, then with a spray enamel. Also sprayed the hand rails, and have made some tyre fenders on the lathe from 35mm dowel. Soaked them in black lacquer and dried them immediately with a paper towel to matt th …
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Precedent 49" Perkasa
After the hull build and getting the deck on I finally started to uses CA rather than epoxy. Certainly sped things up when building the superstructure. The hull still needs the top coats but while I was moving it around the workshop thought …
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Project S-91
… the speed controls , and receiver there given the amount of hull access this model has I can easy place the largest batteries in front of the motors and still adjust for trim based on my S-100. My S-100 has 3 1100kv motors on 2 3C pack , la …
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Precedent 49" Perkasa
… This is a fairing compound so sands really easily. The grey paint is a Hempel Multicoat, thin it by 50% and it makes a lovely primer, reduce the thinning to 20% and it is a nice satin topcoat. Multiple coats were applied and sanded back unt …
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DISASTER has struck!!
… felt feet which made it easy to slide along the side of the hull. It worked OK. I then applied the Tamiya Masking tape for curves tape. It did the job I wanted but then I noticed a slight kink in it on the transom. I therefore lifted the ta …
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Russian K100D waterjet work boat project
Second coat of resin on the hull and deck now, and most of the foam inside, resin sealed. I've made a thicker Perspex lid ( 5mm) for the diverter box and sealed it (hopefully) with a firm silicone. The previous 2mm lid was far too flexible …
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Cabin Completed
… the build as it’s a different way of building, coupled with paint, sometimes sketchy parts fit, and the mods I made for radar and lights. However, I’m very pleased with the way it turned out. I shortened the radar antenna to clear a taller, …
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Varnishing complete!
… ts of varnish onto first of all the decks and then onto the hull sides. The bottom had 4 coats earlier in the build. I will need to polish out the dust specks eventually. I tried really hard to avoid any dust by sanding and wiping down outs …
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Bluebird of Chelsea
… P38 which will almost certainly help me to achieve a smooth hull for painting. I spent a happy couple of hours yesterday online shopping for brass portholes, stanchions and other pretty bits which I will hopefully have delivered before U.K. …
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Russian K100D waterjet work boat project
The bottom of the hull has now been covered with PVA glue and heavy model tissue (left over from a Graupner plane kit in 1978 - used Solarfilm instead) The PVA is trowelled on with a piece of thin ply (could use the small sponge paint rolle …
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Bowsprit, rigging, ratlines..
… n an assortment from Amazon. I used a pin vise to drill the hull, mast and bowsprit, added a drop of glue and screws them in place. The bowsprit is interesting, as the aft end is offset from the ships centerline and then angles over to wher …
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Fiber or Fibreglassing Results
… to sand. I am always looking for something sand-able. This hull being aluminium has a certain look to it, lots of fairing edges that are cool but very hard to model, they tend to disappear under the layers of paint and glass. I have moved …