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LST 368
… ether with a gun. Auxiliary barge is showing good progress, hull is all but finished and has reached the painting stage. Last night I did the decks, the outside of the rail and the wheelhouse and hatch covers. The camper van is too showing …
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Robbe Smaragd
Hi Mike no probs the hull is a bit of a beast to handle while trying to prepare it for painting the weight of the keel makes the hull flex quite a bit. l put the keel in a large vice to access most of the hull then hung it by the keel (upsi …
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Robbe Smaragd
… t the cobwebs off! I guess the starting point should be the hull and paint while it’s easier to handle. I should be ok for plans, parts lists and I’ve got the sails. Thx for help and info. Mike
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Robbe Smaragd
hi agent, the cracks look like through the paint system on top of the ABS. (plastic hull) see if you can determine if the paint around a crack is loose from the plastic. (with knife you can cut carefully) if the paint is loose, you will hav …
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Robbe Smaragd
… ing to be a pest with plenty of questions: - looking at the hull I'd like to repaint it, I'm wondering if the 'crazing' lines in the hull/paint are repairable? I'm hoping just rub down and respray using same colours, once I determine what t …
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Boat Build Help
Not decided yet on how i will seal the out side of the hull yet as the boat wont be painted but varished But maybe the inside could be fiberglass resin ?
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Billings Smit Nederland
… now looking for a good realistic sound module and advice on paints for the Hull. Not sure if it comes with build instructions but im sure there should be blogs etc on the web if things are not obvious. Thanks Andy
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Real boats
… all smokestacks we would crawl under the flat bottom of the hull when due for painting the hole lot rested on this large wooden platform just up from bell water gate this was in the 1940-etc later traveled on them when i was in the merchant …
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Boat Build Help
… all of us apply light thin sheets of fibreglassing over the hull, and then paint to the desired colour. Is there anyone in your realm of friends who may have experience do R/C boat building? Ask at the pub, church, or other.
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LST 368
… ys She's gonna look the bee's knees when all fettled up and painted I agree with Martin on the LST shafts. You definitely need supports at the inboard end of the toobs to stop them whipping about and putting excessive load on the bearings a …
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Ply starting or actually de-laminating. What to do?
… le to spread into the gaps and clamp wherever possible. The hull skins i gave a good coating of Ezekote and glass cloth on the outside to strengthen and seal. The inside was awkward as it had been coated with bitumen paint when first built …
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Ply starting or actually de-laminating. What to do?
… se epoxy and fiberglass cloth on both inside and outside of hull. and coat cloth with epoxy you only need 1.4 ox cloth to keep the weight down glassing can be a challenge if you put too much epoxy on the glass and you need to bush out all a …
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Airbrushes
… current prices - GANZTON Airbrush Set Double Action Trigger Paint Spray Gun Kit Professional Sprayer Air Paint Control Gun with 0.2mm/0.3mm/0.5mm 9cc CUP for Makeup,Tattoos,Cake Decorating,Crafts @£29.99 + ABEST High Quality Dual Action Air …
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E-mails
… the box of boat bits very pleasant surprise it contained a Hull ,built but painted with what looks like a few coats of thick gloss paint , the Hull is the Billings Wasa and there was also a box with the masts and plans and a box of fitting …
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Masking Tape too strong or clumsy - simple solution
I use cheap electrical insulation tape on the hull as it stretches and can mold to the contours of the hull plus it is low tack as it is cheap. I then mask with newspaper below the tape. Next is to give a quick spray of the colour beneath t …
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BUXTON MODEL BOAT CLUB
… from the designer Frank Russell. Neville hand laminated the hull in epoxy glass, and the fin and rudder in epoxy carbon. Hull finished in cellulose paint. Information provided by Neville Black.
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Night Watch
… ternate days in order to comply with Covid regulations. The hulls have been power-washed and repainted. Teak decks, sanded and scrubbed. Steel decks rust has been chipped, treated and painted. All upperworks painted and varnished where appr …
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raf crash tender
… Nice to see someone putting in the extra effort to get the Hull as per the original boat, and not as the slab sided kits. and its not an easy job in wood. Thought I add a couple of pic as they may be of interest:- a/How to paint it, b/The …
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Krick Nordstrand Trawler k21430
… uilding for a month up to this point. I am now prepping for painting. 4. I am masking all parts that contact plastic to plastic all the holes have been pre drilled. 5. I think I will end up going with an acrylic paint based on my tests even …
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Krick Nordstrand Trawler k21430
… all the holes. What color is used on the bottom part of the hull. I am using the 3 oz spray paint for testers Painting has not been problem for me but I have not worked with plastic. I will test before I begin When you see the next post it …
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Krick Nordstrand Trawler k21430
… rated 'Everything the row after' #1: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO GLUE PAINT TO PAINT! You are then relying on the adhesion of the paint skins to the parts to hold everything together. Any stress on the parts and one side is bound to give way and lift …
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Mt. Washington - Dumas Kit
… t your video was not of the earlier kit with the fiberglass hull and wooden superstructure with plastic overlays, had you not told us. She is exceedingly beautiful!!! I am glad that some of my photos may have been helpful. If you ever want …
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Mt. Washington - Dumas Kit
… d to make from their full size plan) wasn't even close. The hull vacu-form wasn't cooled right or something before it came out the machine as it was distorted and made it difficult to continue the build. When they changed to all plastic, th …
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yet another sea commander
… at I am restoring had similar issues when I started, if the Hull is still attached to the inner frames then it should work out okay. It will need you to strip the paint,back to the wood if you want a lasting repair. Step 2 will be hard but …
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Deans Marine LST 388
… es the modeller to exercise his expertise and to finish and paint to his imagination and requirements, rather than simply 'unpack and stick on'. Where's the challenge or fun in that? Now I'm suspicious and will unpack and check out the prop …
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Airfix 1/72nd Kit Whaleback MTB
… rected it is an RAF rescue craft. 63’ High Speed Launch The hull of the 63ft HSL was hard chine, with skin constructed in double diagonal African mahogany, 4in x Vim planks with a layer of proofed canvas between. Planks were through fastene …
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Paddle Steamer Waverley
… erley entered drydock on March 2nd for her annual refit and hull painting. Some additional work will be done prior to the boilers being refitted. Her outline programme for the year has also been announced, starting on the Clyde, late May un …
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Oil for prop shafts
Before using any type of oils, do a test on a bit of scap painted with what ever you used on the hull. Found out the hard way with the bottom of one of mine. White lithium grease seems to be the best.