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Fletcher
… be thermo-formed with a heat gun. The finished surfaces are paint ready. They do not need to be sanded, not primed, although I do to cover up the putty I use to hide my "perfect" gaps, on occasion. This material LOVES CA. No accelerator nee …
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Second water test and more assembly
… he model back to the boating lake for another checkout. The hull was listing to starboard and stern heavy, but about 4 oz of lead in the bow and another 4oz on the port side, she should sit perfect on the water. The longer servo arms arrive …
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Spray rails finished and other small tasks….
… oat and possibly after wet n dry sanding, a better coat for painting without any undue reaction? Answers on a postcard too….. I have made a brass water inlet pick up in a similar fashion to how Rob made his for his pilot boat. Not having a …
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VINTAGE RUNABOUT
… . The locating jig was quickly put under the shafts and the hull flipped back over. Once dry, it will be flipped back over, and more epoxy inserted round the tubes where they exit. Before painting, thin preservative sealer epoxy will be pou …
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Transom and false deck…,
… tside and press on…. The first job was to sand, seal, spray paint and lacquer the motor mount, which now has the motor fitted and I consider finished and ready to install. After that I prepared and shaped the stern of th3 boat to receive th …
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Fitting the keel and chine rails …
… mes, checking for true on every angle possible before again painting in part diluted gorilla PVA glue into all the joints and giving a second coat to other joints already glued. After lunch I was in the position to start fitting the chine r …
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VINTAGE RUNABOUT
… ill sit flat on them. Shafts will be epoxied in later, once hull is glassed and oiler tubes soldered on. Seat and its' back cover is removable to enable shaft tubes to be inserted from the front through the motor mounts. The rudders have be …
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Shannon class lifeboat The morell. (99% completed)
… through the Speedline 1/12 kit. I’m presently finishing the painting of the hull. All work above the fenders is done. Not an easy build but a good model is achievable. The kit.
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Bit more progress
… ng strake, I was pleased with how that come out. Up next is painting the hull, adding the fittings, then onto fitting a motor and so on
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Sea Queen Restoration
… shots of the internals now. Hoping to get back sanding the hull tomorrow. Wife’s had me painting the Garage today
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Deck in place
The hull is now painted, which is a big step forward. The anchor holes have had pieces of styrene tubing glued to the inside of the hull, and then 2 part epoxy resin wrapped around them. This should stop any water ingress, and will look goo …
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Back half of the focsle deck
The hull is getting painted at the moment so I decidedly that the deck which goes under the splinter deck could be started. Unlike the Pontus photo etch which gets you to completely remove lockers, the mk1 design kit only requires the tops …
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Fin and Keel
… ighing 4.5kgs. With all the extra details I've added to the hull it has turned out heavier than the design weight (No surprise there then ) so to keep the total weight of the model on target, the keel weight needed to be reduced to 4kgs. To …
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Bit more done
Hi y’all. I spent this week trimming the hull/deck flange, started with a Dremel then finished with 80 grit sandpaper. This will be covered by a large rubber rubbing strip so it doesn’t have to look perfect, but it was too wide hence the tr …
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39' Windboats Fairwind. Decks, cabin sides, companionway steps.
… lind, 1940 Thames cruiser. Cabin sides and steps done, deck painted. The hull always gave a clue, but the emerging profile and shape of the windows clearly date her. She's a lovely old classic Thames and Norfolk Broads motor yacht! The cabi …
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More Sanding 🤯
Done a bit more sanding and repaired the hole in the hull. Ive also test painted inside one of the bulkhead sections. I’m going to spray the hull this week in primer and see how it comes out and I’m thinking of having a go a planking the hu …
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She floats!!!
… d from Battlecraft and they really look the thing - had fun painting them and completing the engine hatch which they'll be attached to. Did a rough positioning of the gizzards (I bottled making the engine mount and ordered one on fleabay bu …
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Once again the devils in the detail...
… ours of masking all the areas not getting a coat of texture paint, the textured paint was applied with 2 light coats. once fully hardened overnight, the masking tape was removed before giving the whole deck another coat of primer to seal th …
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HAKITS- PILOT LAUNCH-LARGER VERSION.
… dows were easily fitted to the cabin sides after any excess paint had been removed from the inside edges of the aperture. No one said that fitting the rubber surround to the deck would be easy, and my first idea was to use contact adhesive, …
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Thornycroft Update
So I've got the hull all done, cut the apertures for the portholes and got the foredeck down. I can't really do any more until I have the gizzards. So ignoring the things that will actually make this vessel GO, I've concentrated on the fluf …
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Dumas Higgins PT boat
… stmas present, a Dumas Higgins PT boat. This kit has an abs hull, a plastic deck, vac formed cabin, and numerous wood and metal fittings. Like most Dumas kits it does NOT come with running gear, nor shaft tube or rudder. However, I have tho …
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And Even More Planking
… would have hoped, so to cheer me up a bit I have started to paint the hull. And no more floating twigs in the kitchen sink, as my wife describes my careful soaking of the planks!
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Maid Rosalind, the 1940 Thames cruiser
… s cruiser. Applied three layers of West System epoxy to the hull, clear on the topsides where the planks have to show through, but plus fine fiberglass cloth below the waterline. Initial sanding was with a Fein sander and 40 grit paper (yes …
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HAKITS- PILOT LAUNCH-LARGER VERSION.
… ilar joining piece will be in place at the join at the bow. Painting of the hull is still progressing. Soon will be able to get the radio get into place as the next job. Geoff.
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HAKITS- PILOT LAUNCH-LARGER VERSION.
… itted from end to end and pushed over the side of the mesh. Painting yet to be finished. I have used a similar piece of this mesh to cover and opening in the forward hatch under which will be a small electric fan. The exhaust will be taken …
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S38 Schnellboot by Italeri 1/35 Scale
… RC tx and rx, many LEDS, electrical components and a ton of paints (italeri to other makes has been done where possible). I'll need to buy 10 cheap simple servos at about £17.00 and 4 good quality servos at about £50.00. My ESC will need up …
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Timberheads
… cuppers were cut through the gunwales on either side of the hull, level with the deck to drain any water that comes over the sides when the boat is heeled over. Four fairleads (two either side) were added to the gunwales for rigging cords t …
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HAKITS- PILOT LAUNCH-LARGER VERSION.
Completing the Hull structure and Sundry. It has been one of those periods where building a model seems to not be making much progress despite spending the usual amount of time on it and then suddenly another major step has been completed. …