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Speedline 1/12 Severn Class RLNI Boat kit for sale Incl. all options
… parately. The ‘sets’ making up the full kit are as follows: HULL AND WHEELHOUSE SET £260 The hull and wheelhouse set comprises of three GRP mouldings, the hull, the main section of the wheelhouse and the inner wall of the wheelhouse. The hu …
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Richards 48" Swordsman
… but this will change to electric. So far, I have sanded the paint back to the wood and have filled the bow section damage. I have found an area around the hole for the prop shaft that has delaminated and come away from the keel. My plan is …
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SCRATCH FISHING BOAT
… rgot who designed it though. it is built from balsa for the hull sides covered in a pair of the bosses tights before sealing and painting.The stern and deck are ply then painted to seal. all the deck and cabin fittings are scratch built fro …
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Smit Nederland Model
… be Ordering the Billings Smit Nederland in 1:33 Scale. The Hull is ABS Plastic while the Deck and Superstructure is made of wood! I think 1/8" ply and 1/16" Ply. My question is what glue should be used? Or would any one recommend to be use …
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replacing propshaft
… and stuff. A quick question to any sage, as I am doing a repaint of the hull, I thought I would fit a water pick up, which I have done, but where is the best place to fit the water outlet on a Sea Commander? To all a Happy Christmas and a …
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replacing propshaft
… d a brushless and made a new shaft for the original tube, repainted hull and fitted out the 'engine room'. Pics show starting point and current state. Can't wait for the weather to warm up to try her out I'm aiming for a trim at rest slight …
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japanese crew figuers
not much more to do, stick on numbers -painting the lower part of the hull black sticking down torpedo tubes and 2 life-rafts and few coats of clear lacquer
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Happy Hunter
hi -the hull only had these two motors and gearboxes in .I have greased the gearboxes cleaned the motors and soldered the wires on .The casings of the motors were rusty and have just been painted with a rust killer type paint..There is a bo …
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Footy
I agree with Dave, the hull etc is orange but the rudder is nicely finished wood with a blob of epoxy holding the rudder shaft???? also the keel weight has signs of blistering under the paint, has the weight been cut down???? The keel is no …
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treatment
… e, washing up liquid is great for this, also when ready for painting wash again and lightly scuff the surface with fine wet and dry paper, (600 grade). Epoxy. is not a good glue for plastic hulls and superstructures as they flex and move, e …
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Plasticard boats
… Welcome to the site If it's plasticard using fibreglass or paint stripper may cause it to melt. What is your intention for the hull? Can you post a pic? If the hull paint is sound you may be able to rub it down with fine wire wool and over …
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Plasticard boats
… ains a boat that has been constructed out of plasticard and painted red, whats the best way to recover the plasticard hull, d o I strip it or just rub the paint down cover it with fibre glass? (never come across the card build before) *** T …
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Introduction
… gines. It is my intention to build (at the moment) a simple hull / boat to be powered by one of my steam engines. To be more specific, a hull of repurposed, recycled sheet metal on the 18" to maybe 36" size range. It will be powered by a 1 …
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Crash Tender Shaft Tube Poistion
… ts / rudder tubes etc as this can be easily faired into the hull contour and will easily take paint. I have successfully used this over epoxy joints. Whatever you use you need to make sure the work environment is not too cold. The temperatu …
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PT109 Refit
… e for now - see how it goes and if I can keep up Pale green paint and clear matt lacquer arrived from italeri today and ColourCoat MTB Green is on order. I think the first thing I'll do is gut her (don't wince) and seal the hull inside with …
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PT109 Refit
… brushless. I intend to run it on a 2S LiPo 4000mAh. Humbrol paints are as rare as rocking horse droppings out here, but I found a source of the original WEM ColourCoat US26 MTB Green Also have a paler version, like in the photos above, from …
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Crash Tender Shaft Tube Poistion
… The oiler is also fitted and a bit of cleaning of the inner hull to remove some of the old paint ready for sanding sealer coat after I've mounted and aligned the motor - not looking forward to that at all if past experience is anything to g …
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34" sea commander Aerokits kit
… lad to accept five pounds for it and it turned out that the hull was quite solid and all I had to do was to make the cabin roof, sand it all down, paint it then fit the motor and radio. I hope you get your Sea Commander, they are lovely boa …
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Crash Tender Shaft Tube Poistion
… just different takes on things. I would (if you intend to repaint the hull) sand off to key, or prime the old paint prior to installing the shaft, as it will be easier to repaint and prep. Question, sorry if I missed this, is that a new sha …
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Crash Tender Shaft Tube Poistion
… , with prop support, A simple brass strip, epoxied into the hull. Sailing around, Wham! something just under the water, fuzzy picture but the shaft bent (and its a 5mm stainless one) rudder as you see, without internal and external support, …
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Glazing help
… the top of the syringe and the result is to my liking. I do paint the portholes first. When dry I just glue in the fibreglass hull with epoxy. Mine are near the waterline and whilst cyano would work I don't trust it when wet as experienced …
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Glazing help
Hi Dave, I don't propose to glue to paint! That's a lesson we learn as children with plastic kits I clean both sides first. Fitting portholes from inside the destroyer hull would have been impossible. There's also many more of 'em than on y …
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Billings Sea King in need of TLC
… he white areas as so called clear varnish is not clear when painted on white. Overall, I'm pleased with her and learned a lot of lessons. Loved Glue'n Glaze for the windows. What a Godsend. Retained the original como motors added a fan cool …
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waterproofing
I have unknowingly bought a boat with hull painted black, which is not waterproofed. Advice please ! Eric.
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Sea Queen refurbishment
… cause pain even after the hole has healed. Re coating boat hulls try 2 part Epoxy paint / resins which can be used with cloth like polyester resin. RN I believe Acetone and various other solvents are available in quantity off the supermark …
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Stabilit Express
… in the background, if all goes well it should be ready for paint in a couple of weeks. As normal I've been waiting for parts to arrive from China, the brushless motor & esc arrived today for the blue rigger, I can make a start on that soon …
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Sea Queen refurbishment
… king back to the fun (and pong!) of laminating my destroyer hull I came to similar conclusions Won't have to mess about with acetone either, not so easy to buy in quantity here. Little bottles of nail varnish remover are expensive I don't n …
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Billings Sea King in need of TLC
… recently. Still think I will try to mask them if I need to paint the hull. Thanks again.