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Billings Sea King in need of TLC
Hi AllenA I see there appears to be some varnish inside the hull so perhaps you could try some stripper on a small area to see what happens. A heat gun is probably not wise with all the windows and painted cabin tops and hull. Used sparingl …
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Sea Queen refurbishment
Step one coated inside of hull with polyester resin, poured in and rotated till all surfaces were coated. Poured excess into baking tray lined with greaseproof paper and mixed it with sand and left to set (later to be cut into small section …
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Sea Queen refurbishment
… e Queen back home, it looks quite good, (big relief) as all paint and varnish has gone as well as the oil. Just stained where it had been, the epoxy I had used to stabilize the outside of the hull hasn't been affected, so tomorrow I will co …
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Sea Queen refurbishment
… o will be sealing inside with epoxy resin, then coating the hull with eezicote and extra fine glass cloth before painting and vanishing. Well at least she's stripped for action. it must have taken years off her. (Maybe I should get the wife …
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Proboat Volere
… k them on with iso from the bow along the line of the white paint for about 150mm long. The boat now planes fantastically and has increased speed. On reflection I would run the spray rails full length of the hull to improve the authentic.
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Dont throw your tins out.
… is a long thing that goes down the funnel. this particular hull is made from go system gas cans (empty of course) but if any tins do have any form of coating I leave it on and paint over it. the only bit that needs to be sanded is the bit …
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Richards 48" Swordsman
… le so time for an update. i have sealed and strengthend the hull by using very light glass cloth and Ezy-cote resin. this was very easy to use and i think gave very good results praticularly as i have not done glassing before. the the boat …
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Fairplay X - Plastic Magic! :-)
… mini sub pillars very similar in sembiance and proportions, painted than reconnect the cables of the two motors with tiny cable joint to the "fruit" fixed on the exact balanced centre of the ship hull (you can see by the photos: it is right …
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How do I resolve my varnish problem?
… advice would be much appreciated. I am debating sanding or paint stripping the hull? What should I use to varnish the hull? Thanks, John.
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Fantastic Plastic
… t of working out some sort of rough scale for the completed hull. In the meanwhile forming the chines out of the same plastic but very thin strips. Not found any bright Orange paint yet but still looking . If all fails it will be a white rh …
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RSS Sovereignty P 72
… ing the destroyer. She was stripped out a few years ago for hull painting. At the moment I'm busy with the Taycol motor and Sea Scout. HMS Hotspur will be next in the dry-dock Attached a few pics of her (and U26) about 10 years ago, pretty …
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How do I resolve my varnish problem?
Hi John Having looked closely at your hull construction and joints it would appear that over time the joints have failed. I have a Mercantic with exactly the same problem. if you can sand the raised joints flat then there is a method we use …
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Scale Sailing Association
… She's in dry dock now with all electronics stripped out for hull painting and modernisation - but after the Sea Scout ..... Some littluns do a lot more, there are whole clubs that re-enact famous sea battles, complete with pyrotechnics and …
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How do I resolve my varnish problem?
… id as he's covered the ground pretty well. I don't ever use paint stripper these days. I once used it to remove factory paint from a Matchbox toy when I was making a series of "Code 3" modified steam lorries. Very oddly the paint strippered …
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Finishing
I would never use enamel over an acrylic based paint as it will over time crinkle. You can use acrylic over enamel but I do agree that Plastikote is best avoided as I have had similar unfortunate incidents with crinkling. If you are paintin …
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glass cloth or tissue?
… for a quid! So they will be epoxy soaked and slapped on the hull. They're amazingly strong too. Might then lay up the Izal arsewipe on top. it'll look like do as you like day at Kids R Us! But paint is a wonderful thing. Martin
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Make what you can and buy what you have to
… was built fully for £47! That included the £30 cost of the hull. I made the majority of parts from PVA board which I got from eBay for £10. Poundland glue and cocktail sticks to hold parts together. Also used wire to add edge to v doors an …
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Fantastic Plastic
Painted the outside of the hull yesterday with the only orange Paint I could find in my relations shed . Just enough to do the job.. Dry fitted the engine and the servo just to see if I would be able to marry up the engine and the servo and …
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Fantastic Plastic
So I have been doing some paint priming and still messing about with the outboard.. It now has the rudder dry fitted and it will not be seen above the waterline.. Most of the shaping is done now And I have cut out for access hatches to both …
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Fantastic Plastic
… stic I suppose I am a wood man but I have my I on a plastic hulled model on eBay. what's it like to use? the main advantage I suppose is it's smooth surface for painting.
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Shamrock Fast Police Boat
… redone and expanded by 200% so full size plans now for the hull I am using at 54 inches in length. There were no details on the Rhib apart from cut out plastic and stick together Images as is all of the user manual.. With ALL the fittings. …
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Shamrock Fast Police Boat
Found a tin of paint down the local tip. With the RAL number 5002 The same colour as the hull. Went across the estate to buy a light bulb for the car and then popped a little further down and called into a plastic sign makers. They had some …
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Big Blue
… yet more deck lights winches and tidy and touch up all the paintwork. But for now I will set it aside until I have all the running gear sorted. Then start posting on this thread again.. Hopefully it will be all finished soon and sailing ab …
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Big Blue
… te a few years ago I was asked if I could make a model boat hull for a friends son. As then a laminator it was an easy job after making the plug to the approx specs asked for. I made the plug and mould then cast a test moulding asked if i c …
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Thin Flat Timber
… can Not give away on freecycle. Anyway looking through the paints again Yep bought 4 small tins Assorted colours. £1 and tripped over a window blind that was left leaning against the wall. Picked it up and realized it was a wooden blind. A …
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Fiberglassing
… resin and cloth. if you are making and casting a fibreglass hull use fibreglass matting but to cover a hull lightweight fibreglass cloth is best. This is the type shown in the suggested video. Resin can be epoxy or polyester based but the l …
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Free Fire boats
… it might have been used but has been completely stripped of paint ready for repainting, this boat needs a bit more work, but it is quite do able. This boat also has prop shaft and rudder. Both hulls are sound with no delamination of the ply …
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To resin cover or not my ulises steam tug
… also followed the instructions but now cover all my wooden hulls as suggested. So much easier to do when building than several years later with all the paint removal and replacement of rotted wood. Good luck with the boat Dave