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Keel & Rudder Mockup, Lead Bulb work in progress
… more aerodynamic shape. Once shaped, I will fiberglass and paint them. The hull "design" has a center of bouyancy 0.4" ahead of the station shown, I put a brass screw to mark this spot so I can see this point on the bottom of the hull. 3 1 …
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Spray and lift rails, rubbing fenders and side frames
… th, a new challenge and fast jets! After all that, gave the hull another sand followed by a session with the wet n dry ending up with a super smooth surface. Then made a start on the spray and life rails following Robs advice on making them …
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a yacht yet to get a name
… from the sky outside. I have finished the decking and basic painting of hull also started lime planking of deck fittings to bring into line with decking. Have worked out positions of winches on deck and obtained stock of brass rod at a sens …
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Stand
… for the dinghy, so that it would be ready for use when the hull is removed from the building jig. I started with the hardboard template I had used to build the frames. This was cut out using the marked frame outlines as a guide. It was the …
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Glassing and internals almost complete
… imited time at hand, but managed to seal and sand the inner hull and gave it a slosh of resin before bed! Today’s, main task was to make up the fuse and on/off switch harness and the wooden mount for it, all done, sanded and painted and it …
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Side Skins, Bow Blocks & Transom
… used my heat gun to pre-form the skins to the shape of the hull at the bow. It’s quite remarkable how well the heating a bending of the skins works and the process only takes a few minutes to achieve the correct curvatures. All of this mea …
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“Orca” Quints boat from Jaws 1975 (Pat Tritle plan built)
… ple of shots of my “Orca” as it nears the point of sealing, painting and weathering. I started this about 6 weeks ago and it’s been built using the plans from Pat Tritle in the USA. I’m sorry that I’ve not taken many shots of the build as u …
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Airboat, getting back to it
Hull bottom and sides glassed (6oz) and initial painting of the 'bits' Glassing top tomorrow then a final coat of resin on the bottom and sides before priming and painting. Parts to be clear coated as well. Also coated the radio box with le …
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Fitting the Chines & Rubbing Strakes
… gers that run the length of the framework on each side. The hull design is a ‘Hard Chine Deep V’ type that gives the real boat its speed and stability characteristics. The lower one is the Hard Chine and the upper one is the Rubbing Strake …
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Airboat, getting back to it
… lue is set hard, I can get the belt sander out and give the hull a good thrashing with it. Next step will be a nose block then glassing. The straight edges fore and aft are for checking the hull has no twist (Egyptian eyeometry) as it was q …
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Do Not Trust the porthole material in the kit.
… cking which were for the port holes along both sides of the hull. I did not trust the self stick so added C.A. which I figured was good. After some spray paint got on a window, I was rubbing it to remove the paint. POP out came the port hol …
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Robbe Paula III with an upgrade or two...
… lsa,got all my under deck work done and bonded the deck and hull together with Stabilit. Hull paint is done. The Paula comes with a radar unit, I decided to do the same thing with and old micro servo that I did for the winch, made the radar …
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Dive cage and a couple of other small items
… some wire gauze added which I had lying around. Will finish painting them tomorrow but I’ve included a picture showing them in place. Also made the “floaty Flaggy things” from a piece of balsa for the float, dowel and the flag is just silve …
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Elizabeth
Had to re mask the hull, because the tape adhesive had dryed out, but once this was done, the Paint used was Wilko Spray Enamel, the RED was applied yesterday, this morning masked up again to enable the white primer again by Wilko about 3 c …
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Elizabeth
… om 2019 October, with this nice sunny weather , thoughts to painting, not my forte' .. The Hull was primed in Halfords Grey primer, a couple of coats with a quick rubdown between coats, but the wood grain was prominent in places, added a "F …
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Crew figure issue solved!
… Watch this space! The weathering is almost complete on the hull, although I’m not completely happy with the outside of the hulls weathering above the waterline. I shall work on that some more this week. The deck antislip panels are just pa …
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Yorkshireman refit
… nd had all the railing holes in position. I scraped all the paint off and recoated with fresh while it was off as this was easier to rework. New supports were made for the deck and extra plastic angle strips were added to stiffen the deck u …
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Eagle Cabin Cruiser
Continuing on, with the hull planking, again checking the shaft and motor fitting. These large headed brass pins approx 15mm in length are not a fixture just a retainer,, they will be remove at a later stage, as in My Susan Bow Bar, althoug …
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My Susan
… r or furniture, motor rudder, electrics etc: started on the hull trim around the outside and on top edge of the planking. This is the end of this saga for the time being, as she sits waiting for paint, which aint in stock, and with this -19 …
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My Susan
Finishing off the hull, Fitting the running gear, which i chose a £3 special 380 motor size from Howes a "Cheap and Cheerfull" jobber, good volts range appox 5v to 18V and of course the motor current can be kept low, hopefully. My main moti …
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River Barge
… pending a break in the cold rainy weather so I can do some painting of the hull and deck. In addition, staying home to avoid potential virus contact. The video on this site of the boat Juno inspired me, I really liked the boat and the ment …
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Superstructure build and trial fit.
Hull now painted and superstructure mostly built and trial fitted but mods needed to deck to fit it properly.
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Waterline in Place!
Hull painted waterline in place! I tried brush painting the hull. But, Just couldn't work with the paints! So, Spraying was the best solution!
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Smit Nederland Slow Progress!
I was going to paint the top of the hull. But, I have decided not to spray the top! Instead I've ordered Tamiya Flat Black! And I'm going to brush on the paint! As the weather has turned for the worst! I've used Tamiya paints before. And th …
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Water Line!
… a waterline was very inaccurate! And so I had to prime the hull again! This time I placed cardboard cutouts. In the Kort Nozzles! This I did to make the Kort Nozzles more rigged! As the Kort Nozzles would flex! As weight was placed in the …
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Robbe (Krick) Dolly fireboat build
… ’s not perfect, but it looks okay from a few feet away. The hull and deck are fairly straightforward, but the deck is a little flimsy so I added stiffeners for and aft to shore it up. The boat calls for a Speed 400 on direct drive...couldn’ …
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Almost ready
… in the kit, as I wanted to use the natural brass finish vs paint..to that end, I assembled the railings with ca instead of solder. I applied the lettering using sticky backed adhesive letters, spaces them out on wax paper then used masking …
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Priming and the Water Line!
I used one can of primer on the hull. I let it dry overnight! I then decided to work on the top of the water line! Unfortunately my water line. Didn't come out right! I used the Kort Nozzles to steady the hull. While lifting the hull from t …