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Advice re Gloss Varnish?
… ng Boats St Canute. However I have a problem with the white hull of my Aero-Naut "Diva", I sprayed this white using a Tamiya spray paint about 2 years ago and have noted the gloss varnish I applied to the hull has a tint of brown starting t …
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Forward Torpedo Tube Compartment.
… ur so that it looks right. I also found that it is easer to paint some of the detail work with the tip of a cocktail stick it is more controllable than using a fine tipped paintbrush. There is less rust on the forward Torpedo tubes outside …
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Decking on & Keel extension to support new prop shaft
… ding others blogs...). Now I need to commit to starting the painting regime for internal places and electrics installation before I box myself "out" ️. Then its onto hull fairing and painting, windows (plasticard) and cabin deck structures …
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Re: "A bit of Priming"!
Today I ordered the remaining paints. I need to paint the Smit Nederland! They are all Acrylic paints! I also sent back the paints. I had ordered from billing Boats! I also took the time to send back. The Channel and Switch Controller. I ha …
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1/40th Billings USCG motor lifeboat
… made up a bulkhead from scrap abs and installed it into the hull, giving me just enough room for the motor and a decent solid coupler. I then decided the stock rudders were too small, so I made some slightly larger out of thin plywood. I us …
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Starting on the decking.
Just a small update. I started to do some of the final painting coats. I know that most members save this until the end but masking a completed model fills me with dread. I have finished the hull bottom, the bulwark and the deck. I will glu …
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Back to the plan
… d spinning water monitors that I’ve neglected to finish the hull. The basic painting of colour is done and now only needs lacquering. Before I started applying the livery I gave the hull a light rub down with 1500 wet & dry to get rid of an …
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Clyde Puffer kit build
… e attached photos show the progress so far, bare fibreglass hull, internally painted, fitting of prop shaft, making of electric motor mount and fitting it, setting out the controls and battery mount construction and finally a coat of red pr …
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Gun, Decks and Capping Strips
… job was to glue the ply capping rails around the top of the hull. I used superglue which gave a quick fix, together with the usual stuck fingers. However, once sanded and painted the end result was very pleasing. Supplied are sheets of 'scr …
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Anchor Windlass
With the hull fitted out I decided that a few coats of paint was in order. For some reason the plan recommends (Humbrol) colour 127, which is 'US' ghost grey. I refuse to use an American colour on a Royal Navy boat, so I have chosen RN Admi …
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Disaster on the bench!
I decided to take Our Ben out to the bench to have a small paint up, however due to an accident several rather large boxes fell and caused her to end up in the floor! Hull is fortunately intact. I have seen this as an opportunity to resite …
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Wheelhouse
Having completed the basic hull repaint, it was time to get on to some of the more interesting details. Many of the deck fittings, ventilators, Samson post, etc were sourced from the shop on this website. These plastic fittings were primed …
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More done
… min just in case. I installed the rudder post tube into the hull, followed by the ply bushings that are glued in place over the tube and against the hull, then slathered epoxy over the joint. I also started test fitting some of the motor mo …
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build Z-1
… melt the acrylic and leave a raised edge, which I won't be painting up to. You have to do a number of really light coats if you want to stop it bleeding, and run a blunt tool along the edge really firmly beforehand (still not good enough r …
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build U
Cabin partly painted, (tops to paint), mast painted with LED riding light fitted. Second sound unit turned up and both now fitted and working, (with as near as I can find to Detroit 4-53s as fitted to this boat, in the programmed choices). …
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Up to now
… ally cut the hatch out, as the deck is by now bonded to the hull, and I just couldn’t get a good angle on it with the Dremel. Soooo..I drilled just inside the lines I had drawn and then just connected the dots. Then I was reminded of a litt …
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build S
Just thrown some paint at the hull (sides and bottom 'anti fouling'), fitted the deflectors on the cabin tops and drilled the rear small port hole. Also have drawn up the name template to make the waterslide decal. I can start fitting the s …
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build O
… reak. I might set the rudders up then remove them ready for painting the hull. I have given the deck and coamings a good coat of dope (real aircraft stuff which I buy by the quart, much better than the watered down expensive stuff you buy f …
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The Waterline/Boot Topping.
… at it is about successfully applying a white waterline to a hull that gives me so much grief. I had problems with getting a good result with my Crash Tender and similarly with this model too. The common denominators are; 1. Me. 2. The hull. …
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build L
… support blocks, milled out the shaft slots and slotted the hull to match, ( still have to epoxy blocks in when happy with shaft angles ), made the motor mount plate and trimmed the inside edge excess off the deck. Still have to make the re …
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build H
Finished sanding the hull after the second coat of resin with 60 grit then 220 wet and dry (used wet) and now hull is matted ready for painting. Have made the chine spray rails and top rubbing strakes and radiused one side of each, - was go …
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New drive Train and Oiler
… after cleaning up the 'machinery compartment' a little and painting with silver Hammerite. A Quickrun BL ESC is sitting in the bottom in one of the trays my Dad originally fitted for the 2 wet cell (very wet!) 6V lead acid batteries. The h …
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build F
Finished fairing hull and correcting chine curve. Glassed hull tonight using 6oz cloth and West System epoxy resin. Took a few hours to dry even though I was using fast hardener due to cold weather, and when still flexible, trimmed off the …
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build B
Finished planking hull, now started on fairing it. Planks (1.5mm balsa) were just pulled in to the center stringers by clamps and thick cyno'd to those first, then once set, top and bottom ends of the planks cyno'd. When dry, a bead of bals …
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Fitting shafts and motors
… nts and pump plate. First was to prepare the wood profiles, paint with sanding sealer and then prime them. They look a lot neater sprayed grey than just plain ply wood. I checked the two motors and found that the suppressor was not of the c …
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Fitting the Rudders
… e first stage was to drill all of the required holes in the hull. These include two for the anchors, two for the prop shafts, one for the water inlet tube and four for the rudders. As this is an ABS hull moulding, drilling is not usually to …
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Refit Irishman to Yorkshireman tugboat
… n ex seaman who had actually crewed the Yorkshireman out of Hull. He was now finding it difficult to lift the model and transport it, so decided to sell. The model had seen a few owners and may have been 20 years + old. It had had at least …
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Superstructure takes shape
… oment so as to get to the build level where I can start the paint job before adding all the detailing bits. I have decided not to build the structure roof's with planks as the instructions show, but to use balsa sheet as it looks a lot easi …