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Under deck done, most paint is finished.
… om scrap basswood. I Velcro my packs in, and since the ST’s hull is a little thin I didn’t relish the idea of the hull flexing when i uninstall a battery, so I made supports on the underside of a piece of 1/8th basswood sheet, and used Stab …
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Painted and part rigged
Now given away, It never sailed well. Made some sails. Painted the hull, add some stickers for windows. Have tried to do the rigging but will most likely need to change this. Things to do include the RC Box servo operation etc.
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Paint the bottom
After the hull repairs, I needed to repaint it all. Obviously I could not match the old 40 years plus reddish color so I decided to get an ruddy brown primer which was really not the same, but representative of old hull color. It was also d …
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Glueing the Hull: Back to College chemistry lab
… able to un-shelve the S-100. The first step was glueing the hull. But… wait a minute… With which glue? I was never happy with these “modelling” glues. Expensive, in very small doses, and not strong enough. Also, I wanted to use the glue as …
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Rain! No Boating Today! But Hull Painted, Yes!
Well, that torrential rain, happened. So, the garage was available due to another project, so I took advantage. Crossing fingers that the tape lines will be sharp. Kind of knew the weather would not cooperate, I was too ready to go. Who kno …
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Hull Sealed
Pictures of the hull sealed, I will be painting hull color of choice soon. Probably blue. With a 6MM White boot stripe in white and Satin Black Hull. Once that is complete to the winch control. Th rigging is complex, but fairly straight for …
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Cleanup, bulwarks supports, prime and base bottom paint.
Hi everybody. Decided to do a bit on the hull today. I cleaned up a few minor issues and installed the bulwarks supports, then I primered her. The first coat of primer is the best, as it shows up in stark relief anything I’ve missed filling …
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Macedonian - The Hull
… d/bench had to be resurfaced and given a coat of flat-white paint, then marked with a center-line and station lines from the plans. Constellation and Pride of Baltimore were both built on this base, and it had gotten a bit scruffy. Slots we …
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RAF Launch Refit.Part 3.Paint Stripping.
… id patience is a virtue. That rings true with our hobby and paint stripping this launch is no different. It’s not my favorite pastime but has to be done to get back to the bare wood. I estimate there are at least four different coats of pai …
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We got Paint!!
… ecided the best course of action was to get the boat mostly painted, so that’s what I worked on. All paints are from Tamiya’s TS line of spray lacquers except the gray on the deck, that’s a flat gray from their AS line. I did the bottom of …
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Just painting the ship hull
I did the red first. I got the rudder in the mail today and epoxied it in place. My daughter gave me 2 mm black chain. It looks perfect as anchor chain. I have the motor coupling too.
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More rails and paint!!
Hi y’all. Got another set of rails painted and installed this week, then I did most of the hull and deck paint today. It turned out okay…I really think this boats going to be a “five footer”. The only other Billings kit I’ve built is the li …
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Superstructure paint, glazing and freeing ports.
Hi y’all. My paint order came in Thursday, so I got the base coats done on the superstructure. I think it looks…okay. I hit the wood with 2 coats of sealer, sanded both times, primered, sanded, then painted. What flaws I found under the pri …
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8 Painting
The hull when I got the yacht was still with its white GEL coat finish. However, I wanted to have a two-tone colour scheme, which was to be a lower hull in white and the above waterline in a pale green (this was a colour I had seen on a Fia …
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22 Painting
The cabin cruiser needs to be painted as soon as possible so it can properly harden for a few weeks. I use cellulose paints (a left over mind set from spraying cars) This Cruiser will have a first coat of etch primer followed by 4 coats of …
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Bottom Paint, Decking, Grating.
… wood decking, just need to sand and seal it. Got the bottom painted today and did some work on the grating at the stern of the tug. Will be painting the sides of the hull black in a day or so. She will not look newly painted for long as I l …
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Bofors, battery floor, initial paint
… to waste, so I trimmed them down to close enough standards, painted them up and installed them. I installed a batter floor in the hull, as the plastic is so thin I don’t feel good about Velcro if a battery directly to the hull seam. I glued …
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Pylon mast and getting some paint on
… et right is the RAF Roundel on the main cabin roof. This is painted over the ten strips on the roof, making masking up of the concentric circles very difficult to get right and to stop paint flowing under the making tape. I realised I shoul …
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PREPARATION FOR HULL
… ted two short tubes( see Photos) through the cutouts of the hull framework for the wires so the wiring can easily accessed if there is any problems. the receiver will be in a space on the first floor deck as will the on/off switches. I have …
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A sea of paint
Having now re done 2/3rds of the hull, I am slowly building up the paint on the Hull now on under coats 2 coats primer on and all rudder prop and water intakes fittings in My intention is to get the hull and sides painted, before I rotate a …
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Painting the Perkasa
… degrees C (or 61 degrees F) in the workshop so its back to painting the Perkasa. With the boat upside down I took the opportunity to laminate a GRP cradle for a stand to be sorted later. Thought I’d better do this before the final coats of …
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Lumba's Hull Finish
… be/hWe9tLs15iU I am scared to put anymore complete coats of paint on her. I still have a lot of little dings and hollows but they will be filled by themselves. I will leave the hull like this for the 1.0 Version. I can make some changes in …
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At last…. Planking the hull is finished
… g and delaying and delaying I finally finished planking the hull and then filling and sanding . It’s not pretty, but once fibreglasses and painted it will look like the pictures on the box(hopefully). It took many weeks of effort to actuall …
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Grates, Eyebrows, Stuns'l Irons, and Painting Guns
… n the port side. Printed gunport eyebrows and installed and painted them on the port side, so I turned the hull and removed the balsa on the bulwarks and the old wood eyebrows I'd installed a while back. The new eyebrows got installed and p …
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More paint, some railings and guns
… I took off this week, got some time to build, so I did the hull and deck is painted, both gun decks are painted, installed and have rails fitted. The Tamiya guns (quad 20mm Flak and single 37mm flak) are built, had to modify both for “nava …
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Starting gun mods and a little paint
… d wood left over from a prior build. Once I had it sanded I painted the wood and let it dry, then masked the wood. I then proceeded to build a sideboard out of 1mm sheet styrene. Once that was done, I gules the assembly to after portion of …
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Checking Hull Exterior for cracks/leaks
… my shed today and took some pictures of the outside of the hull. As you suspected, there is evidence of places where water incursion could be occurring. All of it seems to be at the point where the sides of the hull and the bottom meet. It …
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More painting
The hull has been painted with several coats of 'Appliance white' from a rattle can, rubbing down carefully between coats with 1200 grit wet and dry, used wet. There is a 'Racing Sparrow' logo available to download from the website: https:/ …