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Fibre glass the hull
… ibre glass, the strengthening material that makes the whole hull feel solid and resistant to the ingress of water. Starting with the bottom skins I intend to do this in four operations. I first lightly attach the cloth to the keel with some …
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Naxos - Paint Shop
Took the old girl into the paint shop today. Hull is a tan colour with teal roof and white superstructure Now waiting for the portholes to come in then Will do the window glazing (plastic, of course) And paint the interior. So far, so good, …
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Painting the deck ...twice!
… k area has already had two coats of Halfords textured green paint and the colour is very nearly the shade I was looking to reproduce. After a lot of fruitless research on the actual colour used on the real boat decks and some useful suggest …
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The hull graphics, and tackling the dreaded waterline!
Firstly on with a bit more painting with the deck finish. The textured paint is a Halfords product and conveniently is quite a close match to the colour that I think it should be RAL6001 Emerald Green in a satin finish. I’ve looked into get …
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More Paint
Hi all. Painted the hull this week, I used Tamiya’s Racing White for the hull, and a mix of Tamiya Royal Blue and Testors “Aztec” brand blue for airbrushing. The white is a lacquer rattle can, the blue was airbrushed. I also tested a differ …
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Painting
The outside of the hull was painted with a white gloss rattle can over the previously applied grey primer. The name, ordered on-line as a self adhesive vinyl decal, was applied to the transom and then several spray coats of silk lacquer wer …
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Bulkheads installed, a slight issue and a bit of paint.
… In retrospect, I’m thinking it could have been glued to the hull proper, but the manual says glued to the floor plate, sooo...what I did to get it spot on is tacked it to the bottom of the hull with small drops of UHU, then laid medium ca o …
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Priming the Hull and assembling the battery tray & servo mount.
The hull is now ready for its primer coats so I masked off the deck opening, plugged the prop tube and water connections and then gave the whole thing a last rub down with some very fine abrasive paper and then really good clean with some p …
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More painting and detailing
Good amount of progress over the weekend which has seen the hulls paintwork just about completed. This included primer coats, textured paint for the deck and then the black finish followed by airbrushing the yellow panels. I’ve put on the w …
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Re-thinking the cabin and fibre-glassing the hull.
… ild by applying the glassfibre cloth and epoxy resin to the hull. On all the boats I have built before I have done this to reinforce the hull and to provide a good surface for the paint finishes. The first stage is to give the entire hull a …
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Cabin paint
… well white their gonna be! If someone cry’s silver before I paint, let me know! I’m trying to remind myself this model is stand-off scale and not 100% accurate! I wish I’d canted the cabin sides in further and the bollard cut outs on the si …
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Hull (Continued)
Continuing with the hull. This thing seems to of taken over and is preventing me from working on U552. I have to try and get everything to fit inside before i glue the deck on, as it will be very difficult with the deck on. Glued the two sp …
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Basic cabin finished, a bit of paint and details started!
… to walk the dog! Wasn’t going to argue so onwards Gave the hull a final clean up this morning and gave it 4 coats of red Halfords primer for the below waterline red oxide colour. I’ve since covered that so it doesn’t get grubby and scuffed …
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Hull and decking
… ked the planking then coloured red using water down acrylic paint then a top coat of varnish. Normal would have planked on top of deck but don't have any so this will have to do. having to modify the stern a bit to allow fitting of the rudd …
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Paint....
Hull and superstructure paint in progress. Not sure how much detail I will add next. Wiring complete with 4 AAA batteries providing most of the ballast. In a float test it balances well, will need about 1/4 oz toward the bow but will wait u …
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Hull detail added, primed, rudder servo
Had to add some detail to the hull to make that thin plastic look better. I used styrene shapes that I had including some squares, rod and rectangle shapes. Shapes bend easy with no heat needed as they are quite thin. Just glued and held as …
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Hull Planking -Part Six
Painted inside the hull using resin to ensure it's going to be watertight. Started fitting decks, however this highlighted an omission in the construction of the hull. I should have fitted a beam at deck level to enable support of the deck …
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Painting and Wheelhouse
To strengthen and waterproof the hull it was painted inside with epoxy resin, before the deck was glued on. The outside of the hull was sealed with fibreglass and epoxy resin. With hindsight, using fibreglass cloth was a mistake. Difficult …
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Deck completed, main hatch, paint in progress
… ain hatch is in now, motor and gear box fitted and aligned. Painting of hull and deck in-progress, needs some additional detail, possibly some stripping. Would like to get some automotive pinstripping but don't want to go out right now. Thi …
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Barrels finished, shark jaws started, more superstructure painting.
… ots of teeth made from tiny triangles of plasticard, prime, paint and weather. This afternoon I started painting and weathering the deck piece that the barrels fit on. After that’s done, it will be back to more paint work on the hull and ma …
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Resin, parts and pieces, rudder, some paint
… eep forgetting to take photos, here's some recent work. The hull and decks have now been coated with fiberglass resin. I use "West System" Epoxy Resin 105 and Slow Hardener 206. This is what I have been building 1Meter Racing Yachts out of …
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Deck painted
Very pleased with the deck colour and painted surfaces. The deck is Model Master Blue FS35414 and the cabin sides n trim Model Master Acrylic Earth Red #4707 which gives a Mahogany appearance, then finished off with a clear coat on the wood …
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Painting starts!
Hull primed at Matt black applied, tomorrow start the red on the sides and priming the upper surfaces. Also stained and varnished the rear deck and started painting the mast prior to Adding additional Details to it I.e winch, weather vain, …
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Hull completed!
Slow progress, but the top of the hull is now painted! The main cabin is all painted! You can't tell from the last picture. But the main cabin is painted white now! I also used pin stripping around the Bulwark! To simulate the white stripe …
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Top of the Hull!
… where I live! But, today I was able to spray the top of the hull! A few days ago. I tried to use Tamiya flat black paint. But, I had the same problem as I did with the Humbrol flat black paint! No matter how many coats I put. The paint just …
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Aft Section of the Hull outer Casing.
… cutting out all of the slots. The two clear sections of the hull is made from a very brittle plastic. Extreme care must be taken when drilling and filing. That said i have been working on the Aft section of this hull and it has not been eas …
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Painting Red Oxide!
Today was a good day for painting. The bottom of the Hull! I had ordered some Red Oxide primer. And some Matt Black paint! Billings want you to use Crimson! But, having worked over 20 years on real tugs. I never seen the bottom of the Hull …
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First Part of the Main Hull outer casing.
… ave gone completely mad. But as there is a lot to do on the hull i decided to make a start on it. The plan is when i get fed up with drilling and filing i will drop back on to the second compartment (The Forward crew compartment) The Main H …