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stripping paint
Heres more pic of work im stripping paint off the hull bring it back to the wood
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Lacquering the hull.
Now that the self-adhesive vinyl lettering and hull markings are now applied and correctly positioned… I can now spray the lacquer finish on the hull. The gloss black areas will have a number of coats of Halfords clear gloss lacquer and the …
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Hull exterior.
Hull Plate welding installed and paint finish coats applied.
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The Hull Markings
The paint on the hull has sufficiently hardened and needs a couple of coats of clear lacquer to protect it but before that happens I need to apply the hull markings. The waterslide decal set that was supplied with my kit was probably at lea …
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Spraying the hull black.
… ’s time to mask it off in preparation of spraying the upper hull black. First I had to very carefully flat back the ridge in the red oxide paint left by the edge of the masking tape that might prevent the new masking tape laying flat. I cho …
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Priming the hull.
… age of the project so there's not too much to say here. The hull is ready for its primer coats, but I first masked off the hull around the water pickup tube flange, skeg and propshaft and gave them a coat of etch primer to ensure that subse …
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Epoxy coating the hull
With the rubbing strakes fitted the hull can now receive two more coats of epoxy resin. The resin was mixed to the 30:100 ratio in sufficient quantity to coat the whole hull, and the 90 minute pot life meant that this could be done at a sen …
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Sealing & painting the inside.
… coats of sanding sealer to all accessible areas inside the hull, rubbing down between each coat. I forgot to mention previously that before fitting the bottom and side skins the voids at the bow ahead of B1 were sealed with sanding sealer. …
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The Hull
All I done today was to paint the hull Aluminum and will paint waterline tomorrow,believe it or not I really looking forward to when it is complete.
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Antifoul lookalike paint
… building needs to have sky blue coloured antifoul lookalike paint applied to the hull. Has anybody got any ideas where I can get this matt paint or how I can achieve the effect please !
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HMS Diamond D35 - Light Admiralty Grey paint
… is there anyone out there that can help me with the correct hull paint for my build? LIGHT ADMIRALTY GREY I've included pictures of the paint required for this and I am struggling to find anything larger that a pathetic 5mm tin! Any comment …
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Hull progress
The chocks along the rubbing strake have been fitted, the hull painted and depth markings applied. A final coat of matt varnish has still to be applied, hence the painting supports are still in place. I've repainted the superstructure colou …
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Paint Time
I never realised a small area like a model boat hull could take up so much time and cost so much money to paint, I think maybe it's the competitive spirit engendered by Alan P and pmdevlin in trying to match the quality of the paint finish …
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Paint your wagon
… e P45 and more sanding, you know how it goes. Then came the paint choice- no-one really seems to be able to say 'these boats were this colour' and to be honest I am not worried about the perfect shade, all the photos of the originals look s …
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paint prep
I had decided after first seeing this hull that it was crying out for a decent paint job. I have always liked the "MartinI Racing" colour scheme, so this was going to be the plan. The many body of the hull has sanded down to remove the orig …
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Starting with the Painting.
Just starting to work on the hull painting.
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Hull detail.
After removing the last lot of masking , after painting the blue coat on, the hull was left for 2 days to dry off. I then added the red/yellow lining tape and the main hull decals, depth markings etc. I prefer to attach these whilst the pai …
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Second hull colour
Now that the lower hull colour has had sufficient time to dry fully [3 days], its time now to remask the hull and put on the deep blue. I first use some tamiya masking/lining tape to mark the "split", then use ordinary masking tape to attac …
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Hull prep.
… NEVER rely on the manufacturer to supply you with a perfect hull finish. ALWAYS give the hull a light sanding, remove the sanding dust and apply a coat of grey primer. THEN inspect the hull for blemishes. I have found that trying to inspect …
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The arrival of the hull kit
Big box arrived, opened up to find a bare glass fibre hull and cabin, was dissappointed to find the rear end of the cabin was not part of the "deal", so lots of hard work to design and build this, but hey, its a model kit. took my time to p …
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Finishing the Hulls
The work on the hulls has been continuing and we have now plated both hulls, fitted strengthening plates, drilled all the portholes and prepared the hulls to accept the LEDs we are using for portholes. The first class passenger portholes we …
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Hull Pinting
Painting the Hull and wet sanding in between each layer, looking good so far but the Humidity here in Hong Kong is not so easy, its 31C and 100% humidity, Wish me luck,
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Arun Hull preparation
Much worse than I expected. The paint stripper worked fine but the hull and deck are not smooth. I have spent three days rubbing and filling and expect to spend several more to achieve the base required to obtain a good paint finish. Moulde …
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Paint stripping
Have cleaned off all old paint from deck. Need some steel wool to finish off. Obvious that original paint job was done without keying the Fiberglass moulding so am glad that I have removed the paint. There was little mess as the paint came …
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Paint removal
… found it easier to do flat surfaces at a time, turning the hull on its side to get those done. it takes time for this stripper to work, so dont expect miracles on initial application as it hardly looks like its doing anything! [dont be foo …
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I HATE PAINT
Well got some paint I will post the details when it's done, needless to say the primer went on OK, the first coat of black did not, it bloomed. now black will do that if its a bit cold or its damp etc, but this looked like I had painte …
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The hull
The next step in the build was to attach the hull sides and make up the deck. The boat was then sanded smooth on all the edges and coated with wood sealer in preparation for a coating of fibreglass.The fibreglass was a light glass mating as …
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Wavemaster mk6 version of hull
… rface no nose diving just need some dryish water to get the paint on