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Back to painting.
… g the motor and ESC from the RTTL for the unknown varnished hull so has to source a new motor and mount to replace it. All fitted now. Finally got some time on the RTTL, just wet sanded all the grey back ready for the last coat (hopefully). …
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Paint 1
First coat of white on the hull. Always amazes me the little imperfections that show up. You think by touch and sight the surface is all good. Minor fixes needed before next coat, Rick
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Cigarette hull (Kingston Mouldings)
… creen, steering wheel, dashboard, water cooling, wire ESCs, Painting and logos. Regards Roy
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Cigarette hull (Kingston Mouldings)
… tch to enable me to tape down the ABS area without damaging paintwork to provide a water tight seal. After reading an article on using the rooster tail effect to lift the rear of the boat in a similar way to a trim tab. I have designed a de …
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Starboard Section of the Hull outer Casing.
… orried about the haze around the slots as this area will be painted eventually. Now i can start to enjoy myself again. I will take a break for a few days and then make a start on the second compartment. Martin555.
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Painting starts-radio gear in!
… when they arrive from eBay. Having given the inside of the hull 2 coats of resin to waterproof it, I’ve now installed all The electronics, just the rudder pushrod to make and add. Next few days will see little progress as starting nights t …
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More hull work.
… e been fitted, although this photo shows them removed while painting.
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Priming hull
After painting with sanding sealer and yet more rubbing down, the first coat of primer was applied. the primer shows up Imperfections that need more work.
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Further Hull Progress
… ther fiberglass moulding. Unfortunately for me everthing is painted (daubed) with an oil based paint so I will need to strip it all off so that I can use my preferred acrylic. I have tried rubbing down but I cannot get a good surface so off …
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60 Posts and still not painted
Well we are up to 60 posts and still not finished, the hull is not far off though , just a platform for the speed controllers and receiver to go , one of the things I anything to do is build the boat in a way that it will last, that tends t …
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Swordsman Marine Swordsman 37
… t of drawing associated with the hobby when not building or painting, I thought I'd make a start on this project which I know Bob/Zooma is keen to build. I won't be building one myself as it is bigger than I like to go with my builds, have …
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Fairey Huntsman 31
… s around the same percentage complete as my Swordsman - the hull is further forward with the bottom and sides being painted but the superstructure is a little way behind. For the roofs of all my models I use 3mm thick bass planks rather tha …
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Spray rails on
… work . Epoxied the shaft in at the same time as coating the hull. Painting is next .
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New landing barge/rescue vessel
… rge with which I'll be trying different rescue methods. The hull is made using foam blocks and f/glass again, as balsa prices are just getting ridiculous ! - more expensive than normal timber. As usual, filed to shape with a Surform file an …
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Telectra 3 Part 15
Hello.... Tissue covering for the hull.. Is a heavy weight tissue, left over from earlier models, The hull is doped, with added thinners 25% thinners, Not laid on in complete full length pieces overlapping joints along bottom and side faces …
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Fairey Swordsman 33
The hull sides have been painted white and will now be left for a week or more for the paint to harden. Reason I leave it that long is I prefer using 3M masking tape which sticks well and so I don't want to risk pulling off any paint! I hav …
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Gwen Eagle Part 5
… eck combing and fitting the deck, which was 6 x 3mm Walnut. Hull was then painted in Cellulose dope about 3 coats mixed with thinners 25% thinners to dope. Rubbing down between coats just to give the next coat a key, Medium grade tissue the …
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Bruce Campbell Christina 25
… ready for when I start building again. It's been too hot to paint and build my current models so doing the drawings has allowed me to at least do something related to the hobby for a future build. Something I've found interesting with this …
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New landing barge/rescue vessel
… s). Also some reinforcing strips added to the bottom of the hull to protect it against abrasion when loading. Everything is working properly now, - still working on a few odds and ends to finish it off (weather has not been good for paintin …
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New landing barge/rescue vessel
… inch enclosure, made some rudder 'crash bars' , made a ramp/hull gap filler, re shaped the exhaust ends, fitted the rudders and their twin servos, tidied up some of the external wiring with covers and paint, remodeled the crane truck to a f …
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Revell 1:142, Northsea Fishing Trawler build & RC conversion.
… ning the box I found a fairly simple kit not much flash the hull halves fitted together quite well. The main complaint I had was how some of the details are quite “blobby” then considering the age of the kit this is justifiable. A quick sea …
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Fairey Swordsman 33
… he last but one coat I ended up with hardly any bits in the paint but with the last one I did, despite using another new brush. But as I've said before I’ve given up with chasing perfection or anywhere close. That's why I mainly use blue on …
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The VMW Marlin Cabin Cruiser by Robbob
… onsider applying a glassfibre cloth and epoxy finish to the hull. However I couldn’t spend any more time on the Marlin project as I had a more important project to undertake, which was to paint, decorate, refurbish and prepare our house for …
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Wake Chasing
I followed this unusually painted orange Perkasa for a while so I could run across its wake. This was good fun and again I found the boat to handle it nicely enough, but not in the same league as any of my other boats that have the benefit …
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Fairey Swordsman 33
… perstructure and left to dry. It's been a few weeks since I painted the hull sides so the paint is nice and hard now and so I can paint the hull bottom. Applied some mastic tape, always a fiddly job I find, and applied the first coat of gre …
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LesRo Rapier 1.
… tted" a petrol engine into it and covered the inside of the hull with some sort of shellac to help prevent the fuel soaking into the hull. Some of the bulkheads had been roughly hacked-out to make space for the oversized engine and its fuel …
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Slow progress!
… ave had 3 coats of sanding sealer and 3 coats of blue spray paint. I've also on the advice of Chum, I've added some strengthening to the ABS hull using 1.5mm plastikcard and hard plastic glue which smells like contact glue!
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Revell 1:142, Northsea Fishing Trawler build & RC conversion.
… eck house to sit over and help prevent water going into the hull. I decided to paint and weather the deck before installation. I would like to say that I don’t have much experience with weathering, what I am doing is more from things I have …