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PT301 (Snuffy Smith)
… 00 brushed electric with 2.4 ghz R/C. The clear coat to the hull has shrunk and cracked so a new rub down and re-paint needed. Hopefully all finished for Fleetwood Vintage day in June.
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HMS Dark Biter
… ps and tubes from Model Boat Bits. The boat has a preformed hull, some resin and some white metal fittings, everything else has tobe cut from plywood or styrene sheet. Boat Is painted with Kobra paints sealed with Satin Clear Coat. Alan MV …
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Fireboat colours
Hi, I have 4 Fire Boats all painted the same. For below the waterline I use Ford Burgundy car paint spray from Halfords. Although most boats were painted in a red coloured antI corrosion/ barnacle resistant paint which when new was almost t …
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46" RAF Crash Tender new kit
… a good look at the info you gave me. What would be the best paint to paint the Hull with? I am using mainly on Salt water. Many thanks Dean
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old age
Firstly,once its fully painted, go over all of thwe paintwork again with a satin finish clear cote, so you loose the original high gloss finish. Then, id really suggest you go look at some boats in a local [or nearest harbour] first. just t …
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A little more progress . . .
… ying on the old fingertip test and light reflecting off the painted surface - to be fair as it stands (and partly because of the very simple sheeting on the hull) there aren't a lot of low spots. Richard
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sea queen scratch build
Taking shape nicely. Are you going to cover the hull with glass cloth or will it just be snading sealer and paint?
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Reached the tedious bit of the build. . .
… er of tissue on with the second coat of sanding sealer. The paint has been bought for the main part of the hull - dark metallic blue. There will be a couple of coats of white high-build primer before the final colour coats. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ …
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It's Sheeted!
… uld help to define the chine line around the bow & act as a painting guide. Pic 4: Full hull and cabin The sanding sealer has arrived, so next big job is sealing, sanding, and filling any dips in the hull. Still have't really settled on a c …
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Cabin Construction Part Two
… u cover the underside of the decks and any skins inside the hull. The C&DMBC buy 5 litre cans from a local paint wholesaler and put in 1/2 & 1 litre cans for sale to members. Works out much cheaper than buying in 250ml bottles, which are on …
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window cutting
Whilst the hull paintwork is drying out, its time to start on the upper cabin moulding. The windows are already marked out by "indentation", but strongly recommend you try a window panel against these detents first before you mark Or cut an …
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46" Fire Boat Leaking Keel
… e solution AFTER stopping the ply de-laminating. invert the hull and watch all the fiddly bits fall out even when you have probably thought you removed most of them. Anyway dry the delaminating ply etc and paint removal on the uppermost edg …
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34" fireboat restoration
… nt rudder unit fitted , a 3mm dia. pick up pipe through the hull before the whole Insidehas been coated In polyester resin and fine woven matting .After the original paint was stripped using nitromoors , the underside of the hull has been t …
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aeromarine apache 50
this hull started my love for carbon fiber,after painting and covering with graphics I was not happy with the result,so I decided to try my hand at 'carbon fiber skinning' even though I could ruin my apache hull if not done correctly.
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aeromarine apache 50
this hull started my love for carbon fiber,after painting and covering with graphics I was not happy with the result,so I decided to try my hand at 'carbon fiber skinning' even though I could ruin my apache hull if not done correctly.
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upper cabin
Whilst the hull paint is drying for a while, its time to start building the missing stern cabin section. this needs to be sorted before any other work is done to the upper cabin, purely because the moulding is a little too flexible without …
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30" Fire Boat First Build
I finally got the skin on the hull. I am giving It several coats of Epoxy Resin to waterproof It. Getting ready to paint but not really sure what type of paint to use. I am still trying to locate some outboard motors. First build going slow …
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RAF Crash Tender Posted Jan 13th 2012 by Tugboat
… the photo with rest of fitting which were on the boat. The hull paint work and decals are the original one that came with the boat, the motor which came fitted to the prop is a Johnson made in Hong Kong.So if some can tell me the approx, y …
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RMS Olympic In fitting out dock
… cabin details on A deck and boat deck. Decks resting on to hull ready to be aligned and fastened prior to painting and planking. A coaming runs round the decks but is not yet fitted to allow the natural sheer to be achieved. The water jet …
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New construction Glue?
HI jd Provided you seal the finished hull the glue used to hold the planking to the frames is a matter of choice. Cyano is quick but can become brittle, epoxy is a bit slower but more resiliant, white glue makes strong joints in wood but ta …
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New construction Glue?
… e suggestions. Also looking for a sealant to waterproof the hull prior to painting.
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New construction Glue?
… made the mistake of using a non-waterproof PVA on a planked hull when I came back to modelling aftera long gap- disaster! I thought a good paint job would do the trick but was wrong. I still get seams opening on that model so I suggest you …
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RTTL 2753
… e you that none of the boats had names and the numbers were painted large enough not to be missed. As far as I can remember there were about 5 to 7 RTTLs stationed there, one of which had an aluminium hull which did not spend much time in t …
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Water Jet Cut Windows
… ups done for each deck and the results are excellent. When painted (white) and windows fitted they will be most realistic. Nearly finished the castings for the deck fitting and commenced spray painting. Tomorrow we will be fitting the wind …
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HMS Avenger type 21 frigate
… 1/64 scale . At 6 feet long . Scratch built on a fibreglass hull from plywood plastic card & metal parts . Works on a six channel futaba skysport . Full working red & white leds on deck and cabin , lynxs helicopter with working rotor blades …
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Where do I start
… er 600 Battery - 8.4v NiMh 3300 Ma + Charger - NiMh charger Paint - Please see below Speed Control - Mtoniks Viper20 Fittings - Try Model Slipway. Windows can be obtained from a fellow Fireboater dbninja - see For Sale in Forum. Suppliers: …
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Vosper Fast Patrol Boat P129
… nticipated as the deck had started to part company from the hull. After stripping the deck of all remaining deck furniture the deck was re laminated to the hull, prop shafts and rudder tubes also refitted using plenty of resin and cloth. A …
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The COROMANDEL
… nstruction of the Coromandel. Time had come to consider the painting of the hull after much sanding and filling of Imperfections applied a few coats of spray primer and then satin black, it is not perfect but I do not expect that the origin …