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Aerokits FAST PATROL,
More Hull painting!!!!! HArd work when the Humidity is 100%
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what a struggle
… but being a sadist I have stuck with it.... (why?) the new paint job has been a struggle to say the least, the black hull sides must be re-done, I used a brand of aerosol I havent used before (tetrosyl) and will not be using ever again! it …
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back on the fireboat
… of several months. its wobbly decks and gaping gaps in the hull are all now filled and sorted, the deck is as smooth as a smooth thing! BUT I really really should have replaced the wavey cabin sides and fitted new decks...aint hindsight a …
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More Tests and Construction
… r 45 mins run times. I have corrected the waterline and the hull is painted to deck level. Made the two exhaust ports with working lids but not yet fitted. Work now started on the cabin. Reworked the back as I am not fitting the gantry, and …
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Boat stand, ESC and Servo
Looking good. I know you intend to cover the hull with epoxy but can't see any sealant on the inside of the hull. Have you considered painting all the inside wood with sanding sealer. Water is bound to find its way inside the hull at some t …
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Restoration Help!
… ou were right first time. I dry stripped the egg shell like paint which came off easily. The rest is well adhered to the hull and would probably be more of a hassle than it's worth to strip. Filling and paintind is probably the best option. …
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Restoration Help!
hI again if the paint is really old and brittle and seperating from the hull.. you should be able to dry strip it without using a chemical stripper, try stripping the paint off with a really sharp chisel, keeping the flat side of the chisel …
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Restoration Help!
… but I'm pretty sure I won't get away with not stripping the paint. it's peeling off like an egg shell on many parts of the underside of the hull. I'm going to order a set of fittings from model slipway today. I think you're right about the …
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Restoration Help!
… u might get away with just sanding and filling the existing paint if its basically sound and well adhered to the hull. stripping it all off is a major task and not for the feint hearted. a full set of fittings in whitemetal are available fr …
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Restoration Help!
Ive had 2 paint strippers recommended to me and used both with some success. firstly, you can pop to your local shop and buy some "fairy power spray", its an oven cleaner, but perfectly safe on wood or plastic, will lift paint in minutes, a …
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fireboat cof g
… the boat as it is very cold in my workshop. Also I started painting the hull, the colours with cellulose spray and then decided to apply a 2 part clear varnish. This was a mistake, the varnish went on to give a nice smooth glossy finish bu …
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Fixture on Range Safety Launches.
… re out & now have an OS 25 FSR & is a very rough water type hull as a model & cuts the rough water away very well. Anyway the item is the 'basket ' radio aerial. EASY to make . I made a balsa plug or innards. I then bent wire around it to s …
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Fireboat Side Windows.
… lls cut off and replaced with full depth new wood. the open hull structure still has whats left of the original side walls in place (painted white) db
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slow but sure
… y progress.. another really big job out of the way, all the hull is now stripped of paint, new rubbing strips, and a bit od detailing on the cabin roofs... hatches and things still loads to do db
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Steam Patrol Boat 'Dunlin'
… ill plans, available still from Brown,Son and Ferguson. The hull was mahogany on 6mm ply frames. The engine was a Caton from Maxwell Hemmens supplied bya gas-fired Cheddar Puffin boiler. The propeller was a two inch four bladed brass job fr …
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Use of Glues on Boats.
… adjacent to the glue join. A solution is to cover the whole hull in tissue and fiberglass resin. Once set you can smooth the finish with wet & dry sand paper and paint. if you want to show the wood on the outside of the hull you need to run …
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Rubber boat fenders
… several pictures of model boats the fenders going round the hull seem to be made out of what appears to be black rubber tube. Am I correct? My Solent Lifeboat (built 25 years ago) has a plastic tube and, like me, Is becoming brittle with ag …
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Rubber boat fenders
… several pictures of model boats the fenders going round the hull seem to be made out of what appears to be black rubber tube. Am I correct? My Solent Lifeboat (built 25 years ago) has a plastic tube and, like me, is becoming brittle with ag …
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Well Its time to finnish It off
… decided to Finnish of the fire boat, as I have said I hate paint that is why I have 4 boats that need just the paint to Finnish them of so I have decided a concerted effort is needed to get them done , after the paint blooming the first ti …
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Motor setup for 34" Fireboat
I am just painting mine now I have tried to keep it as light as passable, I have twin screws and am going brushless, the price is coming down all the time, I am looking at the equivalent of good race 05s geared two to one, and nicads I am l …
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Vosper MTB ( perkasa type )
… tly finished MTB may be of interest. It consists of 49" GRP hull ply deck / superstructure. The fittings are from a mixture of ABS and metal, to give a good surface for spray painted finish. The drive consists of twin 850 motors and twin 50 …
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46" Fire Boat Leaking Keel
HI Tall Paul Sounds like the hull has split along the glue joints. I have had to repair many of my wooden hull models because of this problem. I normally use car body fiberglass cloth with resin/hardener. This can be obtained from your loca …
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Who Is building/restoring what fireboat?
… he summer he restored it to its original condition with new paint and new fittings. After seeing his boat I wanted one so I brought a deans marine seaplane tender kit. it took 2 months to build and I've spent the last 6 months experimenting …
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Aerokits Solent Clas Lifeboat - Douglas Currie
… by Gray (Froggyt996). First he had to skin one third of the hull as only two thirds had been skinned. He then had to use copious amounts of filler to make the hull its correct shape see photo 3, instead of the stepped hull as per the origin …
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Crash tender well deck leaking
… d (cabin housing the engine room in the full scale1:!). The hull bottom skin has to have many many coats of paint. The rear deck well is merely held in place sitting on two runners on each side of the hull inner sides and the well deck plat …
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Crash tender well deck leaking
HI its a Kingston mouldings hull fiberglass 34" and the rest is scratch built it is ready for paint and has been for some time I hate painting . the majority is plasticard and the bulkheads are lite ply, the boat is very light. it has twin …
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well deck
… he water only goes in to it and not in to the bottom of the hull, it seems to work ok and there are several ways you can do it. this is pre Paint
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August 1st Update
… boat at the back and pouring off the end of the rub rails. Hull painted, just spray cans. The deck was finished with 4 coats of Nelsons brush on clear coat. I wet sanded between each coat & its very nice and much better than the deck on my …