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Cabin bulkhead, fwd companionway/cabin access and a little stain, plus deck installed
… panionway and the bulwark railing then I can move on to the hull paint then start the wheelhouse. I’m not going to plank the cabin roof fwd but I might do som trim. I’m thinking about laying down some strips of sandpaper for an anti slip wa …
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A little deck stain, under decks sorted out, foredeck/cabin roof installed
… n the fence about the foredeck finish. I coul just stain or paint it and call it a day….but I have some planking left over. Might look into that. I’m also not sure if I want to paint the hull or leave it as is. I’m thinking about a light bl …
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Fairey Fisherman 27
Back on the Fisherman now to continue the painting. First coat of primer-undercoat highlighted some areas of grain that needed to be filled, so this was done with Polyfilla quick drying filler. Once dry this was sanded back and the whole de …
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Building The Police Launch From The Wooden Model Boat Company
… hand progresses to heal I have had the opportunity to spray paint the hull, deck and superstructure of the Ministry of Defence police launch. The hull is in red oxide and black with white at the waterline. In the next stage a coach line wil …
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Davits installed, radio equipment installed.
… es with a fairly sharp xacto blade and cut a t shape in the hull, testing to make sure I had a decent friction fit. I installed the davits, making sure they were square and straight, glued in place the went under deck and reinforced the ins …
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FINISHING THE SEA URCHIN
… between coats until smooth. 57) 3-days - Tissue doped onto hull and trimmed. 3 coats 80:20 dope:thinners to fill tissue, lightly cut back with 240 grit between coats. 58) White gloss paint two coats inside hull. 59) - 61) 3-coats of nautic …
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Virgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restoration
… ed followed by three coats of gloss white enamel (Tremclad) paint (no more Testors paint on this model) were added to the hull and cabins. All the cabin windows were masked (white craft glue with a bit of food coloring works great as a wate …
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Virgin Atlantic Challenger 1- restoration
… before starting to take the model apart. The removal of old paint turned out to be a major task and a finish coat of thinned epoxy was applied to the exterior hull and deck (after some major patching). Cabin details such as those Transparen …
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The Rear Cabin Extensions.
… n cured I rubbed them all down with some abrasive ready for painting. The cabin sides will be finished in white gloss and will have some strips of mahogany added as a decorative detail. These pieces will be finally glued in place when they …
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Finishing the Cabin with glass cloth.
… engthen it and give a good surface for the high gloss white paint finish. I used the same weight of glass cloth as on the hull for the cabin and the Z-Poxy finishing resin too. The cloth was cut and applied over the whole cabin surface incl …
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Episode 5
… d back between coats, then tissue on the balsa parts of the hull, followed by more dope until nice and smooth - then comes the painting/fittings etc. We are on 20APR2026, bringing us to approx. present day. More posts to follow once I've st …
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A new build
… s she is in her very early stages. First a disclosure: This hull was built for me by another gentleman. It was delivered in a not quite completed state. Therefore I have spent the last two month working on it to get to it's present state. S …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… A wooden prototype being preferred as I could build a model hull out of wood then build a steam plant to power it; therefore the model would have some similarity to the original even if internally it wasn’t a replica. So the decision was ma …
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The Motor & Prop shaft.
… ard end. I won’t fill the tube with grease until all of the painting of the hull is finished. As with some other of my models I fitted an old computer cooling fan to the end of the motor so that when the motor is enclosed in a ventilated bo …
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Water cooling plumbing & rudder
… eed. The brass flanges that he turned will seat against the hull to give a neat finish to the fittings. I annealed some 6mm O.D brass tube and used a bending spring to form a 90-degree bend and then trimmed this to form the ‘mouth’ of the p …
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Scratchbuilt Esso Deutschland 1:150
… h and most of you are already familiar with my project. The hull was built merging 2 methods on a simple keel plate from plywood, bow and stern structure bread and butter and hull in between 3mm planks on frame. The entire main deck is inte …
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Trawler
Its has been a little too cold to paint the deep- sea trawler outside, so I got some paint in a bottle at the hobby store. It ain't pretty, but it seems to work. I tried spray painting the hull in the shed, but it all bubbled up on the hull …
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MODEL EXPO STEAN TUG "SEGUIN"
… back to match the width of the rails. These are the stains, paints and clear coats that I used on the model. For the black areas I applied a black primer, while for the white sections I used flat white. To seal everything afterwards, I fini …
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Fitting the Well Deck Floor and Side Panels.
… s no strong smell. It makes for a very suitable surface for paint too after lightly rubbing down. I'm undecided whether to paint the cabin interior as it will not really be seen as it will enclose the battery, power switch and R/C component …
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Dole Aztec complete... Well almost!
… so today I will finish it up. I had left off last with the hull being fiber glassed and sealed on the inside. I start off today with views of the whole ship painted in primer. I constructed the deck top and the container racks from 3/32" b …
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Fairey Fisherman 27
… ded smooth. Fitted the mahogany rubbing strips and gave the hull a good sanding and took the sharp edges off the keel. had some minor gaps where the bilge keels meet the hull so these were filled with P38 and sanded smooth. Few more coats o …
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Rapier 1. Early Running.
… hen the boat was brought "back to shore" after this run the hull was found to be full of water ! The hull was checked and was seen to be undamaged and after further investigation it was seen that the new water cooled alloy motor mount had a …
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Fairey Fisherman 27
Before I go much further I need to paint the hull (which I was procrastinating on!) so I've switched to fitting the deck so that I can then fit the rubbing strips and paint the hull - I need to do this now as unlike most of my other Faireys …
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JUANITA STERN WHEELER
PAINTING This model requires three main colors: white for the upper main structure, gray for the upper and lower decks, and black for the hull. Below is my take on how the painting sequence went. 1. Priming I first applied two coats of prim …
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JUANITA STERN WHEELER
… ushing-head edge down to the bottom, but when I flipped the hull over I lost track of the orientation and glued the parts on the wrong side of the tape. That meant ripping everything off and repairing the damage, as you can see here. This t …
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JUANITA STERN WHEELER
… ge. I chose not to install it yet. Part F1-3 was primed and painted separately, as it carries a large decal that could easily be damaged during the assembly of the remaining components. Install the inner monkey rudder support bracket. When …
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JUANITA STERN WHEELER
Hull Interior Sealing and Deck Preparation 1. The entire hull interior was sealed with epoxy. The products I used were purchased from Amazon. 2. After the epoxy had fully cured, I sprayed the interior with primer, followed by paint. 3. Once …
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New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
Hull's back to red paint now after the Zinsser coat which fixed the fisheyes. Added some mahogany trim to the rudder stock, and have now cut out the self draining slots in the transom, (i think it's going to need them) The foam between the …