Kiel craft 43 inch Raf tender

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RAF Tender December update

well after the slow start due to the extra work, on the spare day we got , I have at last got the first lot of primer on the hull, So thats been put on one side till the new year and wait for it to dry
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At last bit of Progress

Well the hulls be now has been primed and undercoated and the top deck has been given the same treatment the inside has been ozy coated and now two coats of smooth hamerite paint when that all drys it at last will be the turn of the top coats joys of old wooden boats
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RAF tender

well with now a fleet of boats and retirement upon me at last and all the other distractions I have got the final bottom of the boat painted, I have gone with the original red seems bit bright but it will mellow the next is make sure my boat cradle doesn't rub and start painting the black am I right in going with flat black over satin gloss
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new motors and props

This is another one of the fleet thats had two new brushed motors and new prop shafts and some repairs to the planked deck my workshop is a bit like a boat builders yard and at the other end railway buildings being built
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  1. Stephen TGold
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    my plans is get her back into a model that looks the part my problem is its missing its mast, my skill with wood work is good paint prep good wiring with the help of the experts on this site, but soldering and I don't get on

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