Checked operation of the rudder by piggybacking off Faun. Enlarged the hole through the stern a bit to give more clearance and happy with the amount of rudder movement.
Back onto the cockpit area now.
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Checked operation of the rudder by piggybacking off Faun. Enlarged the hole through the stern a bit to give more clearance and happy with the amount of rudder movement.
Having dealt with the rudder and it's servo I was then able to return to working on the cockpit by fitting the coaming and making the seating and boxing in the servo. Everything comes out to allow for access.
This just leaves the door and console to make and fit.
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Having dealt with the rudder and it's servo I was then able to return to working on the cockpit by fitting the coaming and making the seating and boxing in the servo. Everything comes out to allow for access.
This just leaves the door and console to make and fit.
Thanks Brian. I was apprehensive about the curved coamings and thought I might have to leave out the tight curves at the ends but thin ply came to the rescue.
It's been awhile since I posted any updates - I've been involved in doing other things non-model related, as you do. I have managed to do some painting of my other Faireys in recent days (still in progress) but now it's the turn of this build. Before that I had to do some rectification of the holes for the port holes. I'd drilled them out before fitting the cabin sides but once the deck was skinned I could see that the forwardmost ones were too low and looked odd. So first job to was cut pieces of ply with the hole raised up and glued them to the inside of the cabin sides. I then filed out the top of the original holes until they were correct and partly filled the bottom. Once the filler had set I ran the stepped drill into the hole and checked that the portholes fitted and looked right. Extra work but it had to be done.
Painting the deck was the first to be done , as it's in white, and will be followed by the cabin sides and coamings in dark blue. I'd like to say in my usual colour-scheme of classic/traditional Fairey colours, but I was taken to task by someone once in a Facebook group, so refrain from saying that again!
First job and fiddly was masking between the deck and cabin sides and coaming and around the rubbing strips. That done the first coat of thinned primer-undercoat was applied.
Chris
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It's been awhile since I posted any updates - I've been involved in doing other things non-model related, as you do. I have managed to do some painting of my other Faireys in recent days (still in progress) but now it's the turn of this build. Before that I had to do some rectification of the holes for the port holes. I'd drilled them out before fitting the cabin sides but once the deck was skinned I could see that the forwardmost ones were too low and looked odd. So first job to was cut pieces of ply with the hole raised up and glued them to the inside of the cabin sides. I then filed out the top of the original holes until they were correct and partly filled the bottom. Once the filler had set I ran the stepped drill into the hole and checked that the portholes fitted and looked right. Extra work but it had to be done.
Painting the deck was the first to be done , as it's in white, and will be followed by the cabin sides and coamings in dark blue. I'd like to say in my usual colour-scheme of classic/traditional Fairey colours, but I was taken to task by someone once in a Facebook group, so refrain from saying that again!
First job and fiddly was masking between the deck and cabin sides and coaming and around the rubbing strips. That done the first coat of thinned primer-undercoat was applied.
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 deck given a light sanding followed by a further two coats of primer-undercoat. This was given another light sanding and followed by the first coat of white gloss and it will be followed by at least another two.
On the full-sized boats the keel and bilge-keels are painted but I pondered over whether to do this as I've made them out of mahogany. So I've decided to varnish them and to make them stand out paint the hull white. Once the boat is on the water and seeing how it sits I shall probably paint the upper part of the hull in blue.
Chris
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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 deck given a light sanding followed by a further two coats of primer-undercoat. This was given another light sanding and followed by the first coat of white gloss and it will be followed by at least another two.
On the full-sized boats the keel and bilge-keels are painted but I pondered over whether to do this as I've made them out of mahogany. So I've decided to varnish them and to make them stand out paint the hull white. Once the boat is on the water and seeing how it sits I shall probably paint the upper part of the hull in blue.
@AlessandroSPQR Dark blue and white and sometimes in addition light blue ( I'm using this on the front cabin roof of the Swordsman) are commonly used on Faireys. I've seen the odd one in another colour but they don't look right to me especially if a sports cruiser.
Also I'm using the same paints as used on the full-sized boats; International Yacht Paints, but it's expensive and you can't get very small tins so I didn't want to get many colours. Not a problem for me though as I'm building so many Faireys and want to use the same colours.
It's lovely paint to use though, even though I find painting frustrating at times.
