Build blogs
Long-form project journals — follow builds from first cut to maiden voyage.
Builds by Chum444
12 blogs36 ft Northern Bay sport fisherman
by Chum444
SILVER
The Northern Bay lobster and sport fishing boats are built in Qgunquit, Maine. Known as Down East boats they are semi-displacement hulls.…
Lindsay M a scratch built Wasque 26 ft
by Chum444SILVER
Awaiting graphics to finish off THUNDER& METEOR so pulled this one off the shelf to resume the build. I’ll start at the beginning posting…
New project; THUNDER an inland tug
by Chum444SILVER
Picked up a nicely laid up glass hull of the Smit NEDERLAND. Spoiler alert; it won’t be the NEDERLAND.
Damen 804 Stan Launch
by Chum444SILVER
Here’s one I’ve messed around with off & on for awhile. Photo 1:The real launch. Photos 2 & 3:Starting the framework. Quite a story behin…
QUICKWATER another small tug
by Chum444SILVER
Some photos of another tug I’m working on. The inspiration is BEAUPRE, but not to be a duplication. Next couple of photos are the massing…
WHOPPER STOPPER a Terry Jason sport fisherman
by Chum444SILVER
A few photos of how this build came together. In New England we refer to this type as a downeast (Maine) sport fisher since it’s built on…
Cape Islander lobster boat PHASE CHANGE
by Chum444SILVER
I don’t plan to do a build log; I’ll just post some building progress photos in a couple of postings. I bought this hull on the Stateside…
Windfarm crew transfer vessel (CTV), Outer Limits
by Chum444SILVER
Wind farms in early stages in waters south of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. Seemed appropriate to make a guess about work vessels t…
C Raymond Hunt Pilot boat
by Chum444SILVER
A few photos of an easy not-very-detailed Pilot boat build while in Florida to escape the New England weather. Not yet complete as I didn…
Stateside puffer build.
by Chum444SILVER
Given that you folks on that side of the pond are expert builders of Clyde Puffers I am a bit hesitant to post this build thread. Accessi…
Svitzer FERRIBY ASD tug
by Chum444SILVER
Build log of an ASD tug I completed about 18 months ago. Here is the link. https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2950778-Svitzer…
Damen 1205 Stan Tug
by Chum444SILVER
Below is the link to a recent tug build I completed. I much appreciate the helpful photos Damen kindly provided. https://www.rcgroups.com…