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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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Fairey Swordsman 33
The hull sides have been painted white and will now be left for a week or more for the paint to harden. Reason I leave it that long is I prefer using 3M masking tape which sticks well and so I don't want to risk pulling off any paint! I hav …
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Fairey Huntsman 31
… s around the same percentage complete as my Swordsman - the hull is further forward with the bottom and sides being painted but the superstructure is a little way behind. For the roofs of all my models I use 3mm thick bass planks rather tha …
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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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Re: build blog
… sprakes meet the chine rails which I will rectify once the paint has hardened off. Retuning to the Swordsman hull to progress the painting on that and once completed I can try them on the water - bath and lake! I'm also going to put some p …
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HMCS Snowberry - Revell 1/72 basic kit RC Conversion
… d for the RC conversion. I got as far as the RC working and hull, decks and wheelhouse done, then it had an accident and fell from the top of a 6' wardrobe and got damaged. All the bits were gathered up and it almost went in the bin, but hu …
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Re: build blog
… orking on rudder and battery switch - as well as giving the hull some coats of varnish. The outside will be painted white, might add a water line.
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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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Re: Veron Marlin Cruiser Rebuild
… is model. Got tired of a colourless model so I did a bit of painting on the hull and cabin. Sprayed the area below the waterline dark green and the upper hull white. I also made some Mahogany window trim to add some wood detail to the white …
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Re: build blog
… decided that I must progress some of my existing ones with painting being the main thing that has stalled the builds. In some cases I did enough to try the boat on the water but then left it there. So, with this in mind the first one I've …
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A new naval project. What to do now?
… been my passion. Even though plastic kits are very simple, painting them will be a lot of fun for me, so this time it won't be so much the pleasure of building them but the final effect. I'm torn between the RN Roma battleship and a 1:35 m …
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IMAI CHEBEC (Xebec) – 1/80 Scale Plastic Sailing Ship Model
… bary corsairs during the 17th and 18th centuries. Its sleek hull, pronounced overhangs, and distinctive lateen rig make it one of the most beautiful and exotic sailing ships ever designed. This model is fully rigged and armed with: • 20 dec …
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Re: Sprite
White Spirit ? When I applied the white primer coat to the hull I got some of the paint on my fingers so once I had dunked the brush into a clean jam jar (that I had filled with some thinners from a new bottle that I had just bought), and w …
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Re: Sprite
… e progress so I am going to see how I get on with holding a paintbrush - a job I usually hate - but at the moment it may be all I can manage to do with my right arm. I have found an oil based wood primer in Screwfix so I can give the bare w …
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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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The VMW Marlin Cabin Cruiser by Robbob
… onsider applying a glassfibre cloth and epoxy finish to the hull. However I couldn’t spend any more time on the Marlin project as I had a more important project to undertake, which was to paint, decorate, refurbish and prepare our house for …
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Revell 1:142, Northsea Fishing Trawler build & RC conversion.
… ning the box I found a fairly simple kit not much flash the hull halves fitted together quite well. The main complaint I had was how some of the details are quite “blobby” then considering the age of the kit this is justifiable. A quick sea …
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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 GUNBOAT FROM THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY, ARMED SCHOONER (1/60 SCALE)
… in the model there are two lateral and two central. 3. The hull has a totally different size and shape as it is completely invented. The model has no equal in any existing ship. Compared to the reference ones it has a greater displacement …
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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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Is it 100% real or is it AI modified?
… h... This model is almost entirely 3D printed parts on a GF hull. I've researched each individual part, from Spud lifters to winch, Kortz nozzles to Swiss radar, and made my own files. At the moment I'm painting a modern workboat crew that …
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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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Re: Let's see how it looks.
… k and likes. Before I continue with the bulwark supports, I painted and glued on the hull rivets. And my workbench isn't looking much better.
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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 …