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Post-Scotland inspiration
… th no time for spit n polish. Not finished with it yet, the hull is certainly not going to remain White! The idea, came after making repairs to the deck and then not being able to match the original deck colour. Which by making it dirty the …
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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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Sprite
Sprite Plus. Solvent based Primer and Gloss Paint. I have used a little P38 filler to tidy-up and flair-in the exit of the prop shaft under the hull and given the underside of the hull its first coat of primer. A white spirit based primer w …
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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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Current project
Acrylic paint has been used on the hull and deck structures. Wheelhouse, hatch covers, and other parts. Several applications of Minwax Polycrylic were applied after the paint was dry. Pleased with the results.
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Re: JUANITA STERN WHEELKER
… fail due to immersion. So I use a oil-based spar varnish on hulls or anything that's going to sit in the water for extended periods of time. Minwax Helmsman is a good product, but I really like the Varathane Spar Varish. There is another up …
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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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Beamsville interior
Here is Marcel’s tugboat the same hull as Lesterville, Miss Jenna and several others in the Ville Class. Just finished detailing the inside of Marcel’s wheelhouse and once the paint is dry, the windows will be secured before putting the roo …
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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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Re: LesRo Rapier 1.
… experimental work that I had been doing on re-balancing the hull. Following a quick a read through this old thread , I noticed that I was unable to upload any of the rebuild pictures that I had taken to document the restoration of Rapier 1 …
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Re: LesRo Rapier 1 Rebuild.
… mount was fitted in to the rear cabin and the inside of the hull was painted in a grey primer undercoat. Bob.
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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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LesRo Javelin (2).
… old orange box - not very stylish - but I make one for each hull straight away to place it on as it is being built or restored. These rough "orange box" cradles then gain a coat of paint and become my boat stand (!) that I then use to carry …
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LesRo Javelin (2).
… e how these heavy blocks of steel had been secured into the hull. The exhaust must have been leaking towards the stern as the end of the rearmost compartment was streaked with a sticky blue/green coloured gunk that also run under the two st …
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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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Cruise/ferry ship mk2
… files and updated them all for a strong and more scale like hull. My small 40cm version was great and even though a tiny ship the presence on the water was incredible. I've decided I need a larger one for this year. The difference though is …
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Slow progress!
… ave had 3 coats of sanding sealer and 3 coats of blue spray paint. I've also on the advice of Chum, I've added some strengthening to the ABS hull using 1.5mm plastikcard and hard plastic glue which smells like contact glue!
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Difficult Restoration's?
Hi jumpugly, I love your Tunnel Hull Cat. I have the same outboard sitting on my shelf. But it has no motor in it. I removed the 540 motor and planed to try putting in a reasonable brushless and put on one of my boats but not sure which one …
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Difficult Restoration's?
… restored this Kyosho Wave Runner a while back, resealed the hull, added a new paint scheme and decals, but the hull is a dog and difficult to keep dry. The outboard however, albeit a bit under-powered, is a nice set-up. If I can't sort this …
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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 …
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Last gasp before maiden splash in warm weather
… at weight about 4 lbs. Might be a bit light. 2. Gloss black hull, white anti foul paint on bottom & red boot top. 3. Profile view.
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New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
More sanding and fairing on the hull lately, (not so much the last week, as it's been raining non stop the whole week, (big storm, see todays' rain radar pic,- NZ's under there somewhere ) - floods everywhere,- workshop downstairs has a tin …