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Fitting a Mahogany Gunwale.
… ole deck is planked I can fit a mahogany gunwale around the hull which will be a good edge for the hull paint finish as well as a nice finishing detail. I can’t use a plain and straight strip of mahogany for this, as to accommodate the curv …
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Dole Aztec cont.
… erwork is done!" My previous post showed the first layer of hull planking. This was done only on the bottom so that the 1/32 bass wood sheet skins had ample surface area to adhere to. After making card stock templates of each side of the bo …
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Re: Fairey Huntresses
… hrisF, This is my Precedent Huntsman but this is the wooden hulled version. Still the 34" the same as the fibreglass hull. I have a MFA 850 brushed motor in it and I used to run it with a 12v lead acid battery. Very heavy though. I am going …
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New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
… hat will all be sanded smooth, and if satisfactory, will be painted with a thick acrylic primer, with more sanding to go. getting closer to the fun part of making the fittings and installing the gear. Hull now weighs 1.4kg,- (was 1.3kg befo …
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Vosper
Well, I'm about to start my Vosper. I painted the crew, glued the transom in place. made a rudder up because I'm just thinking about how I'll propel the boat, rummage around in the drawers for a motor and drive shaft prop that may take a wh …
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Re: Construction report "Pilot Cutter Britannia" 1 : 24
… ted with the anchor winch. A little puzzle. I still have to paint a few parts of it and then it will be glued together. Then I sawed another hole in the deck. Now I can also remove the front deckhouse and have more options for maintenance. …
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Dutch sailing barge
Made some progress and the hull etc and fittings are just about done. The last real task was to cast some lead - just a small amount. This is never going to be a "heavy weather" model. The lead will need some cleaning up and a coat of paint …
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wave master restoration
Reglued the keel and are going to fit strips to base off hull as suggested hope this stop the diving affect and then repaint the hull going to leave the keel intact and not cut it back as per this suggestion
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Planking the Deck. Part 3.
… mahogany strips to use around the deck on the sides of the hull, these will make a nice gunwale feature and also become a good clean edge for the hull paint finish too. Very soon I'll need to decide on a suitable colour scheme, perhaps a p …
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Mary Ann 472
… the navigation lights were placed and if the settings were painted Red and Green. Some placed the forward crew hatch in line with the mast and others are off to the side. Some vessels have a raised foredeck. I was also looking for the stov …
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Radio in deck installed bulwarks beefed up
Hi y’all. The radio is installed in the hull, and the deck is installed. I built up the rudder access hatch from 2 pieces of plasticard, the inner piece is a press fit into the access hole, the upper piece has an overlap of roughly 3/16 inc …
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KNOCKER WHITE LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS DAY 'OFFICIAL' MAIDEN VOYAGE
Further progress... 33) 03-08 Dec, hull painted matt black upper, brick red lower, white bulwark tops. Actually, there were a few 'test' voyages for the hull prior to the xmas day sailing... . After sealing/painting the hull, I thought I wo …
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Planking the deck. Part 1.
… ng mahogany. I will also be adding a mahogany detail to the hull that follows the gunwale of the deck that will form a nice edge for the paint finish on the hull. I began by using some thin cardboard to make some templates for the edging of …
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Re: Classic Model Power Boats
… ea Commander Precedent Huntsman Prcedent Huntman Fibreglass Hulls x2 No superstructure. Precedent PT 109 wooden Hull. No superstructure. Norstar Waverider. 1970's Stratos/Hydrofirbe Pipedream 50" with an outdrive (was meant to have a Zenoah …
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A BIT MORE PROGRESS....
… rip pieces glued on, as well as skeg fill-in piece. 23)&24) Hull sanded smooth, corners slightly rounded, bulwarks trimmed 25)Over the course of a week of evenings, hull superstructure made up from thin ply offcuts and scrap sheet, includin …
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Model Expo/Seguin tug 1:32 scale
… gth and 20 feet in width, Seguin originally carried a white-painted hull with varnished hardwood cabins. Her first engine—a 26 × 26 surface condenser—was replaced in 1909 with a compound triple-expansion engine, giving her a top speed of ro …
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Model Expo/Seguin tug 1:32 scale
I just acquired a older kit but it has a fiber glass hull. I love the wooden hull but the real boats hull was painted white, deck grey, and cabin was varnished. then later painted white, the box shows different paint job. so I'm trying to d …
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Another Springer tug!!
… I tried to remove it to make changes I severely damaged the hull. So, I removed all equipment, fittings, etc and scrapped the hull. I’ve been wanting another go at it, so I ordered the Zippkits tugster, just the kit no hardware, and started …
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Re: Fairey Faun - More Roof
… esin and because I hadn't clamped the superstructure to the hull it twisted it. Used aliphatic for roofs since but also clamps! Eze-Kote dry I removed the excess cloth with a sanding block and gave it another couple of coats to fill the wea …
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Re: Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
… will be the last change that is needed to the underside the hull so that I can give it a decent rub down to get everything nice and smooth before treating it to a nice coat of paint.......but I will test it again first ! Bob.
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Re: Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
… e been causing the propeller to "gurgle" at times. Some red paint has been slapped on over the exposed wood to protect it when it goes out to play again, and hopefully this will be the last major change to the hull to make the Sea Commander …
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wavemaster
… , also its spray rail has a big gap forward do I fill and repaint as I was going re do the lower hull as few scrapes
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Roof, pilot, lights
… nd front to allow a little bevel. Once sanded and filled, I painted the roof to match the upper hull. I then decided that JP is right she needs lights for all the night runs we haven’t done yet. Plus, I need an interior light so Iron Man wo …
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Modello RC scala 1/60, di piroscafo armato a goletta, liberamente ispirato alle cannoniere classe US
… along as I'd hoped. I'm particularly pleased because, after painting, you can't tell either by sight or touch that each of the four cranes isn't a single piece but is the composition of many parts joined together. I'm also pleased (technica …
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Dutch sailing barge
… gain but now returned to finishing off the Dutch barge. The hull is now painted and varnished, have also made the spars - the next step is to add the fittings and get the sails fitted. Will then add the RC equipment, before doing a float te …
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Re: Fairmile Type C - ML ..MGB MM Plan No:585 Part 2
… ....... The interior bottom skins upto the chine usually is painted with resin, the rest of the inside has a coat of Dope thinned of course, The exterior has about 3 to 5 coats of thinned Dope, to fill in the grain and then tissue is applie …
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Telectra 2 Standoff scale Police/Customs launch or Service Tender MM Plan No: MM417 - Part 9
… the side skins again verticaly sheeting, this will give the hull a lot of strength, again best left overnight to thoroughly dry and glue set. only the Bow to infill with block balsa or any left over bits of sheet, i think the more glue join …
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Water Scoop Location.
… he most likely cause for this strange behaviour is that the hull is being affected by torque? This is further confirmed by turning the rudder to the LEFT when the nose is diving under the water as this causes the boat to immediately stop di …