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Russian KC100D waterjet work boat project
… arry a decent load. Working with foam is a piece of cake, - hull shape was done in about 30 mins - roughed out with a surform, then a blunt surform then 80 grit paper then 120, before being liberally painted with PVA. I only did one generou …
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Re: More details , but not much in the way of workings …
"The trouble with closeups it shows just how bad I paint ..." Rhubarb BWLooks pretty damn good to me. Remember; these boats were war machines not luxury yachts. They were also very hard worked, probably more than any other type of surface v …
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Re: RAF Fire Boat 34" Original Keil Kraft Kit
… trips out of the steamer I immediately fastened them to the hull shape using automotive (stronger) masking tape and left them until they had fully dried out. I then attached them as I mentioned previously with Deluxe Materials Roket Max thi …
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Re: RAF Fire Boat 34" Original Keil Kraft Kit
… " strips enough to allow it to bend around the shape of the hull. I used a form of superglue and just did a few inches at a time and used strips of masking tape to assist with holding it in place. This spray rail made a massive difference! …
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RAF Fire Boat 34" Original Keil Kraft Kit
… tament to kit suppliers of old) I have nearly completed the hull, decking and superstructure and trial fitted the propshaft and motor. I am struggling with getting the rubbing strakes right at the moment, planning to use steam bent 1/8" obe …
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1930 chris craft runabout
I have the hull paint on. Primed and painted. Next the classic white stripe, black paint on deck, name on transom, then clear coat. Now I have another question. Should the aluminum trim that goes on all over this boat be cleared over as wel …
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freighter of unknown builder
… his is a here is one some made earlier, its a wooden ribbed hull the planked and veneers in wooden planks and painted and varnished,the tiller flat is made from a fruits de exotic box the wis from what ever was to hand a real on board ship …
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Cabin Fitting and Repairs
… see that I had completed the wiring including the cabin to hull connection which I had not added to this blog. Pictures of the wiring and connectors are added here. Another outstanding issue that I had worked on over the summer was to try …
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1930 chris craft runabout
… will sand the whole boat again including cockpits and start hull paint. I am also going to paint the black accents with transparent black hoping that when in the sun the mahogany grain will show. At this point I am going to paint the red an …
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Scratch Built 31" 'Blue Moppie'
Painting is finished. My grandson probably wouldn't have chosen these colors but this was Blue Moppie’s color scheme. Pale blue and lots of shiny white fiberglass. I find it far more interesting to make scratch built models of actual boats, …
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Update….
… ouple of days I have done a bit of work on the us army tug, hull shaping ect, I think it’s turned out pretty well for a novice. The cable ties really helped with keeping the shape while the glue dried with the help of a few pins. Bit more f …
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Winter Project
… nter is a long time, so I'll be taking my time. Got the two hulls glued together & sealed with some two-part finishing epoxy. Needed to order a prop & stuffing box from China probably will take a while to get. Made up a deck sheet & now I n …
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Glue / solvent
… stick styrene strakes to Eze-Kote resin on a number of ply hulls which are being painted over. Holding well and I will be using it to fix styrene window frames to painted ply.
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Russian K100D waterjet work boat project
Started on the cabin paint,- 2 coats of Zinsser 1.2.3 water based primer sealer, and 3 coats of auto primer . If it stops raining long enough, I might get the bottom half of the cabin painted, (grey,- same as the hull, white on top) Started …
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Float testing
… jority of the glass work still more sanding and preping for paint on the hull. I decided.to see where it was as far as the draft. Initially sitting it in the water it was floating way to light. after finding at best guess, about 1 1/2 pound …
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Gun Deck and Gun Deck Walls
… I was not careful enough when gluing the two halves in the hull and the join is visible, particularly at each end. The jury is still out as the whether I should fit a 'centreline' plank, or leave well alone, as the top deck and ship's boat …
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1930 chris craft runabout
… st of the interior details. Next step is stain, fiberglass, paint and clear for the hull. I am going to name her Driftwood. My better half loves to collect driftwood when we are on the river or lake. I had a gold leaf vinyl decal made up. D …
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Huntress
… s over-powered and on 6 cells only has 2 or 3 inches of the hull is in the water. I have slowed her down a bit but it is difficult to ballance the hull. Either the hull is climbing a hill or just splashing through the water. I built her in …
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Russian K100D waterjet work boat project
Painted the hull with an auto primer, then with a spray enamel. Also sprayed the hand rails, and have made some tyre fenders on the lathe from 35mm dowel. Soaked them in black lacquer and dried them immediately with a paper towel to matt th …
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Precedent 49" Perkasa
After the hull build and getting the deck on I finally started to uses CA rather than epoxy. Certainly sped things up when building the superstructure. The hull still needs the top coats but while I was moving it around the workshop thought …
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Project S-91
… the speed controls , and receiver there given the amount of hull access this model has I can easy place the largest batteries in front of the motors and still adjust for trim based on my S-100. My S-100 has 3 1100kv motors on 2 3C pack , la …
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Precedent 49" Perkasa
… This is a fairing compound so sands really easily. The grey paint is a Hempel Multicoat, thin it by 50% and it makes a lovely primer, reduce the thinning to 20% and it is a nice satin topcoat. Multiple coats were applied and sanded back unt …
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DISASTER has struck!!
… felt feet which made it easy to slide along the side of the hull. It worked OK. I then applied the Tamiya Masking tape for curves tape. It did the job I wanted but then I noticed a slight kink in it on the transom. I therefore lifted the ta …
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Russian K100D waterjet work boat project
Second coat of resin on the hull and deck now, and most of the foam inside, resin sealed. I've made a thicker Perspex lid ( 5mm) for the diverter box and sealed it (hopefully) with a firm silicone. The previous 2mm lid was far too flexible …
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(Fire Boat) RAF Fireboat (vintage) Aero
… w positions. Block windows with 1mm ply. Foam front half of hull to make unsinkable. Make centre decking area. Repair and build up on cabin roofs and walls to centre deck. Rewire add ESC and servo. Remove broken and unusable fittings such a …
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Cabin Completed
… the build as it’s a different way of building, coupled with paint, sometimes sketchy parts fit, and the mods I made for radar and lights. However, I’m very pleased with the way it turned out. I shortened the radar antenna to clear a taller, …
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Varnishing complete!
… ts of varnish onto first of all the decks and then onto the hull sides. The bottom had 4 coats earlier in the build. I will need to polish out the dust specks eventually. I tried really hard to avoid any dust by sanding and wiping down outs …
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Bluebird of Chelsea
… P38 which will almost certainly help me to achieve a smooth hull for painting. I spent a happy couple of hours yesterday online shopping for brass portholes, stanchions and other pretty bits which I will hopefully have delivered before U.K. …