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Fittings
While waiting for the paint to dry, I found time to make some of the fittings needed for the rigging. First up, the chainplates to attach the rigging to the hull. The plans suggest simply glueing split pins into holes in the deck but I have …
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Elly Gray
… at the real boat I have tried to replicate hatch and cabin. Paint job on hull sort o done. Have taken to my marina for testing the motor drive and check on the water line. Bad mistake. Had only painted the hull with undercoat. Seems that un …
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My schooner
Finally warm enough to paint the hull
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Finished Deck
… our. The inside face of the bulwarks and frame tops will be painted white, including the inside corner and out to the inside edge of the frame tops but will finish the varnishing first before adding a coat or two of white paint. The gunwale …
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Back from the dead!!! Elliot Bay steam, er “diesel” launch!!
… the boat out of mothballs and built a cabin in situ on the hull, with the knowledge that if I didn’t like the looks, or just plain screwed up, I could stick her back in the box and no one’s the wiser. I built the cabin out of sheet plastic …
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Constellation
… idea of making a plug for a mold so I could turn out THREE hulls! One for me, one for sale, and one to be donated to the real ship. To that end, and with the inspiration of the book, instead of planking, I battened the hull and sheathed it …
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Changes in latitudes
… ches. I was originally going to bolt the chainplates to the hull, but instead I intend to use round-headed brass wood screws, and I've installed oak strips inside the hull to give them something to bite into. You may recall I'm modeling the …
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Scuppers, Belay pins and deck planking
… cided to make 4 each side, to maintain the integrity of the hull. Have made the rails for the belay pins, which in real life would be about a foot long, so on the model that's an inch. Not quite certain how to make them yet - they will need …
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She’s done…mostly
… ns work as advertised. I’m still having issues with the red paint below the waterline, I think I just didn’t prepare the surface properly before spraying the acrylic. It scratches and peels easily. I’ll live with it for now, I still need to …
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My schooner
… I can till warmer weather which will allow for priming the hull, filling low spots with spot putty, and final painting. In the meantime, making a travel container for sails and masts is on my agenda. Plus, my wife went with me to help choo …
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Almost there
I spent the day fixing the bottom hull paint, installed anchors and chains, and started the lettering. The kit comes with sticky back litters that look more like plain paper than vinyl, so I gave the sheet a coat of white Tamiya lacquer the …
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Orca build part7
… al again, the same with the superstructure and then finally paint. Now I know this has been the tried and tested method with modellers for years and very good results can be achieved, but just lately I have found using plastic card of vario …
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General Construction
Latest Update Having got bored building and painting doors chairs, settees and various tables( about 150 and at least another 300 to go) decided to have a change and have assembled the remaining decks and started fitting them together( can …
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My schooner
Hull is now fibreglassed as well as the deck. About 3lbs of lead shot has been glued in the bottom, it will need more, and probably a removable dagger with bulb will be added too. The photos were taken just after the final coat of Varathane …
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Superstructure
Made and painted the mast glued onto wind screen. Windows glued on. All items glued into cockpit. Unit now finished. Work and paint for the hull. Rick
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Italeri Vosper RC conversion.
… lder Graupner rudder, and a metal motor mount bonded to the hull. The hull is one piece save the transom, I used 1/8th reinforcements and plenty of epoxy at the joints..don’t wanna lose that I made one glaring error, I cut the stuffing tube …
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AMPHITRUCK (second flotation test)
… ttachments better. These were all tested in position before painting and sealing the hull, then all removed for the next stages of work. Swim motors, main drive/gearbox, wheel steering servo with waterproof boot, driveshaft seal, rudder ser …
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AMPHITRUCK
The hull was sealed with a timber preservative thin resin inside. Screen surround and roof then fitted and removable rear screen made. all now painted with a sealer, primer and topcoat. Shafts were epoxied in at this stage, complete with cl …
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Commodore Graupner kit of the '70's
… equalled more than the 30€! It is the current project, the hull is ready for painting, haven't got very far with the superstructure renovations as yet!
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Decking
… to mention in the last page that my grandson got the job of painting the inside of the hull. This is for me one of the most important steps in the build, it ensures the future integrity of the hull from ingress of water into the skins and b …
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Forecastle Hoodway part 2.
… as possible to allow a reasonable air flow through into the hull, when the steam plant is installed. I marked out then carefully cut out the notch in the roof. Using a spacer I was able to temporally clamp things together, checking that the …
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Re: Graupner Bussard
… found that some frames were missing. In the case of an ABS hull, this always brings with it dangers after years, such as breaking out, weak plastic areas, etc. etc. Back then I packed all the individual parts in a box and mothballed them. …
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Forecastle Hoodway.
… that a fan is mounted underneath to draw fresh air into the hull and another fan will be mounted aft to pull air out creating a forced draft. Here it is from the start. Recapping with the isometric sketches that have formed most of the guid …
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Ladders lights and such
… lt the second ladder sans solder. Worked out nicely. I then painted and installed the ladders. I had built sideboards for the port/starboard nav lights from plastic sheet instead of the ply in the kit. These were painted gray and glued in p …
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1/12 Tid Tug (Scratch build)
… much complete, just need to do the top plate for it & then paint it Also added some shelving at bottom of the hull either side for my ballast tubs to sit. Im hoping to get the deck filled & sealed over the weekend
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Re: Mt Washington
… ing to go with green trim throughout. a satin white for the hull, topsides. I ordered paint pens thru Amazon for the green detail (a first for me, paint pens? hard to teach an old dog new tricks) Trev
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Power
Only little areas to touch up and fine tune the hull moved on to setting up ESC. Motor rudder and rudder servo had been installed and removed to paint the boat. Just a matter of putting them back in place hooking them up to to the ESC trans …
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(Pleasure Craft) Bon Vivant
… similar vessels of the period. Built in 2014 and originally painted in blue color. Upgraded in 2015 with a layer of epoxy in between original and new exterior balsa wood hull paneling, new color scheme, motor, and propeller. First project m …