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S38 Schnellboot by Italeri 1/35 Scale
… RC tx and rx, many LEDS, electrical components and a ton of paints (italeri to other makes has been done where possible). I'll need to buy 10 cheap simple servos at about £17.00 and 4 good quality servos at about £50.00. My ESC will need up …
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Timberheads
… cuppers were cut through the gunwales on either side of the hull, level with the deck to drain any water that comes over the sides when the boat is heeled over. Four fairleads (two either side) were added to the gunwales for rigging cords t …
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HAKITS- PILOT LAUNCH-LARGER VERSION.
Completing the Hull structure and Sundry. It has been one of those periods where building a model seems to not be making much progress despite spending the usual amount of time on it and then suddenly another major step has been completed. …
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Mounting the Winch servos
Having sealed the inside of the hull with two part epoxy, it was given a couple of coats of white Hammerite to ensure that there will be no water damage, and to make it easier to see inside the hull once the deck is fitted. There are two wi …
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Phantom Tug
… update this time. The timberheads are all in, the bulwarks painted, deck laid and sealed, so it's on to the cap rails. There was no way to bend a flat piece of wood sideways to the curve of the hull, and knowing these would be painted, I o …
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Steam tug Lyttelton
… , saves.....trauma? Anyway, we're up and running again. The hull is now painted and lacquered. The name lettering is laser cut vinyl lettering, courtesy of the Leeds Model Shop, whose mail order service is a life line at the moment. The rea …
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Ink bled
… e after coaming is done and everything fibreglassed, I will paint the deck to match the hull, or a contrasting colour.
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LST 368
… tive tools as well; Cheese / vedge grater for shaping balsa hull blocks I presume, and rolling pin (Carrara marble? Très posh!) for flattening decks and bending planks? Happy painting, splosh it on Ma'am Will you be using Pastry Brushes? Go …
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Water line
… st so decided to use it to put a line around the top of the hull to give a nice distinction between the blue and walnut woodwork. Just a point, the trim line was probably 20 + years old but still as good as new. I also applied the rear fend …
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Morston - H A Kits (small version) Cabin fun
… thout a challenge. Just the Cabin roof to fit and its on to painting, I am thinking of a couple of shades of blue for the hull at the moment. I am planning to leave the roof off until I have finished painting the cockpit.
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Princesse Loane Trawler Build (conclusion)
… ot posting earlier, but as it is "life got in the way". All paint is Testors Model Master, with the bottom of the hull painted with #4674 Leather up to the chine, then #4852 Green Zink Chromate up and over the gunwale. There is a strip of B …
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Billings - Dragen - Dragon
… years, my last 2 boats were from this wood so only glue and paint were purchased. I have many electric motors (close to 100) which I am using as well. About 6 years ago I completed a model boat called "Dolphin" for a lady who had found the …
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Billings Progress
… my first boat. Turned out to be a good starter boat as the hull was almost finished. Having painted it the way the write up seamed to say. Then ready to run and into the water. The boat being top heavy it tipped and took on water. Back to …
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Re: RAF RTTL 2762 E
hi there Regarding a smooth hull for the RTTL Launch - when I built mine - I double diagonally planked the hull. For the inner planking I used obechi strips; at 45 degrees to the keel. The outer planking was 4mm wide x 0.5 thick mahogany st …
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Phantom Tug
Four The tug is evolving. The hull was 'glassed outside, and epoxied inside. Where the battery, motor, and electronics mounts reside the hull planking was 'glassed. The main platform was fitted and the rudder operation addressed. The counte …
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Robbe Smaragd
… ing to be a pest with plenty of questions: - looking at the hull I'd like to repaint it, I'm wondering if the 'crazing' lines in the hull/paint are repairable? I'm hoping just rub down and respray using same colours, once I determine what t …
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Phantom Tug
Three Moving along on the catch up, the hull is 'glassed, sanded, and ready for some paint, plus have to figure out the rudder and how to activate it. The first coats of paint are rattle-can automotive primer from the parts store. My though …
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Electronics installation continues....
… items to be fitted, was drilled, cut and sanded ect before painting in red oxide spray just to hide the white plastic. Once lacquered and dry, it was mounted to the aluminium cross brace struts which will be bonded into the hull in due cou …
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39' Windboats Fairwind - roughing out interior
… ’ lengths ordered. That’s a heck of a lot of tiny paneling! Painted the engine room. The hull has no solid bulkheads below the waterline, so could also paint most of the inside of the hull, fore and aft. The transom, though straight in plan …
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The whole boat
… or built, the main cabin and funnel from plasticard and the hull with its ply inserts for the cabin windows and the wavy rubbing strips straightened out. Getting the hull etc to this state seems to have cost as much as a small boat kit plas …
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39' Windboats Fairwind - finishing the chine
… ly the same profile as the waterline, so it was easy to add hull below this, but at the bow the chine of course came above the waterline. I added balsa block in the area, cutting it first vertically, getting the chine shape from the ply tem …
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Jet drives installed....
… ernal grills, I primed and sprayed the area black. Once the hull is ready to go in the paint shop proper, I shall mask the grills and the outputs on the transom and re-prime the hole hull. The nozzles, buckets and trim tab assemblies will r …
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Preparing mounting holes.....
… again the areas were the jetdrive housings would sit in the hull and exit holes on the transom in preparation to mount the jet drive nozzle and bucket housings. To make a template for the hole in the hull, I painted on a layer of black tami …
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Puffer update
… puffer it was to be powered by steam.That changed after the hull was built.When placing the boiler in position the chimney would have been in the center of the hull.Also the steam plant would have to be hidden not what I wanted.The Borkum b …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… his before so after some thought I tried mixing artists oil paint with Titebond 3 glue, this took far too long to dry. I then tried artists acrylic Gouache a thick acrylic and Tamiya acrylic mixed with Titebond 3 (separately that is), this …
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HAKITS MORSTON
Things seem very slow at the moment what with painting the hull, the new paint has arrived now and so have been able to put the final coats on the the bottom and the sides. I have concluded that there is only so many times that you can pain …
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HARTLEY FLARELINE, SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
… y angle, all screwed together with 3mm screws and nuts. The hull supports are from 8x8mm square brass tube, soldered to brass plates and bolted to the frame. The wooden support rails are drilled for a tight fit over the sq tube, set at the …
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Deck Hatches
… provide plenty of access to the radio gear installed in the hull. The plan calls for coamings (3 x 6 mm) to be glued around the edge of each of the hatch openings. Strips of mahogany were cut to size and mitered on the ends. The mitered cor …