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Re: Advice re Gloss Varnish?
… hop and buy a can of the clear lacquer used in two-part car paint systems. It's UV resistant, UV is what is causing your hull to get browned off The lacquer is also resistant to knocks bangs and scratches I used it on my Sea Scout renovatio …
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Forward Torpedo Tube Compartment.
… ur so that it looks right. I also found that it is easer to paint some of the detail work with the tip of a cocktail stick it is more controllable than using a fine tipped paintbrush. There is less rust on the forward Torpedo tubes outside …
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Brushed Motors
… sad state after 20 years of neglect while being gutted for hull repairs and repainting. Cheers, Doug
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Decking on & Keel extension to support new prop shaft
… ding others blogs...). Now I need to commit to starting the painting regime for internal places and electrics installation before I box myself "out" ️. Then its onto hull fairing and painting, windows (plasticard) and cabin deck structures …
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Re: "A bit of Priming"!
Today I ordered the remaining paints. I need to paint the Smit Nederland! They are all Acrylic paints! I also sent back the paints. I had ordered from billing Boats! I also took the time to send back. The Channel and Switch Controller. I ha …
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1/40th Billings USCG motor lifeboat
… made up a bulkhead from scrap abs and installed it into the hull, giving me just enough room for the motor and a decent solid coupler. I then decided the stock rudders were too small, so I made some slightly larger out of thin plywood. I us …
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Re: Piscataqua river gundalow
Hi, Today I sprayed the hull with red (ruby) paint, unfortunately, the original shade - Indian red can not get anywhere here. But I think it will be enough. Anyway, I’m going to spray a few more times, and after testing in the tub, I mark t …
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HMS RODNEY 1/96th Build
It's a bit of a hybrid! - Hull and main superstructure built by Mr Ron Dean - Deans Marine - he does a semi kit. Then a current joint effort between 2 modellers - I am doing the techie fit out (radio/turret rotation/ gun elevation and smoke …
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Starting on the decking.
Just a small update. I started to do some of the final painting coats. I know that most members save this until the end but masking a completed model fills me with dread. I have finished the hull bottom, the bulwark and the deck. I will glu …
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Back to the plan
… d spinning water monitors that I’ve neglected to finish the hull. The basic painting of colour is done and now only needs lacquering. Before I started applying the livery I gave the hull a light rub down with 1500 wet & dry to get rid of an …
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Clyde Puffer kit build
… e attached photos show the progress so far, bare fibreglass hull, internally painted, fitting of prop shaft, making of electric motor mount and fitting it, setting out the controls and battery mount construction and finally a coat of red pr …
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Re: Piscataqua river gundalow
Hi, I'll try to buy reddish-brown tomorrow. I grinded the hull, then sprayed the red paint, grinding, putty again, grinding and spraying now gray paint as primer.. I still need ammonia to soften the wooden beams designed as a low rail at th …
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Pop Pop Boats
… e front of the first picture still going strong after its repaint - the one behind is a Rani also from India. Second acquisition the one that looks the same as the boathouse one but in the small box was from a shop in London for a tenner - …
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Gun, Decks and Capping Strips
… job was to glue the ply capping rails around the top of the hull. I used superglue which gave a quick fix, together with the usual stuck fingers. However, once sanded and painted the end result was very pleasing. Supplied are sheets of 'scr …
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Anchor Windlass
With the hull fitted out I decided that a few coats of paint was in order. For some reason the plan recommends (Humbrol) colour 127, which is 'US' ghost grey. I refuse to use an American colour on a Royal Navy boat, so I have chosen RN Admi …
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Wheelhouse
Having completed the basic hull repaint, it was time to get on to some of the more interesting details. Many of the deck fittings, ventilators, Samson post, etc were sourced from the shop on this website. These plastic fittings were primed …
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Casting a lead bulb keel
… weight I would need. The boat is larger than the fibreglass hulls produced by Chris Brown. The hull is almost complete and painted so I ran the bath (while my wife was out!) and floated her in it. I then added weights until her waterline lo …
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More done
… min just in case. I installed the rudder post tube into the hull, followed by the ply bushings that are glued in place over the tube and against the hull, then slathered epoxy over the joint. I also started test fitting some of the motor mo …
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Chris Craft Cobra by Dumas
… pposed to be white according to the instruction but since I painted the hull flat black, I'm not going exactly by the build.Today I glued the seat back to the turtle back and also glued in the seat bottom to the floor assembly. Made a simpl …
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Work with Balsa wood
… over 1/4" frames. My 4' 6" tug built in the 1970's has its Hull and decks in balsa, decks 3/16" thick planks. And the Hull is 1/4" thick x 1/2" wide planks. Then my grandfather's tug built in the early 1950's is bread and butter constructi …
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build Z-1
… melt the acrylic and leave a raised edge, which I won't be painting up to. You have to do a number of really light coats if you want to stop it bleeding, and run a blunt tool along the edge really firmly beforehand (still not good enough r …
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(Yacht) Koh-i-Noor
… o had passed away and was covered in dust and the ABS white hull had yellowed with age. I cleaned the yacht up, rubbed the timber decks down and varnished them, re-painted the superstructure, rubbed down the hull and spayed the hull a grey/ …
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build U
Cabin partly painted, (tops to paint), mast painted with LED riding light fitted. Second sound unit turned up and both now fitted and working, (with as near as I can find to Detroit 4-53s as fitted to this boat, in the programmed choices). …
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Up to now
… ally cut the hatch out, as the deck is by now bonded to the hull, and I just couldn’t get a good angle on it with the Dremel. Soooo..I drilled just inside the lines I had drawn and then just connected the dots. Then I was reminded of a litt …
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EeZeBilts From Keil Kraft
… to go on with the discussion on plan creation... Actually, paint finishes on EeZeBilts is a bit of a problem. It's true that balsa is not a good surface to paint on, and a common trick has been to cover it - with tissue, brown paper, nylon …
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build S
Just thrown some paint at the hull (sides and bottom 'anti fouling'), fitted the deflectors on the cabin tops and drilled the rear small port hole. Also have drawn up the name template to make the waterslide decal. I can start fitting the s …
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EeZeBilts From Keil Kraft
… Great for cabin tops/sides etc as well, (could even cover a hull with it, - just dope it, trim it and paint it) It's about all I use on planes as I got sick of expensive Solarfilm and others going slack in the sun (it's very stable and does …
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Martin Westquay's Piper Cub ;-)
… Beaver float plane, with custom Harbour Freight decals and paint job!I was experimenting with servo operated rudder floats, every fibre in my body was saying dont fly on salt water, but how could you resist that backdrop Floats are quite t …