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40" Seaplane Tender, new build O
… reak. I might set the rudders up then remove them ready for painting the hull. I have given the deck and coamings a good coat of dope (real aircraft stuff which I buy by the quart, much better than the watered down expensive stuff you buy f …
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The Waterline/Boot Topping.
… at it is about successfully applying a white waterline to a hull that gives me so much grief. I had problems with getting a good result with my Crash Tender and similarly with this model too. The common denominators are; 1. Me. 2. The hull. …
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build L
… support blocks, milled out the shaft slots and slotted the hull to match, ( still have to epoxy blocks in when happy with shaft angles ), made the motor mount plate and trimmed the inside edge excess off the deck. Still have to make the re …
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(Working Vessel) Fisheries Research Vessel Scotia
Started this model a year ago it has a fiberglass hull 1/76 scale A lot of dremel work need to get to the hull shapes. Hull it now painted and being fitted out with running gear. I've now moved on and use 2.4 r/c system. Lots of work to do. …
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46" RAF Crash Tender
… scue boats with planked decks, - later boats seem to be all painted ply. Almost everyone seems to go with the black and grey theme for most boats, (the RNZAF painted their 64ft HSL hull black with varnished coamings at one stage but soon ch …
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build H
Finished sanding the hull after the second coat of resin with 60 grit then 220 wet and dry (used wet) and now hull is matted ready for painting. Have made the chine spray rails and top rubbing strakes and radiused one side of each, - was go …
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New drive Train and Oiler
… after cleaning up the 'machinery compartment' a little and painting with silver Hammerite. A Quickrun BL ESC is sitting in the bottom in one of the trays my Dad originally fitted for the 2 wet cell (very wet!) 6V lead acid batteries. The h …
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build F
Finished fairing hull and correcting chine curve. Glassed hull tonight using 6oz cloth and West System epoxy resin. Took a few hours to dry even though I was using fast hardener due to cold weather, and when still flexible, trimmed off the …
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(Pleasure Craft) Fairly Huntsman
Still in build, hull and cabins painted and planking of decking complete ready to sand and varnish (Motor: Mtroniks Hydra 50) (ESC: Mtroniks G2) (10/10)
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40" Seaplane Tender, new build B
Finished planking hull, now started on fairing it. Planks (1.5mm balsa) were just pulled in to the center stringers by clamps and thick cyno'd to those first, then once set, top and bottom ends of the planks cyno'd. When dry, a bead of bals …
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Fitting shafts and motors
… nts and pump plate. First was to prepare the wood profiles, paint with sanding sealer and then prime them. They look a lot neater sprayed grey than just plain ply wood. I checked the two motors and found that the suppressor was not of the c …
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(Working Vessel) Mowe 2
… build and took me about 3 months from start to finish. The hull was a bit tricky, but a tube of P38 and lots of sanding, re-filling with light balsa filler, re-sanding, finishing and painting and patience won through! Not a brilliant finis …
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Fitting the Rudders
… e first stage was to drill all of the required holes in the hull. These include two for the anchors, two for the prop shafts, one for the water inlet tube and four for the rudders. As this is an ABS hull moulding, drilling is not usually to …
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Hints and Tips.
… , too many years in salt water . Tips? the secret? I really paint all my wood models so thoroughly and make internal wood coamings inside of the superstructures and actually hose down first thing at home with a soft hose stream to wash off …
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Refit Irishman to Yorkshireman tugboat
… n ex seaman who had actually crewed the Yorkshireman out of Hull. He was now finding it difficult to lift the model and transport it, so decided to sell. The model had seen a few owners and may have been 20 years + old. It had had at least …
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Superstructure takes shape
… oment so as to get to the build level where I can start the paint job before adding all the detailing bits. I have decided not to build the structure roof's with planks as the instructions show, but to use balsa sheet as it looks a lot easi …
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Rebuild rear deck Yorkshireman
Now all the flaky paint has been removed it's time to start rebuilding. A trip to the model shop for everything I thought I might need and a bit more just in case. sheet, flat, round and angled plastic in various sizes paint ,glue and piano …
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Re: Veronica build. London sailing barge
… d to shape as close as I could. I had already beefed up the hull by applying FG tissue and Ezekote on the inside, just in case it might fall apart on removing the 1/16" or so of ancient oil based paints. When happy with the form I applied w …
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Deck work
… fitted. Having spent a while on the fittings cleaning and repainting I decided to leave alone. one point I can pass on was the use of my stash of different sized bulldog clips, these were invaluable to aid painting the small parts. I found …
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Engine and ballast
… aft through. I have also added a lot of cement to bring the hull down to the waterline. Electrics are all in and the internal will now be given a coat of tile paint to seal everything in. The only part of the build I will not make this time …
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First ever
… model boat for the first time (Anteo from panart) glad the hull is ready for painting
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Decking added
With the Hull paint job complete, the next stage of the build was to add the decking and rubbing strip. Being a novice at this I decided the best option was not to go for a complicated deck....KISS!! So I opted for solid mahogany. Veneer wa …
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Fairmount Alpine - TUG!
… ld videos on YouTube. I often wonder about the best time to paint the various bits as it seems some will be difficult to do later. So I painted the guard rail uprights and glued them in... then clamped the painted guard rails (proper names? …
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Manufacturing of Paddles
… the paddles were fouling each other. Disassembled them and painted them using car spray paint. I was quite pleased with the paddles so could start thinking about the tug hull. ,
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Anteno 2 tug
… n your Anteo Tug, that has to be one of the neatest planked hulls I have seen in a while, and the paint job on the hull is quite incredible, wow. I built this kit back in the 1970s and it definitely is and was really good value for money, n …
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vintage yacht (Victoria)
… e is no name on the yacht after removing 4 colour layers of paint from the hull and 2 days sanding I repainted with 5 layers of paint rubbing down with 2000 grade between each coat
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PS Enterprise
The Top deck is now complete. The hull is partially painted and the construction of the superstructure has begun and the rudder is now attached
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Determine Scale / Ribs / HELP with building board ideas?
… ded to go with 1/2" scale as it will still be a good length hull. Ribs - I took the hull line drawings from the book, which were very small, just about an inch wide. I scanned the image and using the app "paint" on my laptop. I cropped it c …