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(Naval Ship) Titanic II Landing Craft
… ily on the dole) and quite literally rammed it through foam hull and with a splash of paint came up with this "Vietnam River landing craft" ish!! (Motor: 540 type) (6/10)
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(Pleasure Craft) Katie
… , it was so poorly built that the only thing I used was the hull and that needed extensive upgrading before I could continue, all the rest has been scratched built. She is still under construction but the photo show her progress to date. Th …
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A Cullermix tug conversion
… he first things to do were to strip it all down to the bare hull which meant removing the entire bulwarks and deck as well so that literally all I had was the wooden hull, this was then stripped of all paintwork and the inside varnish. The …
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Graupner Collie - part 2
… nning plus epoxy and then the fairing process repeated. The hull was then stripped back, smoothed and primed. Next a new keel ballast weight was shaped in wood, then used as a plug to make and mould and cast (in lead) a copy with embedded p …
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RAF Crash Tender 46in
HI this was my winter project the hull was given to me by my son who got it at a car boot sale it had been on fire as it was driven by a petrol engine in now has twin brushless motors with 45mm props but going to put 50mm props on when they …
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AEROKITS 46" FIREBOAT....A TROUBLED PROJECT
With all the original paint removed, the flaws in the hull are to be seen, were the patches of paint have not come off, after the hull had been sanded. The next stage was to attack the engine room, as mentioned this was originally IC powere …
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Paddler Project
… onged wet spell has finally got me doing something with the hull & wheels I now have. Please allow that I have no machine tools and only a little cluttered shed, and probably minimal skills. But I publish this in the hope that it might enco …
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AEROKITS 46" FIREBOAT.....A TROUBLED PROJECT
Well the first job was to remove the original paint work, normally this would have been done with the good old paint remover "Nitromors" which works well but can be very messy....but after an e-mail from a fellow club member he recommended …
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fireboat update
I have painted quite a few boats with good results, but the black on the fireboat is trying my patience, black must be the worst colour to use, it shows up every minute Imperfection. Now onto my second large tin of black gloss and a lot of …
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HMS Tean
… they don't pinpoint anything, just shine out! She is in the paint shop at the minute, the Hull has had two coats of primer already, one more and I think she will be ready for the final colour. Hopefully will start spraying the superstructur …
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Assurance Class Tug
… eck of the Assurance Class Tug now ready to be put into the hull, the towing hook box area has been made stronger to insure that it can pull without breaking. Now to get it ready for it undercoat of paint.
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Fireboat Tribute to HS93 Peter Henshaw
… was a 3 foot Fireboat, built new, not Aerokits, I think the hull was Deans marine, but not sure. The boat Is a work of art, It has opening hand made brass front windows, working hand made davit crane, the monitors were going to work, the wh …
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Inshore fishing boat
The main planking of the hull now finished. I had intended at the start of the build to paint the hull but because the planking had gone so well and no filler was used, I would sand, stain and seal it. A coat of Z-Poxy was applied to the in …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
That textured paint was from B & Q, it gives rough finish, and is just right. I masked off a thin strip around the hull, and any fitttings that where on, and painted with BS631 that I had mixed in an aerosol at a car paint suppliers Finally …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
… spect for anything unusal that should not be happening, and paint, boring! My paint process for the hull, reclean, sand with a block using 800grit, its already primered, paint the red, 2 or 3 coats, flat with 600 then 800 wet/dry, clean off …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
so a brief recap hull is primed and ready for paint, after being treated with glass cloth and resin. Work has been completed on cabin sides, prop tubes are fitted, and the method for fitting the motors done (anybody looked at the video in t …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
… you can probably tell, I'm racing through the glassing, and paint prep. its a real Important part of the build, but I found it soooo boring! Not long before the real interesting stuff comes along, especially the driveline Time to turn the b …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion -
paint, at last, I have opted for halfords filler primer, dont know why, I was disappointed last time I used it , but will give it another go. The hull is quite nice and flat, after a LOT of rubbing down, I wanted a primer that will allow so …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
… mentioned previously, we decided that we need to glass the hull, this will make sure the wood does not rot in the future, as we dont know how old the boat actually is. The hull was a bit of a job, getting the cloth and resin around the sha …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Next bit is horrible, preparing for the paint. With my smaller 36" Fireboat, it suffered after time with delamination, so I decided to fibreglass this boat, I had only done this once before, so was dreading this job. The photo is the fibreg …
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Glenn Aerokit 36" Mk2
Painting went quite well, the only snag was the red which kept bleeding through the black. The white line was I think successful, although a bit of a fiddle to get flat over the chine line, doing It on a hot day helped. The grey primer uppe …
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Sea Trials
… t is generally complete - still haven't really finished the hull painting although I did run it on Goole MBCs pond a few weeks back. it goes like stink with the Hobbyking 1000kv Brushless Motor and 7.2v NiMh battery pack and shows very long …
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"Rainbow" 1934 J-Boat Class Racer
… Everything Is a build-up, Including the mast and boom. The hull: mainframes were assembled on the keel, and attached to a strongback for planking. Bow, stern, and keel blocks were Installed. The whole thing Is sanded to shape, sins filled, …
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Decking Completed
… ace and rubbed down ready for varnishing. So hope to finish hull prep in the next few days, then on to the painting and varnishing. I will also be fitting the cabin roof's before commencing with the painting, as I like everything prepared b …
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Resin and Glass Cloth
… me use kitchen. The pictures show my next step, I've coated hull in sanding sealer followed by sanding to a reasonable finish. Then coated with Eze-Kote resin from Delux Materials, then sanded back lightly. I then covered with 24gsm glass c …
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y knot
bought the bare hull off e-bay which was coverd in black spray paint yuk.
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Motor Sailer
… d was the curve of the wood especially on the bottom of the hull, I now have a gap to fill In. Then came the deck and the housing etc all drawn out first then cut and glued. The keel Is my own Idea as I want to fit a propeller still. Finish …
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A 16ft tanker towboat
… and 2ft wide with sides 10" deep. she has no bottom in the hull sections which are 2ft x 2ft, instead she has 4" of foam fitted up under the deck which she floats on, this leaves the sides acting as a long keel and stops her slipping about …