Mt Washington by Dumas
Cut out the hull.
The directions say one thing the plans show another 😂
Installed some ledgers to support the deck as per the plans.
I don't do Social Media or Blogs this is my first, so don't expect too much🤓
Love that CA, but of course I never have enough ventilation, surprised I have any brain cells left
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Mt Washington by Dumas
Cut out the hull.
The directions say one thing the plans show another 😂
Installed some ledgers to support the deck as per the plans.
I don't do Social Media or Blogs this is my first, so don't expect too much🤓
Love that CA, but of course I never have enough ventilation, surprised I have any brain cells left
Fabricated and installed the Deck.
Way too much Plastic for me. Hopefully it looks better when finished.
Starting to look like Mickey Mouse and Rinkey Dink!!
The original Mt. Washington was a Wooden Side Wheeler.
It was a Magnificent Vessel. That is why I wanted to build her.
I much prefer to work with wood.
I am considering Mahogany Decks. The Plans call for Bass Wood.
I would insert black .020 strips between planks. not called for in the plans.
Please give me any thoughts anyone has on this.
Thanks,
Trev
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Fabricated and installed the Deck.
Way too much Plastic for me. Hopefully it looks better when finished.
Starting to look like Mickey Mouse and Rinkey Dink!!
The original Mt. Washington was a Wooden Side Wheeler.
It was a Magnificent Vessel. That is why I wanted to build her.
I much prefer to work with wood.
I am considering Mahogany Decks. The Plans call for Bass Wood.
I would insert black .020 strips between planks. not called for in the plans.
Please give me any thoughts anyone has on this.
Thanks,
Trev
Walnut is a nice wood with close grain and nice to work with have a look at my Police boat boat the deck is done in walnut with black card caulking. https://model-boats.com/blogs/78377#85474
Did some sanding.
reminds me of why i hated working on fiberglass boats. if God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have made fiberglass trees.
I am seriously considering installing a mahogany deck. The plans call for 1/4 inch wide deck planks. That is out of scale.
I will install 1/8 inch planks with a .020 black seam between.
That just added another year to the project.😭😭😭
Trev
Did some sanding.
reminds me of why i hated working on fiberglass boats. if God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have made fiberglass trees.
I am seriously considering installing a mahogany deck. The plans call for 1/4 inch wide deck planks. That is out of scale.
I will install 1/8 inch planks with a .020 black seam between.
That just added another year to the project.😭😭😭
Trev
In the defence of ferro cement boats, I actually owned a 30
cruiser until recently and it had a layer of cement over a very old clinker hull. This was applied in the 70
s to prolong the boats life, an inexpensive repair which can be completed by a plasterer rather than an expensive and hard to find boatbuilder.
Until very recently Andree 1v could be seen looking quite splendid in rivers and canals around Nottingham and Lincolnshire, I owned her and used her extensively for over 30 years.👍
Assembled the Boat Deck.
Started planking the Main Deck. Used the Bass Wood with .020 Black caulking joints.
After looking at many, many pics of the Mt Washington, I came to the conclusion that mahogany would not be appropriate.
The width of the planking is not to scale they should be 1/8th not 1/4, but I went with the program.
I guess I am slipping😭😭
Yes, I do take over the whole house with my builds. Good thing I am not Married🤓
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Assembled the Boat Deck.
Started planking the Main Deck. Used the Bass Wood with .020 Black caulking joints.
After looking at many, many pics of the Mt Washington, I came to the conclusion that mahogany would not be appropriate.
The width of the planking is not to scale they should be 1/8th not 1/4, but I went with the program.
I guess I am slipping😭😭
Yes, I do take over the whole house with my builds. Good thing I am not Married🤓
Hi PeeJay,
Many Thanks for the photos. I can never get enough.
I am going 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
The Paddle Boxes: that is an area that I have not addressed.
In real life I think they were cut out to reduce the vacuum caused by the rotation of the Wheel
Finished Planking the Deck.
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Thanks PeeJay,
I am actually going to finish the deck with Tung oil.
To give it a matt finish. Wish me luck, there is no going back from that, if it doesn't go well😭😂😂
Trev
Re "I would love to see her finished😁"
So would I Trev, so would I 😭
One small light at the end of the tunnel, I've finally figured out how to get the drive from my restored vintage Taycol Target motor right down low in the hull to match the shaft.
Thanks to inspiration from one of our 'steam nuts'😉
So far I've restored the hull. See blog https://model-boats.com/blogs/43305?sort=ASC
Cheers, Doug 😎
Started installing the raised panels/ windows.
Had to forgo outlining the muntin bars as I was unable to make them as precise as necessary.☹️
Pilot's house
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Started installing the raised panels/ windows.
Had to forgo outlining the muntin bars as I was unable to make them as precise as necessary.☹️
Pilot's house
I found the best source for styrene supplies and brass is HobbyLobby. I also bought my paint pens there.
Instead of painting the wood below the paddle wheel boxes, I used styrene sheets and on other areas wood areas instead.
Framed the cabin roof with rafters.
Installed Mahogany Facias instead of PVC.
Cutting out the fan pattern on the wheel housings, extremely tedious!
Trev
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Framed the cabin roof with rafters.
Installed Mahogany Facias instead of PVC.
Cutting out the fan pattern on the wheel housings, extremely tedious!
Trev
The Photos show the steps I took for the Paddle Wheel Housings.
Cut out the fan detail on the embossed sheet.
Cut out the fan detail on the wheel boxes.
Apply the embossed sheet to the Wheel Housings.
Apply a Mahogany strip to the perimeter of the Housing.
Highlight the detail with green
Still a little more to do😮😮
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The Photos show the steps I took for the Paddle Wheel Housings.
Cut out the fan detail on the embossed sheet.
Cut out the fan detail on the wheel boxes.
Apply the embossed sheet to the Wheel Housings.
Apply a Mahogany strip to the perimeter of the Housing.
Highlight the detail with green
Still a little more to do😮😮
Under Deck Framing
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Beginning Construction of Railings
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Hope things are alright. I have been following your blog, hoping it would motivate me to get me to finish my Mt W. The wheel box was excellent and I may do something similar on mine.
