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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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Your Walnut Decking is Spot On!
Walnut is beautiful! The frame around my Typhoon plan, that is hanging on the wall behind the model, is Walnut. Trev ▲
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 mturpin013 ( Admiral)
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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.
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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Thankyou Rick😊
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇨🇦 Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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The strips sound a good idea.
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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Fleet Admiral.
I believe it had a painted deck. Thanks for your input. Yes I can machine 1/8 Mahog. which would be closer to scale. Thanks. Trev ▲
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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Go wood young man👍
Mahog would be good if you can find some nice close grained pieces. Otherwise it can look kinda over-scale. What did the original have? Cheers, Doug 😎 ▲
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisG ( Lieutenant Commander)
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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.👍 ▲
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2 years ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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I heartily agree Trev 👍
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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Hey Doug,
When I was running a marina in Cos Cob Ct. I had a client that built a ferro cement boat. It actually sailed but for me how unrewarding is building a boat out of ferro cement. I have poured many foundations and floors out of concrete, That, in my mind is what concrete is for. ▲
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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Yes, painting the Mahog would be a sacrilege🤓
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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Not to mention steel, aluminium (aluminum for you😉), carbon fibre composite or even concrete trees Trev!
Mahog planked deck sounds great, fiddly but should look good. Go for it👍 BUT, if you dare to paint it😮 to match the original 🙈- I'll never squeak to you again!🙊 Good luck, Cheers, Doug 😎 ▲
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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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 ▲
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2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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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 ▲
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 Peejay ( Midshipman)
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There aren’t many photos that really show the main deck color. I have a number of postcards and the book, “Farewell to Mount Washington,” written by the developer of the kit plan, and there just aren’t any good deck views.
One other area raising questions is the upper side of the paddle boxes, which are in a darker color in some shots. Here are some of my pictures of MT Washington and some models of her. ▲
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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Thanks,
I too was thinking to cut out the material behind the windows, and I will outline the muntin bars as you suggested. 😊 ▲
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇨🇦 Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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Good progress Trev. The planking looks good. Keep it up.
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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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 ▲
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2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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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 ▲
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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Thanks Rick,
Dumas said it took 2 hours. It took me 4 times that😂😂😂 Trev ▲
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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Thanks Doug,
I would love to go across the pond and help you with your decking. But unfortunately I am stuck in Bedford. She looks like she has great Promise 😀😀 Actually I think bass wood strips and black caulking strips are easier to apply than etching. I would love to see her finished😁 Best, Trev ▲
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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Very very nice job Trev👍
Can you come and do my fish cutter deck please, pretty please 😁 She's an ancient Billing Boat kit very badly built which I inherited. The deck was so dry and brittle it fell apart as I removed it from the hull prior to a full restoration and conversion from static to RC. Can't compete with your planking so I guess I'll have to revert to etched / engraved ply🤔 Keep it up Trev, looking forward to further instalments and the sea trials. Cheers, Doug 😎 ▲
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇨🇦 Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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Well done with the work on the decking
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 Peejay ( Midshipman)
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Very clean work! Looks nice!
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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Thanks for your input!
I need all the help I can get😂😂 ▲
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2 years ago by 🇺🇸 Bogiemail ( Able Seaman)
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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. ▲
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 Bogiemail ( Able Seaman)
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It has been a long time ago but I first made all the white crosses on the clear sheets. Then I cut it out each pane individually, gluing each pane to the back of the plastic facade with E6000 glue.
The painted frames look real good. 👍 ▲
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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Thanks Rick,
The Mt Washington is a good winter, or two winters project for me. Hope it doesn't snow which would take time from my obsession 😂😂😂 Trev ▲
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇨🇦 Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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Progressing nicely. Way to go Trev 👍👍👍
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💬 Re: Paddle Wheel Housings
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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Thankyou Chris, Good Thing it's Winter😂😂
It took many hours😭 ▲
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💬 Re: Paddle Wheel Housings
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisG ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Brilliant work I wish I had that much patiance.
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💬 Re: Mt Washington
2 years ago by 🇺🇸 Bogiemail ( Able Seaman)
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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.
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2 years ago by 🇺🇸 pressonreguardless ( Rear Admiral)
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Thanks Rick, A few Hiccups Along the Way😂😭😂😭
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2 years ago by 🇨🇦 Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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Coming nicely Trev. Paddle boxes look great. Looks a lot of work to do the railings well done.
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