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    1954 35 ft. Chris Craft Sport Fisherman / Cruiser
    25 Posts Β· 16 Followers Β· 246 Photos Β· 138 Likes
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    πŸ“ 1954 35' Chris Craft Cruiser.... 1/10 scale
    5 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Promise ...these will be last pics of the 1954 35' Chris Craft Cruiser / Sport Fisherman Natural light is the best.

    πŸ’¬ Re: 1954 35' Chris Craft Cruiser.... 1/10 scale
    5 months ago by πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Len1 ( Warrant Officer)
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    Fantastic workmanship. Its an inspiration for me.
    πŸ’¬ Re: 1954 35' Chris Craft Cruiser.... 1/10 scale
    5 months ago by πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Dumaspittman ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    What a GEM!!!
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    πŸ“ 1954 35' Chris Craft
    5 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Cockpit cabin roof stantions are on. Missed them on the completion. Wife is aboard.

    πŸ“ 1954 35' Chris Craft 1/10 scale
    5 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Think I am pretty much done here on my 1954 35' Chris Craft Cruiser. Will add flag and pennant... exhaust etc. But close to the finish line.

    πŸ’¬ Re: 1954 35' Chris Craft 1/10 scale
    5 months ago by πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ JBRCfloats ( Leading Seaman)
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    Great job. πŸ‘πŸ˜Š I love the Chris Craft models. My question is where do you find the figurines?
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    πŸ’¬ Re: 1954 35' Chris Craft 1/10 scale
    5 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Thank you Steve
    πŸ’¬ Re: 1954 35' Chris Craft 1/10 scale
    5 months ago by πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί stevedownunder ( Captain)
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    A great result Brightwork,
    Beautiful looking model.

    Cheers,
    Stephen.
    πŸ’¬ Re: 1954 35' Chris Craft 1/10 scale
    5 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    lol...of course!! Thank you...
    πŸ’¬ Re: 1954 35' Chris Craft 1/10 scale
    5 months ago by πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ jbkiwi ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Excellent job BW, looks brilliantπŸ‘πŸ‘, bet you can't wait for launch day? Love the venetians as well, really suits it.

    JB
    πŸ’¬ Re: 1954 35' Chris Craft 1/10 scale
    5 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ ChrisF ( Midshipman)
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    You have made a fantastic job of her, a credit to your skills. Boats of this era and into the 60s and 70s are my favourites.

    Of course it's got to be Faireys for me!

    Chris
    πŸ’¬ Re: 1954 35' Chris Craft 1/10 scale
    5 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    I am having trouble getting the black pin stripe to hold. I had some old stuff and figured that might be the problem, so I bought some new stripe and it's not much better. Any suggestions are welcome.
    πŸ“ October update
    6 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Fall is here ..so I have been busy on end of summer clean up etc. Not to many hours in the shipyard. However... I did manage to work on the helm station and cabin door entry. Not completed yet, but worth a peak. I have also added her boot stripe and port holes. I was lucky enough to find a swim grid I could modify to fit her. More bling to put on including nav lights. Enjoy..

    πŸ’¬ Re: October update
    5 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Sorry I have missed the comments fellas. Been busy lately. The cabin top paint is Krylon (Celery glosss). Love the colour as well. The figures are 1/10 scale. I bought them a long time ago for my Corvette at a local miniature store, that has closed since.
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    πŸ’¬ Re: October update
    5 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Ron ( Vice Admiral)
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    Check out:
    Fisher Price Mattel Playskool β€œLoving Family”

    I have these on my Lobster Yacht and wouldn’t mind a few more.
    πŸ’¬ Re: October update
    5 months ago by πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Len1 ( Warrant Officer)
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    Anyone have an answer as were to get figures and at affordable prices?
    πŸ’¬ Re: October update
    5 months ago by πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ DWBrinkman ( Sub-Lieutenant)
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    I am in the same position as several others. I really struggle to find decent figures to crew my boats. Any tips for where to find them are welcomed!
    πŸ’¬ Re: October update
    5 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Ron ( Vice Admiral)
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    Classic and the details will set it off even more. What is the length? What is the height inside the helm? If it is similar to the Midwest Lobster Yacht, possibly these figures would work well too.
    πŸ’¬ Re: October update
    5 months ago by πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ JBRCfloats ( Leading Seaman)
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    I would like to know where one can find figures my self. Very nice build job.
    πŸ’¬ Re: October update
    5 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ mturpin013 ( Vice Admiral)
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    Looking great, I really like the light green paintwork which I will be copying on my Marin cabin curser, what scale are your figures and where did you purchase them?
    πŸ’¬ Re: October update
    6 months ago by πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ jbkiwi ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Excellent fitting out job BW,πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘, going to look great in the water.

    JB
    πŸ’¬ Re: October update
    6 months ago by πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί stevedownunder ( Captain)
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    Great work Brightwork,
    Very clean and crisp.

    Cheers,
    Stephen.
    πŸ’¬ Re: October update
    6 months ago by πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ pressonreguardless ( Commodore)
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    Looking very nice, the sheen is appropriate makes the vessel look more realistic.
    I'm like you, I'm trying to play catch up with my outside work before the snow fly's.
    Trev
    πŸ“ 1954 Chris Craft 35' update
    7 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Took the Mrs. aboard to have a look while check I out the helm station bulkhead and layout. I added some trim to her. and made an adjustment on the cabin paint. I will figure her helm station layout first before I glue the top half of the cabin to the bottom half. As you can see I will need to putty in below the side windows to make a smooth cabin roof line as it flows back to the cockpit.

    πŸ’¬ Re: 1954 Chris Craft 35' update
    7 months ago by πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Peejay ( Warrant Officer)
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    She is looking really sharp. She will look great on the water!
    πŸ“ Sept. 02 update
    7 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Added the cabin top colour. Built bench cushion for rear cockpit and tightened up some trim lines. I just placed the cabin on so you can get an idea of what she will look like.

    πŸ’¬ Re: Sept. 02 update
    7 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Thank you Stephen... long way to go yet.
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    πŸ’¬ Re: Sept. 02 update
    7 months ago by πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί stevedownunder ( Captain)
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    Very clean work Brightwork and those pastel colors look the part.

    Cheers,
    Stephen.
    πŸ’¬ Re: Sept. 02 update
    7 months ago by πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ jbkiwi ( Fleet Admiral)
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    Looking very nice, excellent job, πŸ‘πŸ‘ like the colour scheme.

    JB
    πŸ“ August 28
    7 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    For those who just can't wait for more updates..... here is the latest. Foredeck cap rails made and varnished, engine cover settes made and varnished (cushions to come), whell house roof beams made and varnished, side cabin walls of wheel house made and varnished, rear bench front made (just sitting for photo), copper paint on bottom (boot stripe later), and on we go. Thanks for following.

    πŸ’¬ Re: August 28
    7 months ago by πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ pressonreguardless ( Commodore)
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    Very Nice work, BWπŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘
    Trev
    πŸ“ Aug 15 update
    8 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Making some progress. ASs you can see I have the cabin made in the style of the Sterling models where the forward windscreen sits on the deck with a couple of keys that protrude to hold it in place. Fits tight.

    I redid the transom, the fwd cabin, and side decks.

    I was lucky to find that Lee Valley sells mahogany veneer (very thin) So I redid the aft deck and redid the aft cockpit interior walls under the deck and also di the cabin floor.

    As you will see I penciled in the lines to simulate planking for the deck. It is subtle, but looks good.

    I am just giving her brightwork couple coats a day to build it up.

    πŸ’¬ Re: Aug 15 update
    8 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Site keeps refreshing hard to post
    πŸ“ teaser
    8 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    Just looking at the mahogany interior panels I made to see what is coming.

    πŸ“ July 31st update
    8 months ago by πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Brightwork ( Lieutenant Commander)
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    After having primed the cabins and cut out the windows, I started on working out the flaws, etc. Lots of sand - paint - sand . When I had her very close I cut out window templates with card stock. I then framed the windows with plastic trim the width of the frame itself. I glued them in proud so they stood out half way. I then sanded them smooth to the windows.

    I worked on the cabin floor frames and have them in, matching the rake of the rub rails as in the schematics.

    I also put the stern Mahogany on with a piece of left over mahogany I had laying around. It was sored for another model fittings and I glued the score and put that facing inboard. It sits a bit proud in that area. I will see how it comes out. If I am not happy I will make my own transom as I have the interior panels as you will see.

    To get the windows right and smooth took a lot of meticulous time.

    Then back to the hull. As you can see I inserted the porthole frames (the forward two first) then sanded them smooth to the hull. After that I spent hours upon hours trying to get the hull right. By this I really mean the forward bow area. So many curves and bows to it. I want to make it true as possible to the actual bow of this CC.

    On the rear transom the upper cap rail actually sits higher in the center. Curves up at the middle. I made that of laminated balsa and sanded it to true.

    So now after seeing and fixing so many small flaws, I have the hull where I think it will pass muster. All porthole frames are in. I also put on a small leading edge on the bow.

    Hot here, so I am waiting a couple of days to give her another coat of Krylon. Should gloss her up nice. The Krylon can really take up to a month to fully cure. I will paint the antifoul much later as she needs to handled so much still.

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