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    (Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
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    πŸ“ Going to look worse before it gets better
    2 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ neilw ( Warrant Officer)
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    Now I have some time to look at the Crash Tender it’s noticeable that the superstructure isn’t square.

    The front bridge roof was out by about 4mm so today has been spent getting the roofline sorted by adding some material on one side while removing excess on the other side. Also spent some time rebuilding and fairing in various edges than have worn over time.

    Managed to find some ply to build the missing deck between the cabins, is a nice tight fit so is removable. Thanks to those replying to my question about this deck on the forum.

    I’ve also removed all the hand rails and filled the holes left by taking out the fittings. I’ll fit new ones later as I want to fit the scramble nets.

    Have several hours of fillings and fairing left to do before I tackle the false floor in the rear cockpit.

    πŸ’¬ Re: Going to look worse before it gets better
    2 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ neilw ( Warrant Officer)
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    Hi Stephen

    The two side panels of the roof are easy to remove, the centre panel is firmly fixed in place. I reckon there is enough room to fit windows and paint the interior with just the side panels removed.
    πŸ’¬ Re: Going to look worse before it gets better
    2 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Stephen T ( Warrant Officer)
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    Just a thought I trust you haven't pinned the cabin roof down as you have the windows to put in I made that mistake and had to take it off again, see these boats are not easy the law of all sods steps in when you don't want it
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    πŸ“ (Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
    2 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ neilw ( Warrant Officer)
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    With the Perkasa nearly finished I'm able to dig out the Crash Tender again while the last few pieces of gluing and paintwork on the Perkasa dry off.

    I have done a little of work on the Crash Tender a few weeks ago, but looks like I didn't take many photos.

    While fitting the new motor and prop shaft I read about using red primer for below the waterline so sprayed the bottom of the boat before fitting the prop shaft, also fitted a new rudder shaft as the original one was held in by paint only.

    One of the jobs that took an age on the Perkasa was finding and scribing the waterline. As Amazon were doing an Xmas deal on laser levels I spent Β£15 on a cheap laser, set it up on a tripod and had the waterline sorted in a couple of minutes. The hull then got its first coat of black paint.

    I have spent a fair bit of time looking at photos of the full sized boat and other models, decided to add a toerail, so glued a strip of 1/16" obeche in place.

    Today I knocked up a stand for the boat as it is now going to spend some time on the bench. Have to say it is lovely working on a smaller boat, the Perkasa got a bit unwieldy so it a delight to be able to easily pick this one up and move it about.

    With the boat on the build stand I managed to get the decks sanded and primed, need to do a bit of fairing but there's not a lot to do to the hull and decks apart from paint.

    πŸ’¬ Re: (Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
    2 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ neilw ( Warrant Officer)
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    Hi Stephen,

    The red primer is over a couple of coats of Hempel Multicoat, it has adhered nicely. I don’t spray big stuff in the workshop, the airbrush is mainly used for acrylics and I wear a very good respirator as I do a fair bit of GRP and epoxy work on the other boats.
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    πŸ’¬ Re: (Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
    2 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Stephen T ( Warrant Officer)
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    Least you did not have the infestation problem I am going down the non red primer route whilst it looks right I am not sure about its waterproof qualities on a wooden boat fibreglass yes, I see you have the spray set being πŸ˜†asthmatic doesn't look right! I have to go with paint over sprays and any spraying I have a small home made booth for such jobs that vents out side the workshopI have a pile of spare white metal parts if your anything missing
    πŸ’¬ Re: (Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
    2 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Stephen T ( Warrant Officer)
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    Least you did not have the infestation problem I am going down the non red primer route whilst it looks right I am not sure about its waterproof qualities on a wooden boat fibreglass yes, I see you have the spray set being πŸ˜†asthmatic doesn't look right! I have to go with paint over sprays and any spraying I have a small home made booth for such jobs that vents out side the workshop
    πŸ“ (Another) Crash Rescue Tender
    4 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ neilw ( Warrant Officer)
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    Decided to spend some money with Slecuk. New prop shaft, motor, coupling and ESC arrived this morning. Assembled the motor mount yesterday, impressed that it all fits, but only just. The supplied flexi coupling is quite long, but is a narrow diameter so doesn’t interfere with anything. There isn’t space to fit an oiler forward of the bulkhead so that will have to go in the next section behind the bulkhead.

    Just need to fit a pair of longitudinal bearers to secure the motor mount plate. Next to find suitable locations for the water cooled ESC and LiPo.

    πŸ’¬ Re: (Another) Crash Rescue Tender
    3 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Stephen T ( Warrant Officer)
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    hi i have in mind two in the Keel as per the original one was shorter than the other seems lot holes all in line but on my pre build there was narrow plate fixed down outer rudder then short intake and long intake its 1/2 inch difference why two who knows the put to outlets at the top of the stern what do you think
    πŸ“ (Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
    5 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ neilw ( Warrant Officer)
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    As I seem to be working on two models at the same time I thought I'd attempt the document the Crash Tender Restoration. It was the purchase of this one that led me to this site.

    This one was also found by my wife, this time on FaceBook Marketplace for Β£35. so a quick trip to Paignton meant I'd bought another boat.

    I suspect it is an old Aerokits 34" model, the panel pin heads are obvious in a few places. The hull was in decent condition, there was a dent each side soon disappeared with West + micro balloons.

    I pulled the prop shaft out and found that is was a 3.67mm dimeter shaft with plastic bearings that had an O/D of 6.28mm, the outer tube had an O/D of 8mm. The plastic bearings had a lot of wear but rather than try to source replacements I thought I'd replace the outer tube and prop shaft. Thinking I'd have a major job to remove the tube it was a very pleasant surprise to find that I could just twist it with a pair of pliers and easily slide it out. The rudder tube also came out very easily.

    I've painted the hull withe Hempel Multicoat just to get all a uniform colour to see of any fairing is required. Seems to be a decently built hull requiring little work, so hopefully I'll make some progress on it when I'm waiting for paint or glue to dry on the Perkasa build.

    πŸ’¬ Re: (Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
    3 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ neilw ( Warrant Officer)
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    I’m using one intake in the prop wash for the watercooling of the ESC and the other pickup (position yet to be determined) for the pump for the monitor.
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    πŸ’¬ Re: (Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
    3 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Stephen T ( Warrant Officer)
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    yes I have gone down the pump assisted system are you going to take the water from underneath using one inlet or two this is the confusing bit now I have rebuilt the hull some go under some go at the bottom of the stern and outlets at the top on the real thing there are variables as well
    πŸ’¬ Re: (Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
    3 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ neilw ( Warrant Officer)
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    I have a couple of water pickups ready to go in, just waiting for the water pump for the monitor to arrive from China. By then hoping the workshop will be a bit warmer!
    πŸ’¬ Re: (Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
    3 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Stephen T ( Warrant Officer)
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    where are you going to get the water from are you going to take from underneath the prop as mine has a hole for that method my boat is 46 inch one after replacing the hull bottom and now a few of the inner panels due to woodworm I am making bit of progress at last
    πŸ’¬ Re: (Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
    4 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ neilw ( Warrant Officer)
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    Running out of space - the larger restoration project takes up space and time, and when it is varnishing time the workshop has to be dust free so can’t work on the models.
    πŸ’¬ Re: (Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
    4 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Stephen T ( Warrant Officer)
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    What only two I’ve five projects on the go at once boats trains and automobile
    πŸ’¬ Re: (Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
    5 months ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ mturpin013 ( Vice Admiral)
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    Keep bringing them back to life!
    πŸ’¬ Re: (Another) Crash Rescue Tender Restoration
    5 months ago by πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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    "As I seem to be working on two models at the same time ..."
    Some folks are gluttons for punishment Neil!
    Welcome to the clubπŸ˜‰
    So far so goodπŸ‘
    Be nice to fit twin shafts, as per original though.
    What you are doing reminds me of the ELCO PT Boat restoration I started some (too many) moons ago.
    Cheers, Doug😎


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