Starting restoration on my aerokits 46 inch fire boat sanding it back to wood and fitting working fire cannons and new graupner 700 turbo motor . Im new to the boat scene as was into rc nitro cars and trucks and always fancied a boat so found this one on ebay and had to have it .
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46 Inch aerokits fire boat
Starting restoration on my aerokits 46 inch fire boat sanding it back to wood and fitting working fire cannons and new graupner 700 turbo motor . Im new to the boat scene as was into rc nitro cars and trucks and always fancied a boat so found this one on ebay and had to have it .
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Well getting there slowly but surely with sanding due to the lumpy coat of red on the hull also came across some hard resin near the water line is that normal? Not sure as its my first boat 🔨
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fire boat update
Well getting there slowly but surely with sanding due to the lumpy coat of red on the hull also came across some hard resin near the water line is that normal? Not sure as its my first boat 🔨
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Well It wasnt easy but thats the paint off took ages got a long way to go .
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46 Inch aerokits fire boat
Well It wasnt easy but thats the paint off took ages got a long way to go .
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Firstly welcome to the forum, much more hassle than cars!!!!! in your first post you mention hard resin on the waterline is that the grey stuff in pic 2?
If so it looks like body filler, back in the 60s it set like stone, very difficult to sand!!!!
It might have been built with Cascamite, powdered resin glue mixed with water, again set like concrete.
Like Shawn said, have a look at different forums, the basic colours were, Gloss red lower hull, Gloss Black upper hull, with a white waterline separating them.
Wheel house and cabins were Gloss white. Some show decks as planked, some with Matt Grey.
Long way to go but what a reward at the end
Regards
mark