Saw this on my Facebook feed, and I'm a little bored, so I will try to convert one of my model boats to a deep-sea trawler. The first photo is mine. I need to rebuild the bridge layout & hopefully we will have a Trawler. To be continued, maybe.

I started my Trawler. I have made several different versions with this hull, it's been a cargo ship,a whaleing boat, & It was originally a lighthouse ship and now a deep-sea Trawler. Right off the bat,I needed to pop the deck so the ship has a lower deck profile. I also tested out my funnel smoke machine using a dehumidifier.

Today, I decided to make up some wood patterns for the wheelhouse for the trawler. I had some 2X4 pine,so I used that to make the patterns, then cut out the patterns, leaving about a 1/4 inch all around the patterns. I glued them all together. I had to get some plastic styrene from the hobby store to put on the wood patterns, which will make the wheelhouse lighter. I went to the dollar store for some wooden boxes which I use the wood for miscellaneous parts. tomorrow I'll apply the the Styrene plastic to the cabin.

Today I wanted to start on the deck, but I decided that the old original deck was too messed up, so off to my friendly lumber store, I found a 1/8'' x21'' X 25'' sheet in the scrap bin and got it for $5.00plus tax. Canadian traced old deck cut, and now I'm happy.

With every R/C model I build, I always have to find a way to access the inside of the hull because once the deck is glued down, one needs to install batteries or a motor may need replacing, or even a rudder servo.So, I use fancy nuts to hold the cabin down before I glue the deck in place. Once I do that, I can now cut holes in the deck for all of the above stuff.I was asked if I'll scribe the deck, and I'm not sure about that.

Haven't done a lot but I did manage to make the open area on the wheelhouse not perfect but I'm happy that's done . No time to busy raking leaves so progress is a little slow The weatherman is calling for snow tomorrow which might slow me down again.

I was stumped for a while because of the placement of the speed controller and the Fly-Sky receiver. The 2.4 GHz receiver needs to be above the water line, so I mount those things on the deck under the main wheelhouse. Nothing like a little masking tape to hold down the antenna