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📝 Nobody's perfect...
7 days ago by 🇺🇸 jumpugly (
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Good Day Gang!
Here she is in white primer and as you know this is when all our mistakes jump out at us. When I was a kid and working for my Grandfather's painting company, he'd only tacitly approve of a man's work once spackling was done. He would then say, "Don't pat yourself on the back until you put up your primer and go back and fix what you can't see. It'll all become clear as day."
Dammit, he's still right!
So more invisible cracks and sanding are forthcoming.
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Here she is in white primer and as you know this is when all our mistakes jump out at us. When I was a kid and working for my Grandfather's painting company, he'd only tacitly approve of a man's work once spackling was done. He would then say, "Don't pat yourself on the back until you put up your primer and go back and fix what you can't see. It'll all become clear as day."
Dammit, he's still right!
So more invisible cracks and sanding are forthcoming.
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7 days ago by 🇺🇸 chugalone100 (
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Jumpugly,
You remind me of myself at 20—I also worked in a body shop doing plastering and priming. Priming really brings out every little flaw, especially those nasty raised wood fibers. There’s a simple way to avoid that: Before priming: Sand smooth (220–320 grit) Lightly dampen the surface Let it dry completely Sand again If it already happened: Fill the cracks Lightly sand the primed surface (320–400 grit) Wipe clean and re-prime I’ve used several crack-filling putties with great results—shown here. 😎 
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7 days ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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Morning Jump,
Your Grandfather was absolutely right - the primer/undercoat takes no prisoners! Bob. ▲
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📝 Dumas Pay n' Pak
9 days ago by 🇺🇸 jumpugly ( Admiral)
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Hey gang! As you may already know I have the Bluebird K-7 on the shelf for final detailing, the C-2 cargo ship Matson "Pacific Trader" awaiting rigging, and 22 inches of snow on the ground. So I wanted a challenge and grabbed an ancient Dumas Pay n' Pak Hydroplane kit to keep myself from going nuts. This may or may have not been a mistake!
And...you may already know that I've already labeled this build as my "3 day running knife fight" as a boat made of 100% warped plywood is not a walk in the park. Here are some pix starting from frame up to a primer. And yes, to fight this beauty from becoming a warped "banana boat" those are bricks and carpenter's clamps helping me keep her straight! The The bottom is glassed and the rest resin covered. The primer is meant to assist in showing all my mistakes and assist in final sanding prior to a finish coat.
Tough build, but it does look like something out of "Star Wars!"
More to follow.
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And...you may already know that I've already labeled this build as my "3 day running knife fight" as a boat made of 100% warped plywood is not a walk in the park. Here are some pix starting from frame up to a primer. And yes, to fight this beauty from becoming a warped "banana boat" those are bricks and carpenter's clamps helping me keep her straight! The The bottom is glassed and the rest resin covered. The primer is meant to assist in showing all my mistakes and assist in final sanding prior to a finish coat.
Tough build, but it does look like something out of "Star Wars!"
More to follow.
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8 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (
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Your unlimited hydroplanes bring back memories of watching thee races on Lake Washington during SeaFare week in Seattle when I was a kid. We use to cut the hydroplane hull shape from plywood scraps, pound a couple nails through the top and tie a 12’ length of twine to the nose, so that they would fly across the “water” making noises while pulling them behind our bikes racing around the neighborhood. Fond memories.
I sure yours will be there too on your lake in the Catskills. Are you able to run several at once as you have a few of these hydroplanes in your harb’r? ▲
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8 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 (
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Seeing this one in the water will be exciting.
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8 days ago by 🇺🇸 chugalone100 (
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Jumpugly,
That Dumas hydro is coming along very nicely. I love the weights you’re using to clamp things down—great idea! I’m going to have to try that. 😎 ▲
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9 days ago by 🇺🇸 jumpugly (
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Yessir Bob, I am on that one! There will be no excessive speed runs although the folks that did the resto have always felt that speed runs were a possibility, but the Museum engineering team and the resto team are embroiled in a bit of political/emotional football. No matter the issues, it will be a very interesting watch!
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9 days ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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Hi Jump.
I saw this and thought it may interest you? Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 is set to return to Coniston Water in May 2026. The event will take place from May 11 to May 17, 2026, marking its first return since the tragic accident in 1967. This historic event will celebrate the 70th anniversary of Donald Campbell's first world water speed record achieved on Coniston Water. Bob. ▲
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9 days ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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Hi Jump,
I am really looking forward to seeing your Dumas Hydroplane finished. Your blog takes me back many years to when a fellow club member of the Bath Model Power Boat Club built a hydroplane in the 1960's and run it on our local River Avon.. His was powered by a 22cc Ohilisson and Rice brush cutter engine and looked very impressive on the water. Your model has a nice classic shape that I really like the look of, and it makes an ideal stablemate for your Bluebird. Nice work 👍 Bob. ▲
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9 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF (
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You've done a great job of "straightening" her out. Good that you managed to save the ply as it looks to be good quality and a testament to the strength of the construction given the weight of the bricks etc.
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9 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (
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22” of snow and more coming later this week.
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