Lesro Sportsman restoration

By canabus 3 entries 17 Oct 2026 — 8 Nov 2026
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Lesro Sportsman restoration

Hello Shipmates
Well thanks to Zooma I have a hull to work with and its in good order.
But me been-ing me I am removing a lot of nails.
Reglue-ing all the joints and lots of filling and sanding !!!
The deck was planked but a lot was in poor shape.
I tried removing the planking, but that failed.
So I removed the deck.
But day one I made a solid boat stand.
Harry
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Painting the boat

I finally painted the bottom, cabin and upper works.
Installed the rudder servo.
Installed the forward windows which are easy with the top part of the frame in the way!!!
Fiberglass resin around the motor mount and servo mount.
I have cleaned up the cabin windows and re-trim them to fit as they were only installation taped in.
Cutout two new windows for the ones near the door.
Harry
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Cabin

Installed all the cabin windows with canopy glue.
This takes about 24 hours to dry, but I left it 30 hours to so safe.
Next up is the bump rails, again the wood glue requires 24 hours to set.
Because of the bending I am leaving it for 48 hours !!!
Plus I can only do one side at a time.
But the deck is ready for vanishing.
Harry
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