Hi y’all. Got the bulk of the superstructure built, the upper bridge windows took some serious finagling, but I got it handled. Once the superstructure was built, I gave it a coat of EZEDope, once that was sanded I primer Ed it. The primer, among other things, brings out any flaws in my work, so I can sand, fill, or fix to get a decent finish. One the primer was dry I used Mr Hobby MrWhiteputty to fill any blemishes. I will sand this down and apply another coat of primer later. I’m about to start building the details, lockers, anchor winch, etc. I’ll probably clean my bench before I get too involved so I can have less clutter and hopefully do a good job on the remainder.

Hi y’all. It’s been a bit since I posted. I wanted to get the hull painted before I posted again, but I ran out of paint. I finally got most of the paint work on the hull done, I still have a little touch up to do. I then decided to add the rubber rub rail. This is a c sectioned rubber channel that is glued to the hull/deck flange and goes completely around the circumference of the boat from stem to stern. I’ve noticed a lot of Grimmershorn pics and vids showing a bow, and sometimes a stern fender, although there’s not one in the kit. There’s a good reason for that..the channel tends to bunch up at the bow and stern. The instructions state using a heat gun to get it to shrink up a bit, but I tried that and thought I was gonna melt the bulwarks or bubble the paint first, so I resorted to cutting notches to make it fit better. It looks okay, but I can still clean it up a bit. I also had a bit more gap at one section between the rubbing strip and the hull. What I did was to use some RC56 canopy glue. This is an aliphatic resin that dries clear and waterproof. I made a bead between the strip and hull topside. Once it dries you’ll never notice it. I then started building the cabin, which is going along smoothly so far.
Anyway, that’s it for now, I hope to have more done this week and weekend.
Cash

Hi y’all. I spent this week trimming the hull/deck flange, started with a Dremel then finished with 80 grit sandpaper. This will be covered by a large rubber rubbing strip so it doesn’t have to look perfect, but it was too wide hence the trim. I also trimmed and glued the bulwarks in place, and gave the deck and interior bulwarks a quick first coat of paint, plus filled and sanded the keel.

Hi y’all. I thought it about time that I started on my 60th birthday present, a Krick Grimmershorn. This will be the largest boat, both in size and displacement I’ve built to date. I plan to add a MrRcSound sound board, lights, and radar...maybe another function too.
I started on her last week, so far I have the keel, stuffing box and rudder made up. The keel is built up from several pieces of ply, and it sandwiches the stuffing tube. I had to trim it and almost took too much off, but in the end it came out okay, although I had a gap on either side of the tube. I filled that with epoxy and balsa. The rudder is also made up of a ply sandwich then carved and sanded to shape.
I’m using an old 3.8 to 1 planetary gearbox for the drive. I should be okay for power, and it’s a real smooth box, very quiet. I tacked the motor mount in and then adjusted the alignment using a 4mm I’d brass tube. I added braces to the mount, and built a little seat for the motor to support weight being that the motor mount is ply. The seat just contacts the bottom of the motor. I then installed the radio plate and assembled and epoxied the deck in place. That’s where I’m at now, hopefully I’ll have the bulwarks installed, and everything from the bulwarks down sanded smoothed and painted by this weekend.