Hi Jock,
Epoxy does not adhere to plastics in general.
Trev

Rod... you got it right. The first project was in 1:200 scale. I actually never seen again since the 1970's until last fall. Somebody repainted it (the wrong color) and all of the superstructure and all the parts I had already built have gone missing.
The present attempt is in 1:150 scale which gives me a better chance to replicate parts I can't buy.
Too bad Modelshops are becoming a thing of the past. They used to be a very good one in North Vancouver near Lonsdale but they moved and virtually disappeared.

Alan, your tugboat is based on a Canadian tug but not a model of a specific actual vessel.

Designer: Vic Smeed Star Rating: *** A freelance modern tug, 38in long by 8in beam, based on a Canadian Tug

A boat building company RusselBrothers, in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, is no long in operation. But they built several different types of tugboats and you can research their website by just typing in the name in Google


Also, try researching here:

https://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Paul%20C.%20Ledcor&i

https://www.nauticapedia.ca/Articles/Vessel_Builders_Allied_Shipbuilders.php?Pag

Dear Sir I am building a tug called the KEENOMA I am lead to believe she is or was a Canadian tug I know very little about her I have plan's for her but nothing on her livery ( paint work ) if you can help I would much appreciate you're help Thankyou Mr A Ford

So your tanker exists in 2 versions? The first attempt being still in the attic, & the 2nd being in the condo wrkshp??
Just trying to understand what I was looking at.
Companies used to be very accommodating, mailing out drawings upon request. When i was abt 13 i wrote to McDonnell Douglas requesting plans for a certain prop twin, I intended to make a scale U-control version. They mailed me several lb (kg) of large folded-up paper plans. That MD version turned out to be very popular with drug-runners between South America & the southern USA. The DEA wud seize, put up for auction, then seize the very same S/N again within weeks

Yes, it's very difficult to teach soldering, & it's best learned thru much practice. I used a WELLER soldering station for most of my 24yr in electronics repair. Tips were available in multiple shapes & sizes, & were controlled temp by an insert within the tip. My best work was done using tin-lead solder that contained 3% silver. For your sheet & tube projects you might best preheat them to 450F in a kitchen oven, with a liquid flux brushed on before that.

Greg... I had to learn how soldering works and it took two attempts. First I tried if I could make railings, soldering pieces of brass wire. I found this too tedious and not precise. I am still looking for photo etch stanchions to suit the scale. When I tried soldering the shaft tube to the brass sheet, I had to realize soldering different thicknesses of material is difficult as it doesn't heat uniformly.

Rod..The work shop is in my Condo building for everybody to enjoy. Without it I never would attempted this project. The original is a 94.000 tdw Tanker Esso Deutschland built in my hometown Hamburg in 1963. I had gotten the yard's plans for a school project at the time. Never really finished the model due to time and money constraints in 1965 but below is a picture of the remains still at my now deceased brother's attic

I can appreciate the work on your rudder, as I am busier than I really want to be making these Brass Rudders for the fishing boat hulls I produce.
Most customers want the hulls with Watertight ShaftTubes, shafts and Props, along with Brass Rudders and keel skegs.

Jock, what a lovely workshop you have. What is the model? A Laker??

...Rod, on the shore of Lake Ontario

Now the hull is taking shape with strips glued in with built up bow and stern section.
The main deck is intended to be removable which causes a major challenge to assure watertightness. I intend to glue L plastic moulding along the perimeter and hope for a tight fit sealed with strips of window seals. Since I plan to epoxy the hull inside and out with FG, will the epoxy work with the plastic moulding???