Sorry to hear about your injury. Been there done that. It’ll get better. Best wishes

Thank you BW! I am doomed to suffer the consequences of a 65 year old body with a 25 year old brain!!! 😂😂😊

Ohhh man... I feel for you. I have been out of commission for over a week with a sore back and sciatica. Take care

Captain and 1st Mate taking in the view. Just playing around in the shop as I tore my meniscus ripping out my old porch deck. I think when all is said and done gingerbread work, correcting mistakes and weathering the Lumba will take quite a bit of time, but I have all winter. The porch won't wait. My wife says I look like Captain Ahab hobbling about the place. Sheesh! But, I guess if I look like Gregory Peck that's ok? 😂

Brightwork:
You’re all Aces! Thanks so much for your advice and help!😊

Hi Jumpugly... sorry I am a weekend late. These were done many years ago. So it was just plastic that was laying around. I bit of black tape cut to accent them. Now I use the elastic or ribbon (last pic in my CC 63) you can buy in craft stores, etc.

Moving along...a weekend of painting in the garage with (thankfully) clear dry weather I must offer a "shout out" of thanks to Brightwork: the Krylon Fusion worked beautifully! It dried super glossy and hard as stone.

Although halfway through the application I noticed some of those "unforgivable" mistakes in my fiberglass application. So, I hit the brakes, wet sanded them out, and reapplied the Fusion paint without any trouble, further recriminations, or throwing myself in front of the local train to Grand Central Station. There are mistakes, but will quietly put them in the "forgivable" box. 😂

Also my 1:24 merchant marine figures arrived from Spain and although they may not be 100% accurate for a crew, their scale is spot on. I'll put a helmsman in the pilot house for sure. But, that's a long way off.
There is still much to do. 😊😉

I do like the Krylon Fusion paints! Thanks so much for the tip! And you know what…from past r/c car experience the Fusion paints could not be removed by the venerable paint remover ScaleCoat! I will hit the hardware store tomorrow for sure.
Awesome running gear set-up and that’s some ballast you have in there. 😉

PAINT..... Jumpugly. I recommend very deeply you use "Krylon" fusion paint. It is primer in one. The colour which is perfect for the Lumba Lumba (although I did not paint mine with it back in the day... thinking it needs a redo after all these years. ) is Krylon Dover White Gloss. I paint my CC's with that. It doesn't chip and bonds very well.

Here is a pic of my running gear. Original motor, but new sound module lighting and ESC

Hello Friends!
Thank you for your support and kind words!!! They are an inspiration!

Here's some pix and history...

Alessandro, I am still trial fitting my drive gear, but I am using almost all of the running gear from a destroyed Kyosho Viper that was split stem to stern. I found it laying at a local Salvation Army store and paid $5 for it, if memory serves. To me it looked like the original owner ran it once and crashed it into some sort of solid object; dock, abutment, or rock, whatever. But, all the gear was pristine and I always liked the tub set-up of the Viper (as I already own one) so I just transplanted it into the Lumba. The only difference is that I dropped the Kyosho LeMans racing motor for an 80T 540 on advice from Rod C. as I just want to cruise it on the lake.

Many thanks in advance to Brightwork for the window help!!!
Your Sport Fisherman is GORGEOUS!!!!
As for that kit, it was a high water mark for Lindberg and sadly does not look like it will ever be reproduced as the hull mold was destroyed decades ago in some sort of inventory move and subsequently packed away and lost, possibly trashed. A gentleman from Revell mentioned this to me years ago at an IPMS show as I was researching another lost "Holy Grail" kit:
the 1/8th scale McLaren M23 by Entex that James Hunt drove to the F1 WDC in 1976. Another modeling mystery that remains unsolved. it seems that Revell purchased the molds for both the M23 and the Lotus 72D, but only received the Lotus from Entex and the M23 was lost in shipping. The mind boggles. BTW: the M23 can go for almost $2000. Sheesh!

As for the Chris Craft, I went a bit crazy on the flying bridges for Marlin fishing, but my dad had a buddy who had a CC Fisherman and it was set up in a similar fashion. I have another that one is unbuilt, but damaged in an awful house fire in 2010. Not by the flames, but by fire hose water damage. I lost about 30 kits, planes, cars and boats (including an original Marx Chris Craft Constellation). Uggh! Someday I'll salvage my extra Sport Fisherman...I think. However, it can still be found on ebay from time to time.

As for my Lumba...trying to make a proper decision on the paint I'll use. I am leaning towards a Rustoleum rattle can paint....we'll see.
More to follow!