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1. zooma🇬🇧Bronze

   Vice Admiral·9 months ago

   Just an update.
   
   This boat is now finished (is any model boat really “finished”) and had been running really well over the last few weeks on the Southport Club lake.
   
   It is a really nice model to “drive” and I am very pleased that I built it!
   
   Thanks for the old cabin sides Will - you inspired me to build this version of a boat I had never owned - the Aerokits Sea Commander.
   
   This boat is now affectionately known as the Kopy Kommander as not much more that the cabin sides I was given to work from are original parts.
2. BarryS🇺🇸

   Warrant Officer·3 years ago

   That's coming along really nice!
   Keep it up.
   Barry

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3. cjanik001🇺🇸

   Warrant Officer·3 years ago

   Looking good so far. Great job!

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4. zooma🇬🇧Bronze

   Vice Admiral·3 years ago

   I added some non-authentic "strakes" to the underside of the hull as I had previously worked out how to make triangular section lengths of wood on my bandsaw when I found that it was no longer possible to buy any, and I made more than I needed for my Rapier restoration - so I couldn't resist adding some to this Sea Commander project 😎

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5. zooma🇬🇧Bronze

   Vice Admiral·3 years ago

   I added a front cabin hatch to give easier access to the otherwise closed section of the hull. The front was shaped to coincide with the unique "wave breaker" that is part of the Sea Commander design. I have not made any templates for the wave breaker yet, but like everything else on this build - it will hopefully look "familiar" - if not exactly the same!

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6. zooma🇬🇧Bronze

   Vice Admiral·3 years ago

   I cut a new keel from a plan that I found on eBay and made my own bulkhead shapes from old cereal packets and cut everything else from new wood - apart from the old pair of cabin sides that Will sent to me by mistake....so just like Triggers brush (Fools and Horses) everything will be totally "original" 🤣
   The old cabin sides were repaired and patched (one side was not complete) and the delaminated areas were super-glued and pressed back together.
   Most of the parts were made "by eye" (whatever looked right) - so the end result may not be an exact replica of a genuine Sea Commander - but it should look very similar 🤓

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7. zooma🇬🇧Bronze

   Vice Admiral·3 years ago

   Here is the progress so far with some primer waiting to dry prior to final finishing 👍

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