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Chris Craft Corvette
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 zooma
I rescued this badly damaged fuel soaked rotten wreck from the skip at the start of lockdown.If it were not for the Covid lock-down, common sense would have prevailed, and it would no longer be with us!
It has taken a lot of time to prevent it from literally falling apart (the original plywood was really bad quality) and turning it into a solid and strong model boat.
For some reason I had a lot of problems loading any pictures of this project onto the forum when I first re-joined, but it all seems to be working “normally” now so here is a brief overview RESTORATION LOG.
Bob.
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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In summary, this is a large model of the beautiful Chris Craft Corvette that is a very impressive model boat.
The materials used in the kit could have been better, although the balsa wood choice seems to have been good, the plywood quality was very poor and has self disintegrated over time, and the fittings quality could have been better too for a kit of this size and price. A well presented Corvette would make a big impression at any model boat club. Bob. ▲
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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As a matter of interest, it was not only the plywood that was of very low quality in this model that had been built from a Chris Craft Corvette kit.
The castings for the fittings were very soft and very heavy - I suspect that they were simply cast from lead. Bob. ▲
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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I only have a very small workshop(shed) and this is quite a large boat that was taking up a lot of space and I was having to carry it outside every time I wanted to work on it.
This was as far as I got before passing it on to a local friend who had more space to add the finishing touches to what should be a really nice looking Classic Model Power Boat. This boat took up a lot of my time to convert it from a decaying rotten wreck into something that was now structurally sound and worth bothering with. I am really looking forward to seeing it finished and on the water with is new owner. Bob. 
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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I had no plans or drawings for this boat so I made up a cockpit screen that I thought looked OK.
Bob 
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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I added a rear well to the rear of the rebuilt cabin so it could lift—out with it to give a clear sight of the hull interior.
This was now quite a heavy structure that locked into the hull nicely, and I felt confident would not be blown off by a strong wave. Bob 
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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The Corvette had now been “stabilised” and was no longer falling apart or disintegrating.
At this stage the boat was now structurally strong. Bob 
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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The deck skins were also rotten and frail so they were removed and repairs and re-structures were made to accept new deck skins.
Bob 
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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The plywood cabin sides seemed to be getting more frail by the hour and would flake or crumble when touched, so I carefully copied them and cut some new ones on my bandsaw to replace them.
These were grafted on to the balsa wood cabin roof that was in much better condition that the plywood sides had been. Bob. 
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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I fitted a new balsa section into the hull (original kit material choice) to replace the fuel soaked parts.
Some hardwood was stripped to make planks so that I could re-plank the previously repaired underside of the hull (in a hard wood) as it was soft and fuel soaked. Bob. 
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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The underside of the keel had some patchwork repairs and lots of filler that needed to be chiselled away.
Most of it came off easily as it had not adhered to the original multi-coated surfaces. Bob. 
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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This was the Corvette when I first started to look at it during the Covid lockdown-down.
Anything made from plywood was rotten and disintegrated as it was being handled. The balsa wood parts had survived much better! 
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2 years ago by 🇺🇸 DWBrinkman (
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I'd like to see the pictures. My email will be sent in a PM
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2 years ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich (
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Hi Zooma,
It would help if you answered my question: What format are the pictures? Also the size of the files may be a factor. Without such info we don't have a snowballs chance in Hell to help you🤔 Alternatively you can email them to me. If necessary I will convert them. PM sent with my email address. Cheers, Doug😎 ▲
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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I wanted to show the true rotten condition of the hull and superstructure before I started working on it as most who saw it agreed that it was most definitely not worth bothering with.
If it were not for the lock down I would not have considered trying to save it either ! These early pictures cannot be taken again - but they are stored safely on my iMac and can be sent by email to anyone that would like to see them - or is able to upload them for others to see. ▲
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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I am using an Apple Mac computer - 2012 model - so maybe not as up to date as it needs to be?
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T (
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Are you using apple some times if you take the photo with a camera they load up different with th phone shut down re take them then up load one at a time I had a his trouble with this site then got there
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2 years ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich (
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Hi Zooma.
It may be the format of your pictures. The file ending (last 3 letters after the .) should be .jpg. What is it on your pics? You may need to convert them, just 'save' as .jpg or .jpeg. Cheers, Doug😎 ▲
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 TerryH (
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Tap on your file icon to load photos if not already tried
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