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yet another sea commander
… at I am restoring had similar issues when I started, if the Hull is still attached to the inner frames then it should work out okay. It will need you to strip the paint,back to the wood if you want a lasting repair. Step 2 will be hard but …
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Deans Marine LST 388
… es the modeller to exercise his expertise and to finish and paint to his imagination and requirements, rather than simply 'unpack and stick on'. Where's the challenge or fun in that? Now I'm suspicious and will unpack and check out the prop …
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Airfix 1/72nd Kit Whaleback MTB
… rected it is an RAF rescue craft. 63’ High Speed Launch The hull of the 63ft HSL was hard chine, with skin constructed in double diagonal African mahogany, 4in x Vim planks with a layer of proofed canvas between. Planks were through fastene …
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Paddle Steamer Waverley
… erley entered drydock on March 2nd for her annual refit and hull painting. Some additional work will be done prior to the boilers being refitted. Her outline programme for the year has also been announced, starting on the Clyde, late May un …
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Oil for prop shafts
Before using any type of oils, do a test on a bit of scap painted with what ever you used on the hull. Found out the hard way with the bottom of one of mine. White lithium grease seems to be the best.
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Colour match
… 172 Ipswich initial bath trial revealed small leak into the hull which is now under repair was thinking of repainting the hull and giving a coat of lacquer ? Any idea what color the bottom of the hull would be called ?
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Almost out of lock down dinner.
… t had it for years. That is about to change. Back to boats. Hull of my Commander painted, just have to clear coat. I have a 700 motor and will go with the SLA battery. Now to build the top decks etc. Might get into the water yet.
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SEA COMANDER RE-FURB.
… oo far gone and delaminating, so got rid of them. Tried the hull in the bathtub and it took water within 15 minutes. Decided to strip right back - and now about 4 years later, i have spent 3 months sanding, sanding and sanding some more. Pa …
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SEA COMANDER RE-FURB.
… h, I will have to wait until tomorrow to check. I have also painted the steering wheel, and varnished the dashboard and scuttle. When it is hard enough I will mask the deck and hull so I can prime the cabin sides and top. The removable roof …
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Latest government advice
… he . What they did was take a plaster of paris mould of the hull (no tumblehome ) - waxed it carefully then using pva/acrylic paint collected from the local dump laid layers of old newspaper /paint and so on - until they had made a hull abo …
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Coronavirus Towboat
… parts fit together well, all for only $29. I used only the hull and built the superstructure from scratch out of 1/8" plywood based on pictures of towboats and tugboats. It is totally fictitious, "there ain't no such boat". Scale is 1:24, …
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New projects
… will see I had a bit of a problem with the stern area. The hull is now complete and just waiting for the long process of sanding down and sealing the planked area which I will do during the summer months as I can get out to the porch area. …
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RC for Submarines
… ne it wasn't bothered by any weather that didn't bother me! Painted in Kriegsmarine light grey above the W/L it was easy to see over 100yds or more against the wet stuff and/or the flora behind. Tip, I also bought the Hall effect switch for …
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Night Watch
… ard Superintendent to arrange for drydocking both ships for hull cleaning and painting, engine overhaul and full general refit. Costs will be met from the standing maintenance fund. I shall liaise with sub.lt. Ken within the next few days t …
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Fittings for Aerokits RAF tender
… rash tender as the person I inherited her from had made and painted the cabins. The cabin tops are all varnished as I have laid planking on those as well as the engine compartment cover and the aft cockpit. The cabin sides are a mid blue, w …
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Fittings for Aerokits RAF tender
… it won't be long if I keep her as an RAF vessel. I'm at the painting stage and am thinking of being really radical, throwing convention to the wind and painting the hull white. The idea being that she has been sold out of the service and is …
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RAF Crash Tender - need to seal deck hatches, mid-deck and aft cockpit
… re appears to be a lot of variation in the colour they were painted, so, I'm not sure that I want to be too dogmatic about colours and how I will finish mine. I have vaque memories of Portland Harbour in the fifties, when the RAF maintained …
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RAF Crash Tender - need to seal deck hatches, mid-deck and aft cockpit
… e very light, or the cabin sides practically as dark as the hull ..... It all depends on the lighting; sunny, cloudy, angle of the sun, quality of the camera, ISO of the film used ... Look at six different photos of the same boat and you ca …
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thames barge
… y 'thing'. Can you please confirm the overall length of the hull of your barge, just the basic hull, not including bowsprit or rudder. I think one of our members has recently found a kit in his loft for this barge, so probably has a sail pl …
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Brushed Motors
… sad state after 20 years of neglect while being gutted for hull repairs and repainting. Cheers, Doug
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RAF Crash Tender - colours & trim
… dding them, but it’s pretty clear the original had non skid painted floors in these areas, matching the main decks. Having decided (and already started) to do the main decks this way, I suppose I will keep going! I have done planked decks ( …
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HMS RODNEY 1/96th Build
It's a bit of a hybrid! - Hull and main superstructure built by Mr Ron Dean - Deans Marine - he does a semi kit. Then a current joint effort between 2 modellers - I am doing the techie fit out (radio/turret rotation/ gun elevation and smoke …
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Miss Katherine Tugboat seen in boatyard, Mahone Bay, N.S. Canada
Er PPS, Forgot to mention Ron - You will need to first paint a block of white on the hull where you want to apply the decal prepared as described in my previous post! Uvverwise you'd end up wiv black on black! Oops Cheers, Doug
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Miss Katherine Tugboat seen in boatyard, Mahone Bay, N.S. Canada
If I do not think I could hand paint these letters, how am I going to make a stencil? First, use the word processor, next find the right size font, then print it out. cover font with tape, next take a sharp razor knife and cut each letter o …
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Humbrol enamels
… h current grey Humbrol enamel colour I should use as I am Repainting the hull, superstructure And parts. Will-I-Am
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Pop Pop Boats
… e front of the first picture still going strong after its repaint - the one behind is a Rani also from India. Second acquisition the one that looks the same as the boathouse one but in the small box was from a shop in London for a tenner - …
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Cheap glue
Could you use it on the outside of a Balsa wood hull and sand it smooth for a paint Finnish.? Martin555.
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Casting a lead bulb keel
… weight I would need. The boat is larger than the fibreglass hulls produced by Chris Brown. The hull is almost complete and painted so I ran the bath (while my wife was out!) and floated her in it. I then added weights until her waterline lo …