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Hull paint done minus touchups
… aft. Once I had everything sanded I proceeded to primer and paint the hull. Not going into too much detail but since the push knees are already bonded to the hull, we’ll, there was a lot of masking tape being applied,, removed, then new tap …
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Paint came in, hull painted…the blue is mot quite right
… It’s been a bit since the last update. I wanted to get the hull painting done before moving on as I’m building this in sections before final assembly…hull, aft deck and superstructure, fwd deck and superstructure. This way I’ll be able to …
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Painting the hull and advise on NOT following the instructions!
… idn't cost too much to heat up the back of the garage! I've painted the hull with epoxy resin, then applied an under coat and several coats of paint. I found that the matt paint showed up some blemishes so I have filled them again. Unfortun …
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Escs installed, power check, hull paint
… ied her on 3 cells, sounds fine ran good. I then decided to paint the hull. Whole boat is going to be blue, including the deck, I’ll have some contrasting trim on the sides of the hull, and either a black water line or hull bottom black. Af …
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Day Dreamer gets a newly painted hull
This Midwest Maine Down East yacht is sporting a newly painted hull in Midnight Blue. Originally built and painted with a white hull, after twenty years it needed an upgrade. The Midnight Blue sets off the wooden deck work very nicely. Dann …
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Hull painted
A bit behind on updates, but hull painted. 3 coats rubbed down each time then lacquer 3 coats.
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Hull painted, starting superstructure
… might be back at the bench by next week, maybe two. So, the hull is painted, and I started on the superstructure. I made the mistake of painting the main molding before I started gettin some small bits done, but I worked around it. The step …
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Wood sealed, a serious miscue and start of bottom hull paint
… the inside rail of the bulwarks using a brush and decanted paint. Every thing was going well till I saw that I had dripped 3 spots of black paint on my wood deck. That was my lack of planning, if I’d laid down some paper to cover the wood …
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Hullpaint! Gettin’ close!
So I spent today at my bench getting the hull ready for paint. I had one misadventure that I corrected, and thought I would stop at the upper hull paint, but the muse descended and I got it done. I need to touch up a couple of spots but I t …
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Hull and deck paint
Hi y’all. I decided to finish painting the hull after getting groceries early this morning. I used Tamiya NATO Brown for the upper part of the hull. I then used Tamiya Pure White for the waterline stripe. I’ve never painted the waterline be …
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Starting hull paint
… ick update. I did a little more work on the skeg on the aft hull. Once the primer was dry I painted the lower hull with Tamiya bright red. I like the Tamiya rattle cans. They’re a little pricey, but being synthetic lacquer it goes on well a …
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Painting the hull
With the hull assembly complete, its time to get painting! The hull was first coated with epoxy resin and fibreglass cloth. Once set, the rubbing strips were shaped and fitted to the gunwales. A former to bend these strips was cut from some …
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Prepping and Painting the Hull.
… t update but this stage takes a bit of time to do. Watching paint dry dose take time and is not that exciting (I have heard that said somewhere before LoL!) I started by spreading ‘ready mixed Exterior filler to the wooden hull. (Purchased …
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Painting the Hull
… added to the model. The first photo shows Tallulah. Before painting the hull, there were a couple more details to add. An anchor point is needed on the stem to attach the Bobstay which runs up to the forward end of the bowsprit. A paper te …
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Painting the hull
… but when fibreglass was added, it all happened again. So, I painted the deck grey, with blue trim, and a white hull. Should look just fine in the water.
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Hull is finised painting
Hull is finised painting waiting for paint to cure then adding maroon stripes. Now going to catch up on final details on cabin, interior deck area, and getting steam system working. Oh I learded the hard way DO NOT use the blue masking tape …
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Finished Painting hull Today
Finished Painting hull Today need to buff it out now. Getting closer to the end of the tunnel.
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Hull Painted
… has been fine for the last few day's I took opportunity to paint the hull, now these are not the colures that are recommend by Dean's, but they are going to be my new tug fleet colures. Fred
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Hull painting
Hull now painted inside and out using car paint from halfords. i find painting the most difficult thing to get right. There always seems to be something thats not right.
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Painting the Hull.
The complete hull has had a coat of grey primer which revealed some minor imperfections and these were fixed before a second coat was sprayed and then flatted. After roughly masking off the hull sides the first of two coats of Halfords red …
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Hull preparation and painting
I've been working on the hull for the last couple of weeks. Considering how rough it was, it came out ok. Leaks, holes and strength issues were already taken care of from the inside with fiberglass and resin, so glass work on the outside wa …
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Ready for Hull and Deck Painting..
Decking and hatches completed - hull faired and primed and faired again....ready for all over primer...…. RC components located..... put a twin "O" ring seal on top of the rudder post to hopefully limit any water ingress..... Now to get dow …
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Chine strakes and hull painting
… e were steamed, bent to shape and left to dry. The original hull painting (humbrol enamel) was rubbed down and the new strakes fitted with epoxy and brass pins. I hope they will hold on the old paint surface. The gunwale strakes were also r …
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Hull Paint job complete
So.... Patience is not one of my strong points and paint spraying is definately not. I don't have the facilities or the right equipment to create a first class excellent paint job, so this part of the build was always going to be a challeng …
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Painting the hull
The hull was painted with aerosol car paint from Halfords , satin black for above the water line. Red above the water line. white for rubbing belt.
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Painting the hull – Part 2. The hull colour
Time to make a decision on what colour the hull should be… The instructions say ‘Navy Blue’ but that just doesn’t look right, just too light. In the ‘photos of the splendid model in the National Maritime museum the hull appears to be black …
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Painting the hull – Part 1 primer & anti fouling.
There’s no putting it off any longer, I need to start painting the hull before I do any more on the boat so the hull was given a final rub down with a fine abrasive and then the deck and gunwales carefully masked off. I used some panel wipe …
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Hull painted and Paddle Wheels done
thus far put the rudder on, painted the bottom part of the Hull red and put together the Paddle Wheels