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St Canute Planking Help?

Hey guys, I cannot thank you all enough for all these suggestions and advice, what a great website this is!!! I am swaying to purchase some blacks of balsa and give this a try, I did the same with my first model of the Billing Boat Norden (much smaller model) but on that occasion the stern block came with the kit. Does anyone have a website that I can purchase these blacks of balsa? I will try my local store but they are sadly winding down on a lot of items. it is my intention to paint the St Canute the same colours as Billing Boats suggest, so none of the planks will be varnished but I will have a lot of sanding and shaping to do. Many thanks again to you all,👍 Kindest regards Richard

6 years ago by Richard7

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The Lone Ranger Rides Again or Hull Finishing ;-))

Totally agree about using artist brushes my father was an artist in his spare time for many years and I inherited all his artist materials (another hobby for me to get into) the brushes although very expensive sable hair they can give superb finishes and brushes are sometimes the only way you can deal with those awkward detail. there are some hobby shops ( in Leeds W Yorks) that do a range of artist brushes and although synthetic they are fine for model making and there faily cheap.

6 years ago by mturpin013

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Fish boxes

little boxes the wife uses for sewing parafinalia the measure about 60mm x40mm bought from . cheers Marky

7 years ago by marky

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The mast & rigging.

I had previously adapted the mast with lighting and fixing studs and so it’s ready to be fitted to the wheelhouse roof, but I decided to add some rigging detail in the process. Along with some other items, I had previously bought some threaded brass ’eyes’ and wooden rigging blocks by mail order from RB models in Poland. Very good prices and remarkably quick delivery from overseas. http://www.rbmodel.com I drilled the horizontal bar of the mast to take a couple of small brass eyes, and bent the lower part of the exposed thread back at an angle, onto these I fitted some wooden rigging blocks with brass sheaves which I had previously stained mahogany and lacquered. Another slightly larger eye was fitted to the centre of the mast and another to the wheelhouse roof for the forward stay rope, I used some thin white elasticated thread that I found in my local store for all the rigging. The stay rope end were finished with small brass hooks formed from some thin brass wire and secured with some small diameter heat shrink tubing, I think this makes for a much neater look than just tied knots. The top rigging ropes were made in the same way. The completed mast was then bolted down through the wheelhouse roof on the threaded studs and the two lighting wires passed through separate holes in the roof. This should allow me to detach the mast and fold it down for transport if necessary. The lower end of the ropes from the rigging blocks were formed into a loop with a spot of superglue to fix them and then some small white heat shrink tube used to cover the joints. The loops fit neatly over the cleats on the cabin roof so that they can easily be released. I’m hoping that being elasticated all the rigging will stay taut and remain presentable 😁 I must remember to order some ensigns flags from 'Mike Alsop Scale Flags' for a finishing feature as recommended by pmdevlin in an earlier blog post 👍

7 years ago by robbob

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Radio Kits

Bob, Thank you for that. Have you found a use for Ch 3? Since I got the set I have seen a pan and tilt kit by , for my GoPro which I have mounted on the stern. Thought I could use Ch 3 in some way, but wishful thinking I'm told. Steve [Also a Yachter]

8 years ago by cormorant