Penfold63
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Master Seaman · 107 pts
Swindon SN25, United Kingdom
Member since Jan 2018
Last online 4 years ago
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Sometimes, I think I’m essentially still a kid, just grown up on the outside....
Penfold63’s harbour
3 boats(Pleasure Craft) Ciao bambina
This is Project 1, a scratch build Riva Aquarama from Plans, with laser cut marine ply as the basis for the…
(Pleasure Craft) BellaRagazza
Ok, so this is Project 2 of 3. Started as a scratch build from plans purchased from John Toms as I recall b…
(Pleasure Craft) Scrumpy 3
I’m building an Aerokits Sea Commander from the kit by Jotika. it’s early stages yet, so some details are m…
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Scrumpy 3 (Aerokits Sea Commander)
Ok, so I bit the bullet and got seem epoxy for the hull skins. I had some Gorilla glue but it was suggested that epoxy was better. Damn the stuff took ages to …
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Chine stringers, cabin roof, chamfering and hull
Ok, plans didn’t quite work out on hours on the boat over the last couple of weeks. I got the chine stringers fitted on 18 Jan, 30 mins soak and then about an …
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My collection
As Darth Vader would say, impressive, most impressive.....and yes, I’m jealous.
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Bella Ragazza
So here’s another partially built Riva Aquarama, my second project and Plan B after Ciao Bambina ran into stringer difficulties. I started this one on 14 April…
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Ciao Bambina
So here’s my partly completed Riva Aquarama, to be named Ciao Bambina, a scratch build from plans, with laser cut marine ply as the base structure. I started h…
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Event
31 Mar 2018
2018 Boat Race
Ok, we had a boat race, of sorts on 30 April 2016 at Coate Water in Swindon, with friends in a race to build and sail their own boats. This year we are doing a…
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Harbour
(Pleasure Craft) Ciao bambina
This is Project 1, a scratch build Riva Aquarama from Plans, with laser cut marine ply as the basis for the bulkheads etc. Started on 5 April 2016 and in the s…
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Harbour
(Pleasure Craft) BellaRagazza
Ok, so this is Project 2 of 3. Started as a scratch build from plans purchased from John Toms as I recall back in March 2016. Yes, I know, should have finished…
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Harbour
(Pleasure Craft) Scrumpy 3
I’m building an Aerokits Sea Commander from the kit by Jotika. it’s early stages yet, so some details are missing but I have added all I can at this stage. I w…
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Forum
Aero kits 34” Sea Commander and Scale enquiry
Ok, so I’m thinking about fittings, which is probably a bit premature to be honest considering build progress to date, but then the issue of scale rears its ug…
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