What scale is your PT? (Length) I building one right now 1:20 scale 48" PT 596

Have you thought about using a marine Spar varnish? try it on an area that is not visible about 1" square if it affects the paint. other is an epoxy resin. another method is to pour resin inside and let it flow around as you move the boat around twisting and turning making the resin flow into all the cracks and crevasses. Are you sure it's not your prop rudder shafts leaking. do you have stuffing boxes for you prop shafts? are your rudder shafts above the water line?

Here is what I use but mainly for Brass tubing and such. I replace the blade with a metal Disc cutter. it does the job

https://www.amazon.com/bench-top-cut-off-saw-120/dp/B07X1D1V9R

I bought this one 5 years ago the saw guide doesn't have the thumb screws it has knurled knobs they dn't get in the way when feeding wood for a straight cut. I use it for hobby grade plywood up to 3/16" it does fine.
Issues: The blades that come with it are not very good. I use the finer toothed blade the most Carbide is to Course.
The finer blade has no Curf on it, so it does bind up if you feed it too fast. and constantly stops when cutting.
Safety issue is: when blade stops and you pull back the wood it takes about 10-15 sec for the overload protection to come back on, so it is very possible for you to think it is shut off and you need to turn switch back on. but it starts back up by itself as you are pulling the wood out. Wish they made so on off switch would have to be reset.
Would like to find better blades for it.
Hate using my 10" table saw and chop saw for a 1"- 4" piece of wood.

https://www.amazon.com/NovelLife-Handmade-Woodworking-Adjustable-Circular/dp/B09

White lead is lead and zinc

Thank you all.
As to BruceD and Bruce1946 both are me, I have been trying for years to get this corrected and bring all into one and the same person. I have written the support team many times with no response!

So on the main question Best way of setting up 3 props Selection. I am building a Dumas PT 596 48" Glass planning hull I am building to Scale 1:20 and several people in the past have said they have had issues with this boat tracking right and that rudder control is slow. The rudders are small only 60% of the rudder (just below the Prop Hub) is in the prop stream. and I am going to increase the prop length by a 1/2" hoping to prevent this.
My question is how to set up the 3 props, Left prop CC, Center Prop CC or CW, right prop CW. I will have proportional motor RPM's with all 3 motors.
Looking at photos of freighters and other non-planning hulls is not the same as a PT boat.
thank you

Print a copy of the parts using your scanner and printer, Or go to library or FedX and have them make copies, then attach to your wood with a nonpermanent glue. Then cut them out leaving a small waste then sand them down to the line on the printed copy.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=1%3A20+scale+people&form=ANNNB1&refig=7dcbdbd3e908

Here is a good link for learning how to solder, would suggests you use brass or copper. you need high temp for stainless.

https://davidneat.wordpress.com/2015/05/03/a-quick-guide-to-soldering-brass/

It is best if you use the same type of paint. the solvents in all the paints have a tendency to out gas. you don't say what type of paint you are using for you 2nd coat. normally you never use solvent-based lacquer paints over enamels or acrylics it will blister. it is all based on the solvent in the paints. They all out gas differently and they dry (cure) differently. and the humity also affects the paints on how long between coats. there are water-based lacquers out there also. so do test samples. even then if some variable will cause an issue.

I currently building a US Coast guard 44MLB. I want to stay as close to scale as possible. and using it as RC also.
The Rudder that Dumas included is Rounded. By the drawing and photo's this boat has a more rectangular shaped Rudder. See attached USCG drawing.
My questions are, is there a reason for Dumas making a rounded Rudder?
Does anyone know the dimensions for the real Rudder 3/4;1 scale.

all Marine wheel bearing grease has a fiber in it for trailers

Marine wheel bearing grease it has fibers in it helps prevent water leakage.

Merry Christmas to all. I hope you all get the boat you want under the tree

You might try a light coating of Vaseline on the threads. I use this CA glue here in the USA. All the CA glues have a 1-year shelf life. and you can extend that by keeping them in the fridge in a sealed container. other thing is to tap the bottom of the container on your work bench to knock the residue out of the tip, then wipe the tip off, with a paper towel. before putting the tip back on. They also sell replacement caps and tops that are quite cheap.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71PdjVgX2EL._AC_UY218_.jpg

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Halloween Is both Canadian and USA now.
The celebration of Halloween was extremely limited in colonial New England because of the rigid Protestant belief
It is a Celtic belief.
Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago, mostly in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1.

This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort during the long, dark winter.

To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other’s fortunes.
When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter. By A.D. 43, the Roman Empire had conquered the majority of Celtic territory. In the course of the 400 years that they ruled the Celtic lands, two festivals of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain.
The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple, and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains the tradition of bobbing for apples that is practiced today on Halloween. All Saints' Day
On May 13, 609, Pope Boniface IV dedicated the Pantheon in Rome in honor of all Christian martyrs, and the Catholic feast of All Martyrs Day was established in the Western church. Pope Gregory III later expanded the festival to include all saints as well as all martyrs, and moved the observance from May 13 to November 1.

By the 9th century, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands, where it gradually blended with and supplanted older Celtic rites. In the year 1000, the church made November 2 All Souls’ Day, a day to honor the dead. It’s widely believed today that the church was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, church-sanctioned holiday.
All Souls’ Day was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels and devils. The All Saints’ Day celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints’ Day) and the night before it, the traditional night of Samhain in the Celtic religion, began to be called All-Hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween.All Saints' Day
On May 13, 609, Pope Boniface IV dedicated the Pantheon in Rome in honor of all Christian martyrs, and the Catholic feast of All Martyrs Day was established in the Western church. Pope Gregory III later expanded the festival to include all saints as well as all martyrs, and moved the observance from May 13 to November 1.
By the 9th century, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands, where it gradually blended with and supplanted older Celtic rites. In the year 1000, the church made November 2 All Souls’ Day, a day to honor the dead. It’s widely believed today that the church was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, church-sanctioned holiday.

All Souls’ Day was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels and devils. The All Saints’ Day celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints’ Day) and the night before it, the traditional night of Samhain in the Celtic religion, began to be called All-Hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween. All Saints' Day
On May 13, 609, Pope Boniface IV dedicated the Pantheon in Rome in honor of all Christian martyrs, and the Catholic feast of All Martyrs Day was established in the Western church. Pope Gregory III later expanded the festival to include all saints as well as all martyrs, and moved the observance from May 13 to November 1.
By the 9th century, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands, where it gradually blended with and supplanted older Celtic rites. In the year 1000, the church made November 2 All Souls’ Day, a day to honor the dead. It’s widely believed today that the church was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, church-sanctioned holiday.
All Souls’ Day was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels and devils. The All Saints’ Day celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints’ Day) and the night before it, the traditional night of Samhain in the Celtic religion, began to be called All-Hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween.

https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween

You don't say the size hieght you need Amazon sells them they are vinyl stickers

https://www.amazon.com/Chartpak-Self-Adhesive-Vinyl-Numbers-01106/dp/B004O7DGGU/

here are some links to Names

https://www.boatnames.com.au/fishing-boat-names/

https://www.nboat.com/blog/fifty-nifty-and-witty-boat-names.html

https://ponly.com/boat-names/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwz7C2BhDkARIsAA_SZKa4CDb

Jumpugly I just ordered some Starbond it's used alot commercailly supposedly. and has some good results. I have used Bob smiths but on the thinner to midium stuff it gasses up when you use accerator on it Starbonds accerator doesn't do that so they claim. I do appricate eveyone's input

https://starbond.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopfRdMxaBTwUqz21Vvv-Fic-AIAZOyM-QHbZNcXjrXHcw

Ian I have been using whats called Total boat for my 2 parts and glassing, It's cheaper, but just as good as west. I have not had any issues with it and biults some real size drift boats and 17' sea Kayaks with it. only problem on real boats it has a problem with UV light so you have to use a SPARD marine varnish over it to protect from UV.

jumpugly thank you
Is there a brand/product you like better than others. I'm looking at Starbond they seem to have a longer shelf-life

When you are Appling wooden planking to the sides of Wooden Ship hulls, or joining stringers, frames, and etc. What Glues are you using? Wood glues, CA glues, white glues, (others) and what is your favorite brand? How are you applying the glues? (I’ve seen some people using straight pins to apply a small drop then spray accelerator to it?)
I never done Planking. Open to suggestions, Thank you,
Building a Dumas 44 MLB The 2 Pages of Instructions to build a complete Boat Suck.🤔☹️

Info I have found on the 44 MLB
DUMAS 44' Lifeboat for R/C

https://www.taubmansonline.com/DUMAS

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?689096-Building-the-Dumas-U-S-Coa

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?920153-Converting-the-DUMAS-44-Li

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?689096-Building-the-Dumas-U-S-Coa

http://https://www.modelshade.com/

https://evandesigns.com/?utm_expid=.DDxFVvGeTZytXUvQWRsOxA.0&utm_referrer=https%

http://www.44mlb.com/

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=920153

http://www.44mlb.com/model-lifeboats-photos.htm

https://www.44mlb.com/index.html

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?3943597-Dumas-USCG-44-44386

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2686769-Questions-about-rebuiling

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/thumbgallery.php?t=2686769&do=threadgallery&type

https://www.shapeways.com/product/5GSZKB7AD/1-16-uscg-seated-helmsman-3

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?835013-Uscg-Mlb-44

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/thumbgallery.php?t=835013&do=threadgallery&type=

https://media.defense.gov/2019/Nov/14/2002210789/-1/-1/0/44FOOTMLB_CIM_16114_3B.

extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.shipmodelers.com/upload

https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Water/All/Boats-Less-than-65

https://www.44mlb.com/boat-info/uscg/44300-44349.html

https://www.crmm.org/

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=ad3cebe3ffb4734a&sca_upv=1&q=USCG+44+MLB&s

I just purchased a Dumas 44 MLB kit 1:16 scale.

I’m looking for any imput an building this kit for RC and to scale. The instructions are not very good and lacking. Any help/input or photo’s would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance

bruce

Thank you guys very helpful. I ended up purchasing these from amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BG9V9LY4?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYYQDLK8?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details�

What do you use to dust off your models? I don't have room for display cases. Issue with knocking off pieces. and getting around small oblects, railing and such. Vacum is to big and sucks up pieces, 😁
Thank you

Here ar some photo's of my current Build.
Us Coast Guard 47' MLB model slipway 1:16 scale
Been working on it for about 6 months. about 36 inches long

I use brass rod not tubing so much easier. Also depends on the how sharp of a bend and tubing diameter. Tubing bender for larger "R" this photo is of my 47 CG MLB I'm building. the front railings are tubes, aft are rods

I'm using my Cameo 4 fro cutting my Styrene. It scores it very well where I cand bend the pieces to break them out. for thicker sheets 0.040 I don't think it will score deep enough. I have tried it on 0.030 inch but have to do repeat cuts at least twice, which the machines able to do.