gcladd
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St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
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3 boatsVirgin Atlantic Challenger I
Resurrected a model that I build years ago from a set of plans published in Model Boats magazine (still hav…
Veron Marlin Cruiser Rebuild
Picked up a vintage Veron Marlin Cruiser that was in bad shape many years ago when I was young, working and…
1986 Bayliner 3250
This is the very first scratch build I ever "started" way back when I was still in school. It began as a co…
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3 blogsVirgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restoration
This is a model that I built many years ago. Soon after Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Challenger met it’s tragic fate in 1985, Radio …
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Late War Elco 80' PT Boat Model
This is a model I started many years ago back in the 80’s when disco was dying and I was a young engineering student still in college. I …
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Bayliner 3250 Conquest Day Cruiser
This 1985 Bayliner 3250 was a scratch build project that I started in 1985 when I was doing work with youth in London Ontario through You…
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On my Sterling Corvette, I admire the work that the original owner did with the balsa hull skin and what looks like 3/4 oz glass cloth and polyester resin. I w…
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It's nice to know that someone else is restoring a Sterling classic. I have a Chris Craft Corvette (4' long) that I bought at a local auction that I have been …
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I appreciate all the feedback everyone has provided. It's unfortunate that I messed up the original finish coat and had to do this restoration, but it allows m…
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Virgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restoration
I started to look at a few details that I never really built correctly on the original model. I haven’t been able to find enough photo close-up details of thes…
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Virgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restoration
I made eight hatches, four that open on the cabin and four that are fixed on the Challenger’s forward deck. These turned out and look great after they were mou…
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Virgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restoration
My quest to redo the deck hatches without using transparent black paint by Tamiya took a productive turn this spring. While taking a browse through a surplus s…
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Virgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restoration
After stripping, patching and sealing a several light coats of primer were applied followed by three coats of gloss white enamel (Tremclad) paint (no more Test…
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Virgin Atlantic Challenger 1- restoration
The first thing I did was photograph the running hardware in the tunnel sections before starting to take the model apart. The removal of old paint turned out t…
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Challenger 1- so much for a good paint finish
A couple years after Challenger I’s completion, I put a clear coat on the model (stupid move) which really messed up the Testor’s paint finish that was used fo…
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Virgin Atlantic Challenger 1-the original build
A few years after I Challenger 1, I built a Challenger 2 model from reduced scale plans I found in an article by Graham Goodchild in the Fall 1988 issue of U.S…
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