Hi,
Thanks Keavdog.
Below is a picture of my latest progress. I finally have decided on an Aqua Green upper hull with a light blue/turquois bottom and a white boot striping.
Pat
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Shaping up nicely!
Jim [cptn]
Stay Safe.
Hi,
I got two packages of sunbathers in the mail today, for hanging out onboard the model once I’m done [:P]
Pat
PS. Here also is an image with the white boot topping. It still needs a little work, especially forward, andI need to figure out how to add an anchor pocket. (I probably should have thought of that earlier [:O])
Hi,
Although it may not look much different, I did manage to carve out an anchor pockets (on both sides) and 3D print some anchors and rudders. I am still working on the props and shafts though. I also had a chance to try and get the other side of the boat further along as well. [:)]
Pat
PS. I’ve made a start at trying to addon the prop shafts and riudders, but may need to adjust them some.
I’m really happy with my new 3D printer. The detailis pretty impressive. These props areboth about 12.5mm. Right now they both turn the same way, but I hope to trim them both and mount one backwards.
Pat
PS. I alsoneed toclean up the paint a bit. Its kind of hard paiting them because of their size [:P]
Things are slowly progressing. I’ve got the propellers and rudders in place now.
Pat
I havent noticed anymore updates. How is the project going?
Hi,
Thanks for the interest.
Although I am still working on the boat, between the holidays, and some issues with painting, signs of visible progress have been really limited. Most of the work that I have getten done lately has involved trying to smooth out some seems, reshape the stern area, and clean up the waterline boot topping. Fortunately, I am pretty close tobeing able to put a gloss coat on the hull bottom. But the hull sides still need some cleaning, sanding and buffing, before they will be ready to get glossed.
Hopefully I may be able to show some more progress later this week.
Pat
Don’t know why it’s happening, but my Malwarebytes program is blocking your photo links because it thinks they’re trojans. [:^)]
Hi,
Sorry about that. I will look into the settings on my website provider.
Pat
Hi,
Thanks for the heads up. It looks like my website’s SSL certificate had expired, which may also explain why my images weren’t showing up, as well. Please letme know if you are still having problems.
Thanks
Pat
Hi,
Although it might not look like a whole lot of progress, I have been able to make some headway recently on this build. For the most part it has been taking me a lotof time trying to get the boot topping on, but I think I am almost done.
In addition, although I liked the Aqua upper hull color that I had been using, I was having a little trouble geting it on smoothly and eventually and with my poor eyesight, it was kind of hard to differentiate it from the turquoise I used for the hull bottom. So I ended up redoing the upper hull in Bright Blue. In addition I more or less have finished up cleaning up the aft swim platform.
So now, once I make a few final clean ups to the boot topping, and give the hull bottom one last coat of turquoise to clean up a little but of splatter, and replace one of the props that I acceidentally knocked off, I hope to have the base hull more or less ready for a gloss coat.
Pat
Looking great Pat! Keep up the great work.
Jim [cptn]
Stay Safe.
Progress is looking very good and moving along nicely. Another example of a “vintage” kit being turned into a gem.
TJS
Looking spiffy! [Y][Y][Y]
Hi,
I’ve started adding a gloss coat to the main hull. The first coupole coats I tried with a brush, but you could see the brush strokes. So after waiting a day to dry I tried using one of those “sponge” type brushes and the clear (Pledge Floor Care) appears to have gone on a bit smoother. I may wait another day or two and try a final coat (or two) to see how everything looks.
In addition to that I alsopainted a lip around the upper bulwark to try and loo a bit like wood. Its hard to see below, but it is meant to look similar to what is shown in the bottom picture.
I also tried adding a gold rub on stripe, but it didn’t look so good, so I ended up deleteing/painting over it.
Hopefully, after adding the gloss coat Imay try and polishing the surface just a little, and then try and finish off the back end, before starting on the main deck and deckhouse structure.
Pat
Its looking great. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to the finished piece.