Bernhard

Finally is the boat finished.
To many distractions and eye problems have delayed the Finnish.
Just a few pics .
I made changes to the Billings kit for RC use, next week is the maiden sailing.
 

The masy and sails next.
making the mast is easy cutting to lenght and drilling holes is always easy.
I made some fitting for the mast to hold the boom and a stay to keep the boom under tension.

I did decide not to have a washer on the deck but a nice shiny NZ 2 cent to hold up the mast.
That is now also the name of the boat, " 2 Cents".

The sails are made of drafting paper and are in place.

 
I could not resist to get the boat in the water and did try an maiden voyage.
She goos very good, but with the wind very strong this week-end we took in some water du to no seat in the hatches.
The hatches where only taped into place with making tape.
She is vast and a joy to sail.
 
on return i sealed the hatches and made nice brass screws to seal it.
Hope fully next week i can try it out better and start having fun with it.

 
Cheerio
Bernhard

The deck looks good, sanding required on the edges and after that I put resin on it.
No water will get into the hull I would say.
After sanding the edges again it looks fine, sprayed under coat on it now it's back to the deck.
I did not made a picture of that but this the result when finished.

 
Now I will work on the Kiel.
I made a shape of it in balsa and used that for the plaster of Paris mould in 2 parts.
The casting with lead was relative easy, the biggest problem i had was that on that on the cold day was to heat the lead.
checking the weight after that revealed it was only 950 gram but needed 1.3 KG.
My solution was to scrape the mould out to what i thought was the right size.
With the new cast the weight was 1.35 KG.

Lots of filing and sanding later it looked nice an smooth.
 
Bernhard

I am very pleased with the hull.
Now the inside of the hull, these small bits are sometimes a problem, fingers to big and a slight shaking of the hand.
Grr old age creeping up.



All the RC gear is inside and working.

the deck is laying behind the hull ready for glueing.
The deck is made from one lyer 0.8mm balsa and an 1.5 mm thick veneer layer.
I did put resin on the underside of the deck.

almost ran out of elastic bands. now the wait is for the glue to set.
 
Cheerio from an overcast day here.
 
PS> spelling mistakes are from speaking 3 languages and some neurological damage.
And hope it is not to bad.
 
Bernhard

Hi Omega 1234 thanks for the interest.
I have all gear already and go for a servo, in my other boat is a winch and that is very slow.
I hope the servo is a bit faster.

This boat was given to me and was in a bad state it took some work to have it going reasonable OK.
His biggest problem is a twisted hull.
Cheerio

One more thing the maiden journey was today and went not to bad.
I have to change the polarity of the motor it's going backwards faster.
small thing to do wrong.

Thanks Popeye for liking the planking.
I thought it was wrong, halfway through I had to start from the top.
lt worked out in the end.
No more pictures, somehow I fotgot to take more.
I did enyoy the build.
Next to do is finishing 2  whirligigs and a the Tram 17 I am building from scratch.
Hope I am aloud to show a picture of the tram.
 
My plan is to built an Albatros W4 water plane, the plans are almost finished.
No for flying but to cruise on the pond.( I am very bad in flying )

nice planking  

I used 2 pot glue for everything.
now the planking, 2 planks at the time.
 

More pics.
 
Placing the deck on was not easy, after it was fixed I put teak finer on it.
That was more to my liking.
I had to make a few holes in the deck to spot if I have water getting in below but also to put lead in the holds for ballence.
And started on the deck fittings.
The Sprrow sail boat in the making as well.

More pics.
 
I did not like the supplied propellor shaft, to short and to thin.
I had a bigger one from an other project and modified the rudder and shaft section.
the rudder has an removable brass bottom piece in case I have to make it bigger.
 

More pics.
 
I did not like the supplied propellor shaft, to short and to thin.
I had a bigger one from an other project and modified the rudder and shaft section.
the rudder has an removable brass bottom piece in case I have to make it bigger.
 

Finally is the boat finished.
To many distractions and eye problems have delayed the Finnish.
Just a few pics .
I made changes to the Billings kit for RC use, next week is the maiden sailing.
 

More pictures of the building.
The start was not easy had to make the jig for the ribs.
more to come later.

Finally is the boat finished.
To many distractions and eye problems have delayed the Finnish.
Just a few pics .
I made changes to the Billings kit for RC use, next week is the maiden sailing.
 

More pictures of the building.
The start was not easy had to make the jig for the ribs.
more to come later.

Finally is the boat finished.
To many distractions and eye problems have delayed the Finnish.
Just a few pics .
I made changes to the Billings kit for RC use, next week is the maiden sailing.
 

Finally is the boat finished.
To many distractions and eye problems have delayed the Finnish.
Just a few pics .
I made changes to the Billings kit for RC use, next week is the maiden sailing.
 

Finally is the boat finished.
To many distractions and eye problems have delayed the Finnish.
Just a few pics .
I made changes to the Billings kit for RC use, next week is the maiden sailing.
 

Finally is the boat finished.
To many distractions and eye problems have delayed the Finnish.
Just a few pics .
I made changes to the Billings kit for RC use, next week is the maiden sailing.
 

Finally is the boat finished.
To many distractions and eye problems have delayed the Finnish.
Just a few pics .
I made changes to the Billings kit for RC use, next week is the maiden sailing.
 

Finally is the boat finished.
To many distractions and eye problems have delayed the Finnish.
Just a few pics .
I made changes to the Billings kit for RC use, next week is the maiden sailing.
 

Finally is the boat finished.
To many distractions and eye problems have delayed the Finnish.
Just a few pics .
I made changes to the Billings kit for RC use, next week is the maiden sailing.
 

You are welcome.
 
I really dial it down when doing fine work. Skim milk is almost water-like, just a touch thicker. Its been a while since I have used mine, but its like riding a bike. It will take some practice to get the right consistency (whatever brand/type you use) and once you have done it a while, you just mix it until it looks right. Honestly, I never have gone by a specific percentage ratio mix - I just eyeball it.
 
A good thing to remember is to have a piece of card stock (box lid, whatever) or whatever to shoot that first bit - in other words, don't first open the nozzle when pointed at the model as it is likely to spit a little. Use the test target to get that first bit to avoid any splatters...ask me how I know.  This is especially true when very fine work.
 
You keep the paint/thinner mix in a jar? Interesting. Have always heard for the best finishes to not do that. I just mix enough to do the job and go from there.
 
The mottled camo can be fun but also tough and about as fun as pulling teeth. Some people will go to the trouble of making a mask and holding it a bit above the surface of the model in order to give a soft edge (not masked), but I prefer to do mine freehand. As I said earlier, I thin the paint to almost water (maybe even a 50/50 or even higher thinner ratio) and use around 10 psi. This is where it helps to do the first shot on something else to avoid splatters.
 
Check out this FW190D-13. I can't claim this model as it isn't mine (taken from the net), but you get the idea of what I am talking about. I did one similar but it unfortunately didn't survive one of the moves. I have another at home that only has a little bit of mottling, and will try to take pics of it and post. If you look along the sides and rudder/tailplane, then you will see this free-hand type of painting. This type of painting involves low pressure, low paint/high thinner ratios, and a very steady hand. I always like to first practice on a piece of card stock to get used to what I am doing and also to practice the design - because, as you can see, there isn't any really rhyme or reason to the pattern. I always try to replicate how the original was painted...
 

The keel post is made and finished next is to place it into the lead bulb with resin to hold in in.

I must say the for my first build this is going very well, but I find the going very slow this is one of the things i have to get used to.
That went well and after sanding i did spray it into the final colour.
 

the contraption is ready to do the same but only into the hull, lots of "do i do it right or wrong" one of the things I looked very precise at is that the rudder and the keel are parallel.
It worked well, I needed only a limited amount of sanding to get the finish i wanted.
I masked the joint sprayed under coat , metallic gray and first clear coat this went well and looked fine.
The final clear coat was a disaster the lot ended up with a crinkle coat, i looked at it and did not know what went wrong!
This has never happened to my all the 45 years fine furniture making, then of course I never sprayed with spray cans on furniture.
It only means more sanding and start again this time it worked very well no change from procedure sinds the last time, and was relieved it looked good.
 

This a the result of all the hard work and I love it.
 
Cheerio