mtdoramike
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Thanks Bob, the Chris Craft Cobra is one very unique boat to say the least. I received some bright gold .004 gold metal flake that I intend to use on the fin by laying a layer of gold paint down on the fin, then mixing the gold flake into epoxy resin and laying a coat of the resin over the gold paint. That gold flake should make that fin sparkle like no bodies business when the light hits it.
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This will be my next project, a 1950's Dumas Cobra kit. One of the many previous owners detached all of the parts from the parts sheets, but they at least numbered the parts, which will help. I had to order new plans, as usual they were missing. I'm curious to see what else is missing hahahaha.
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Hey Bob, actually my next orphan is a Dumas 1950's Cobra that had been bounced around for about 20 years. Some parts are missing, which is no surprise with orphans, I accept them as they are, not what I what them to be, it's up to me to make them presentable enough to take to the dance and hopefully find a forever home hahahahaha. The original version is like 27", but I plan to stretch it out to about 30" and refigure the transome because it's really not quite accurate to the real Cobra boat.
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The Yoda is pretty much finished. I'm awaiting a flag for it and a brass bell, which I usually have laying around, but I have been a bit lax on keeoing up with my inventory. The Lady will be setting off to her new home shortly, I'm just enjoying her a bit before she goes and bids me a fond farewell. The person who received the original smaller version of the Yoda also requested this one as well, so now he will have a matching set. It couldn't have worked out better because that was what I was hoping for during the entire build.
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Welcome to MSW. You have a wonderful supply of wood, I just wish you carried mahogany, which I tend to use a lot of.
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I started construction on the deck house.
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I reveived the decal for the stern today.
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Absolutely stunning, you have a very sharp eye for detail.
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Thank you CD for posting pics of the contents as well as the instructions. A lot of build logs miss that part on kits. I love to see the details, especially the contents of the detail kit.
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Boy, she is looking beautiful and realistic as does that Victory behind her.
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I have started on the cabin structure. I took the parts of the plans and used a printer to expand the cabin structure parts to 15% larger, since the is a larger version. I then made templates out of the plan pieces.
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I was able to get the top deck planked, installed the stuffing tubes, rudder shafts, cut out the portholes, painted the hull and installed the portholes. She is starting to pretty up a bit.
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No, a lot of the fun stuff has already been done, the rigging is the boring stuff yet to be done. The planking is exceptional and a very good job on it at this point. Someone should grab this.
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She is a real beauty, great work.
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Your doing a great job on this build.
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Beautiful work so far, looks like an interesting kit.
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I don't know about a score, I have bought several kits on ebay claiming to be complete and two out of at least 15 have been complete. All the others are missing various items from keel and frames to fittings to plans. If your good at semi-scratch building then most of the time it works out to be a decent deal, but hardly a score.
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Yeah, you would think after 47 years she would know better, but she still sends me to the grocery store with a list hahahaha. You would think by now she would have realized that dog won't hunt, but God bloess her for trying though. It kind of reminds me of that saying "the very definition of insanity is doing the same thing, the same way and expect a different result".
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That seems like a good sale. unfortunately, I wouldn't know what I needed or even how to use it or what to use it on. I have always been curious about them, but like my wife always points out "you need another hobby like you need another hole is your head" hahaha.
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I got a little bit of work done on the Yoda
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I had to build up the sides about 1 1/2" to get the right profile. I then puttied it with bondo.
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$122.00 shipping? Good luck with your auction
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I built in the battery box on the top deck as well as laid the subdeck on the top deck. I had to build the front portion up because the top deck extends up 1 1/2" on the original Yoda. I then planked the upper portion with wood planking, then covered over the planking with bondo body filler. I'm now in the process of smoothing and sanding the bondo filler to get it as smooth as possible.
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