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Depends on what didn't come with the kit. Do you have the drive shafts commonly known as stuffing boxs or tubes, rudders, motor(s) electronic speed controller, servo and battery. You can easily add any where from $150.00-$200.00 to the cost of the build. You will also need to make that decision quite quickly because you will need to seal the interior of the hull while you can gain access, you will also have to fiberglass cloth and resin the hull to water proof it. To me, I would build it as R/C operation even if you don't install running gear, just in case someone else wants to make it operational.
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Well, my little orphaned Trawler has found a new home. The adoption process went smoothly and the new owner passed with flying colors.
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I also flattened out the stern and transome a bit by cutting a 1/4" off the top of the transome plate up the hull for about 4" because this hull was actually made to be a fishing/lobster boat type hull with the up swept bow and stern. I'm keeping the up swept bow, but not the up swept stern.
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I have the keel and frames all cut out and installed in the prefab hull. This was a trial and error experience. The other three pics are of some experimenting I was doing with some .004 gold metal flake that I mixed into some resin and coated a piece of wood with the resin. It turned out exceptionally well. I was thinking, of incorporating just a small amount of metal flake in the clear coat resin say on a mahogany run about. Just enough to give the hull a bit of sparkle in the sun, but not enough to flash like a neon sign. I plan on using the metal flake on the turtle deck on the Dumas Cobra. I'll lay down a coat of gold paint as a base layer, then apply the resin with the metal flake in it over the gold paint.
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I sometimes spend 4-5 hours a day, most days that I don't have a bunch of honey do's on my projects. I try to spend at least one hour every day on a project, whether it be building or researching a particular subject that I want to build. What keeps me going is, I want to see the finished product. I have completed a few less than half started projects for friends or friends of friends and each time I do, I try my best to bring the original builders vision to reality even to the point at times of having to rip everything apart and start over.
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Thanks Dave for the kind words. Like you, I wish I had time to build them all. This particular one, I felt sorry for because it had been kicked around from pillar to post without anyone taking the time to finish what one of the previous owners had started. The plans or what was left of them were torn, faded and pretty ratty, most of the parts were missing, so I had to scratch build some, use some old parts that I had laying around and purchased others. I have to turn down two-three offers a moth to finish models for would be builders who for what ever reason lost interest or life gets in the way of finishing their projects. But, I only have some much time so it has to be a special project or circumstance for me to adopt a wayward orphan. My wife keeps me grounded in the aspect.
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I actually have two other orphaned projects waiting in the wings for their opportunity to shine Bob, one is a Dumas Mahogany run about Cobra, which is normally 27" in length, but I intend to stretch it out to about 30" by adding another frame. The other is the Billings Calypso. I'm currently working on a bigger version of the Yoda's Ark, which is being scratch built using a 33" fiberglass hull that I adopted a short time ago.
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Here is an example of the original version built to Pat Tritle's spec's on the Yoda. The new version will be much larger than the original. This mainly for a visual aid for those who didn't follow my build on the original. And by the way, seeing her tooling around the pond at scale speed was magnificent, I just wish I had videoed it before she found her new home.
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Beautiful work, I have built two of these boats from Dumas kits. But I have a question, wouldn't it have been cheaper, easier and make the boat lighter if you built it using the keel and frame method and double planked it? I assume you are building this beauty as static only because I see no open areas in the hull to place the running gear if you ever wanted to convert it to R/C operation. Seeing one of these mahogany run abouts whether it be full size boat or small R/C running around on the water just makes my day and brings a smile to my face every time. You can also buy the white styrene strips in different wideths and thickness for the deck caulking between the wood planking.
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After recently finishing the scratch built Yoda's Ark using Pat Tritles plans and built to his specs, I have decided to try and build a bigger version of the Yoda's Ark. The original Yoda measured about 27" in length. I had planned to build a bigger version by adding an additional 3" to make it 30" in length, which was my initial plan. But sometimes planning gets in the way, so now the new Yoda will be 33" in length. I was fortunate enough to find a high quality fiberglass gel coated hull, which I hope will save me a few if not a lot of steps in building a hull. Now it's just figuring out the best way to proceed. My future progress if any may seem a bit unorthodox to some, but my rule of thumb is as always, "the directions you take aren't important as long as you arrive at the same destination.
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One person's block is another person's sheave. Good thing it wasn't in millimeter or it would have really confused you hahaha
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Thanks keith, a bit of spit and polish and you would never know she was unwanted and unloved hahaha
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Well she is pretty much finished for the most part.
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Hi Bob, I hate to see you stop on the Lex indefinately, you were doing some fine work on it and overcoming some of the pitfalls of a bad kit. I have seen and built some beautiful models from some god awful kits. I always say (and even to myself at times) it's never the kit, it's the builder. Issues can always be overcome it just depends on how much effort a person is willing to put into it.
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Here is an updated picture on my progress.
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Le Soleil Royal by Nek0 - 1/72 - Marc Yeu
mtdoramike replied to Nek0's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
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WOW, this is turning out beautifully. The carvings are exceptional
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I laid the decking, installed the 380 motor, white washed the decking, installed the rudder, servo and linkage. She be looking like a boat now.
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Tom, you would have a better chance of selling this kit if you did the following: List the manufacture List the finished size of the model post pictures Lastly, list where you or the kit is located aka: your geographical location.
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I will be following along with interest as well. I have this kit and plan to build it R/C, but I have a few other projects in front of it waiting their turn on the table.
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I'm interested to see this boat finished. It's an interesting design. You picked a great design for a starter kit.
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I thought the saying was appropriate for a fishing vessel. I can picture one fish hanging from a hook, saying to the other fish, "How's it hangin brother?". A friend quickly pointed out to me that this is a trawler, which uses nets rather than line and hook. But I'm quick to point out anyting goes in cartoons.
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hahahahaha, popeye, now your telling your age, I think it was from Junior Samples monolog. Your the first to pick up on it.
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I thought it would be hilarious referring to a fish on the line hahahahaha.
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