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Hi again Carsten and Andreas, I hope I wasn't misunderstood. My comment about 'selling paint' was supposed to be humorous. Carsten was kindly showing the paint he used to get a good gloss finish. I was planning on asking him what he used. Bengalack gives a very hard, gloss finish and it flows out very well.

Kind regards,

George

Andreas, I think Carsten is selling gloss paint on your thread😬. But it's for a good cause so I suppose it's OK.   Yes, a gloss finish will be easier to keep clean and nobody will say that it's not the right 'look'. Carstens hull looks good I think.   Andreas' RS1  has 'gloss-look' right out of the box! 

I have started a scratch build log in this forum so I can show my present scratch build project. Also because I have exchanged info with BobG about airbrushing. I will also show some photos of my RS1 progress when I get it up from the cellar storage.  I will not even try to compete with Andreas' excellent photo-build-blog of the RS1 which will soon be in 'full swing' again.  Hope we will see 'formation sailing' of two RS1 next spring?

Kind regards to you both,

George 

I've been 'stealing' space on other threads a bit too often lately so it's time offer up info on my scratch build project. I used to own a full size Fisher 34 motorsailer  1986 model  and decided last year that it was time to make a 1/12th size copy. I thought it would take about 6 months to build!  I bought the plywood for the keel and frames  in September last year. The new launch date is  about April 2021. I have come to accept that this build is a sort of 'labour of love'.   I have built a  many different model aircraft and sailplanes through the years but only one or two motorboats in my early teens (55 years ago!)  The build of the Fisher was going a bit slow in the winter/spring so to have a yacht for the summer I built a Krick Comtesse  (mostly ABS plastic !) in the spring and launched that in July.

It would take some time to post a build-blog backdated to sept 2019 and not many will be interested in such a long-winded process so to begin with I will only post a few early photos and a few later photos of the build.  I live in Norway so there's a bit of time difference to many of the other members on this site. 

Regards, George

Hi Andreas,  on some 1:1  RS1 photos the hull finish looks very matte. I wondered if your hull was painted/sprayed gloss? or have you just shined it up with car polish?! A nice shine looks good on a model -even if it's not as the original.  I look forward to seeing more of your building photos when you get back to "work".

Regards, George 

Hi Bob, many thanks for the info'. I thought I answered you two nights ago (2330 here in Norway) but I see this morning  that it was not sent. I have sent you a PM instead so I don't clogg up Sundt's own building thread with my painting problems.

Regards George

Thanks Carsten, some of the photos of Andreas' hull look as though it has been polished nice and shiny :-)) The full size RS1 seems more like a silk-matte finish. My kit is pretty old and I think it may be even more matte due to ageing. Maybe I'll try airbrushing in gloss acrylic. That will give a silk finish if I don't spray on too wet. I can test on the inside of the hull first! 

I hoped to see some photos of yours and Andreas' RS1's on the water. Are you both still building?

Regards, George

Question for Andreas or Carsten....Does the white part of the hull actually need to be PAINTED white?   Or is it only necessary to paint the 'antifouling' (hull red) at and below the waterline and the red stripe at the top of the hull?

Yes Sarik. Don't think they say the  scale -just length. It is 9" =ca 25cm (incl rudder) x 11 beam. They make only the plastic hull, the rest is up to you!  It's not quite the right shape but I think it's an easy way to get a 'Jolle' which looks OK. Send photo of the bare hull beside the CA hull. 

Regards, George

Many thanks!

George

Det var voldsømt, bilder og tekst 'all over the place'. What happened there?

George

OK thanks Andreas, I see that one of the deck sheets has a small flaw in it (a round, red-coloured mark in the middle of the foredeck) so maybe Billing just threw in a new one without taking out the other.  I have done the first few steps on my CA RS1 but that lives in the 'kjellerbod' most of the time. I am keen to get the Fisher 34 built so only had a few short sessions so far on the RS1.  I hope next summer will see Fisher and RS1 side by side, The hulls are quite similar in shape. 

Sende bilder av RS1 'jolla'.

Regards, George

Hello again Andreas, I hope your CA RS1 build is still progressing. I have been looking at my 414 kit in the cellar store room (kjellerbod!). I see that my kit has TWO complete sheets of shaped 1mm ply for the deck. I think this must be a mistake? Can you remember if your kit had 2 complete shaped ply sheets for the deck? I think the part number is '18' .  

Regards, George

Lovely planking Andreas, I think my deck will be 'look-a-like' plank using pencil lines. I have done this on my Fisher 34 decks and considering it's the first time I've tried it, I am very pleased with the result.

I also did some varnish tests. I have not stained the Fisher decks but oiled them with many coats of  Owatrol D1. Later I varnished with Owatrol D2 to seal them properly.  Silk-matt finish can be acheived by only using D1 oil.  I stained the bulwark top capping with teak stain and then applied the same D1 and D2 treatment. D2 is supposed to be flexible and non-cracking when completely dried. I must say I am not an expert at this and have no experience with deck preparation. Although I did use D1 oil on the bulwarks of my full-size Fisher 34 in 1986!

George

Any of you thinking of building a "Nordlandsjolle" which the RS1 uses as  a dinghy (jolle) to row ashore with?  Asked the museum but they only had a drawing of a "Lofotjolle" which seems to have a higher bow. There are some photos of a "Nordlansdjolle" on the CA RS1 gallery. I think I have seen a RS1 with a dinghy on tow on Youtube for 'Colin Archer Modell Yachts'.

George

Hi Sundt...and Carsten S, 

I have not looked in on this site for some weeks. Nice to see your RS1 in build. Great detail photos to help others (me?) do the build. I have not started mine yet (also a 414 PS). The Fisher 34  I am building has taken much longer than expected. 

I am also building a Krick (Robbe) Comtesse yacht while waiting for glue or paint  to dry on parts of the Fisher 34.  Not allowed by SWIMBO to build 3 yachts at the same time in our apartment! So have to finish the Comtesse first to make space to start the  RS1. 

It will be great to see photos of both your Colin Archers sailing together (errrr.... 2 meters apart) during the summer.  I am in Stavanger so too far to drive just to have a look.  

Happy sailing, stay well,

George

Hi Sundt...and Carsten S, 

I have not looked in on this site for some weeks. Nice to see your RS1 in build. Great detail photos to help others (me?) do the build. I have not started mine yet (also a 414 PS). The Fisher 34  I am building has taken much longer than expected. 

I am also building a Krick (Robbe) Comtesse yacht while waiting for glue or paint  to dry on parts of the Fisher 34.  Not allowed by SWIMBO to build 3 yachts at the same time in our apartment! So have to finish the Comtesse first to make space to start the  RS1. 

It will be great to see photos of both your Colin Archers sailing together (errrr.... 2 meters apart) during the summer.  I am in Stavanger so too far to drive just to have a look.  

Happy sailing, stay well,

George

The Billings kits seem generally to have quite scanty instructions.  BUT, that did not stop me from buying a Colin Archer '414' kit in January!  A chap in Stavanger, Norway had bought it about 10 years ago and did not get around to starting the build.  He decided to make some space in his storeroom and sell the kit.   I have built the stand and stained/oiled it.  I plan to start other build-processes around Easter 2020.  I am in the process of building a Fisher 34 motorsailer from Model Boats plans service. The plan is actually for a Fisher 46 aft cabin so I have modified it a bit. Started last September.  I owned a Fisher 34 (full size) many years ago and have often thought of building a R/C model of it.  Some photos of the construction progress are on the Model Boats forum in UK.

I look forward to following the build of your Colin Archer.  Hope you show the internal sail winches and control lines. I have bought 2 Graupner winch-servos for mine.  Plan to let the mizzen sail be free and only restrained by a light guage elastic.  I've seen one or two 'build-bloggs' on the www. from two different modellers in Germany. They are quite critical of the scanty instructions....though the kit is not aimed at first-time builders, so maybe this explains it. Both managed to build great models in the end.  One guy only took 4 months to complete.

George, Norway