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Too much if the fat rods!

2 hours ago, MrBlueJacket said:

Hmmmm.....

I'll send you F1159

 

Nic

I have all these rail supports and no rods that fit thru the holes. Thats why I need the thin rods. I have way more of the fat rods then needed.

Hmmmmm

I made a display base out of mahogany with the brass supports  I bought with this kit. I’m having a brass plate made that says

“F.D.N. Y.  Fire Boat”

Thank you

Mr BlueJacket

your kit didn’t provide enough grab rail rods F1159 to finish all grab  rails. 
there is too much ladder rail rods. 
i need F1159

thanks

Installed sude bumpers

Installed all ladders. 

installed life rings. Hope they stay glued

I’m working on displaying the life rings so they don’t fall  off. Tricky

Moving right along with rigging and fittings, i raised the fire boat’s ensign today

Starting to install railings. Tiny tiny hole! No picnic for these old eyes and fingers

In case you’re trying to figure out how the water cannons suddenly appeared, well, I built them during the weeks i had to wait for the kit to arrive. 

Water cannons installed. They rotate smoothly 

Ive installed three mounting posts for the water cannon

Adding more detail. Decals and running lights.

the superstructure broke off the hull so i had to re-glue it?

Adding details to superstructure and marking with tape to make sure superstructure is located correctly when glued

i marked the deck with tape to make sured when i glue the superstructure it is centered 

Still adding derail to the superstructure 

i finally adjusted the base of the superstructure to sit level on the deck so when i glue it later it won’t wiggle loose

No, you sent it to where i luve now

14810 N Fountain Hills Blvd 

Fountain Hills AZ 85268

thanks

Rich Hippner

Finishing up the superstructure. It’s not attached to the hull 

yet. 
a lot of little details yet to be installed 

On 7/31/2022 at 11:02 AM, MrBlueJacket said:

Hi,

 

Give me your gummy paint color and I'll replace it

 

Nic

Nic

Thanks for the new Flat Red. Where did you ever dig up my old address? I haven't lived on Carol Ave for ten years!

I finally finished the gunwales! Now i can move on the the superstructure 

more than met my eye!

Gunnales are close to finished. Some filler then  more sanding then paint

I made some sanding sticks to fine tune the finishing