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Fantastic build. What more can be said? Bob
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Another Dragon. When I lived aboard, there were two Dragons docked nearby. There was nothing sweeter than to see them slide out of their slip and head out to have fun in the Pacific. When I started model building, a 12" long Dragon was one of the first boats I built. My brother came to visit and I gave it to him. After he left my wife, "she who must be obeyed", said, "That was my favorite boat." So I had no choice but to build another. My brother's was built as a racing boat, my wife's was built as an early pleasure cursing boat with a cabin. It will be fun watching another Dragon going together. Bob
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Hi all, I finally got a little more done. The deck is planked, the front and rear walls to the main cabin are up and I finished the little deck house, which was the smoking lounge, it was removed when that deck was enclosed. Bob
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I use poplar wood for RC boats. It is not too hard and easy to use. But whatever wood you use, as it gets wet and dries, or gets hot and cold the wood will swell and shrink leaving gaps between the planks for water to get in. I always painted both inside and outside with fiberglass epoxy. (It also strengthens the wood.) I put the fiberglass inside where it would not show and on the outside I would paint it with just the epoxy resin mixed two parts resin with one part alcohol to thin it out like paint. The alcohol evaporates and leaves a hard waterproof finish. Bob
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Great detailing. Watching builders like you helps us all. Bob
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No, don't go out of your way or break in to the boat yard. Considering where the details are mounted, I can add them after the rest of the boat is finished. Bob
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Glad to see you're back. You have a fine boat build going. Bob
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Welcome aboard, Eric. I hope you get what you are looking for. Bob
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Thanks Mike, but don't make an extra trip just to take the picture. I have a lot of work before I get that far but it will be nice to have the information in hand to think about how to make the parts. Bob
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Thanks, Nils. I have a lot of work before I get that far but it will be nice to have the information in hand to think about how to make the parts. Bob
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Hi Mike, Sorry, you are right, there are many windows. In this picture, it is the lower square windows. Above the windows there is a curved work of some kind with a design inside of it. This is the best picture I have been able to find. Bob
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Mike there is a picture of Mariefred I need. What is over the windows? There is an eyebrow, and something under it. All the pictures I have are taken from too far away, and the drawings just show it as a squiggle. If you could get a close-up picture I would certainly appreciate it. I will not need the picture for a month or more, so there's no hurry. Thanks Bob
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She's looking good, Chris. Bob
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Great detailing on a great ship. Bob
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Thanks, I guess, Lawrence. These two showed up. They are the foremen? Right? Bob
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Hi, Tom and Popeye, Glad you understand. I keep saying, "Next time I'll . . ." and then I do the same thing over. Ah well, It's amazing what paint will cover. Bob
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OK! I didn't show you the building of the hull. I'm terrible at building hulls. I cut out the bulkhead forms and throw unshaped strips of wood on it and end up filling in a football shaper area with smaller and smaller sticks. Then I sand all the boards that are not laying flat, which are most. I then fill all the cracks with Elmer's wood filler, sand again, fill again, sand again, fill again, etc., etc. I am not proud of my hulls and it is definitely not the way I see everyone else doing it. So I paint my hulls to cover up the mess. Now did you really want to see all that? Bob
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Sorry, I get carried away with the build and forget to take pictures. Bob
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Lawrence said: I am pleased that you have decided to build the earlier version of the SS Mariefred as she seams to have mush more cartier and charm over the newer more modern version. My work on the HMS Bounty is coming to a close very fast, it dose surprise me just how fast it is going. Regards Lawrence Thanks, Lawrence. I had to build her as she was built. I like the turn of the twentieth century boats so much better. Just had a thought, since you are winding down on the HMS Bounty, Can I hire your "little guys" to help me with some of the small parts? Sure would be nice. Bob
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Besides that, "She who must be obeyed," would make me go into the desert to do it. Bob
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Denis, I vote that you start a new log. Adding it to the end of this log will only hurt this log. Bob
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I'm wondering the same thing on my Mariefred, and it's three times larger in scale. Bob
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The boat would not have been built free standing on her keel as we do with our models. If she were build upside down the frames would have been extended to and toenailed to the floor. If she were built upright the frames would have been extended to the ceiling of the boat shed or possibly an A frame structure. Each frame would have been squared and well supported on its own. Only after she were planked would the frame ends be cut free. Bob
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