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1 - 24 - 2013 The helm walls are to be painted at this point. I found that the gray primer was very hard to cover over using a brush........I ended up using the airbrush. painting the cabins on the Phylly C, I got some overspray on the interior.......I tried really hard not to copy the masking problems. I had decanted the gray paint from the spray can, but it was left in the cellar, and the cold ruined the paint......I got a less than desireable job. lucky for me, the paint from my F-15 build was very close to the primer color. I ended up painting the cabins with the Billing's primer........I got my paint shipment in....hourah! the helm was masked up with extreme care to guard against overspray. I also added curved extensions to the helm's side walls.......just to give it a little character. 1 - 25 - 2013
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1 - 23 - 2013 This session was more of a fabrication session........the fore cabin roofs, grab rails, and helm roofs were fleshed out and assembled. I also needed some sanding sticks, so I made some of different grits. I did repair some of the imperfections in the hull.......after all, it does need to be water tight. The windows were framed, so they couid be installed from the outside, unlike his counterpart. the build continues..............
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1 - 18 - 2013 The Denny-Zen has out grown the build slip and graduated to the stand I had made for him. I took the both of them and added a name plaque, and painted them up in the process. The helm walls came next........as mentioned, they were done in balsa wood. any imperfections will be left there. the windshield was made from basswood though......I wanted this part to be stronger. there will be some form of framework added to the helm cabin as well. Due to the use of balsa.......I've reinforced the roof frame as well. The fore cabin roof was fleshed out as well. The portholes still needed to have the window maker applied to them......time to prep them for the application.
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progress comparison - 1 - 17 - 2013 The two were then brought together again for another comparison. They are close.......but they still have a ways to go before they can be considered 'in sync' with one another. the build continues.........
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1 - 17 - 2013 Meanwhile, on the other side of the Wharf......... The Denny-Zen was getting ready for the upper paint. the admiral picked this color......figures.....it's the one that I have only one bottle of. OK........if that's what your want, My dear...... The Denny-zen got the sheer deck painted a flat white.
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meanwhile......on the other side of the Wharf....... I had made some decals for these two. I showed them before, but here is a close up of them. The white strip along the sides of the hull was masked off and painted.
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1 - 13 - 2013 The rudder was to be a bit different than the rudder for the pleasure boat. the rudder on the lobster boat sets back a bit further, so the shaft is going to need to run through the rudder. it is made of three layers of flat stock, the center layer has a slot through it, making it a two part piece. This slot will later be drilled out to accept the shaft. The next step will be to make the helm cabin sides. they were traced out from the plans, but will not be made the same way. I want the helm wall to be shorter, as well as the roof. 1 - 16 - 2013 The engine cover is to be made at this point. due to the lack of basswood flat stock, I'm having to use the excess balsa from the hull sheeting. in making this boat......I'm not being exact.......I'm not even fixing some of the minoe imperfections in the hull and on the decks. I want this boat to look old.....I want this boat to look used.......I want this boat to look like a lobster boat. the bottom hull was painted with the gray primer......this will turn out to be an achillies heel later on. I decided to leave the interior this color......it looks aged and old........I like it! I had made up some decals for the both of them.......their names have been decided. the pleasure boat will be 'The Phylly C' and the lobster boat will be 'The Denny-Zen'. the hull also got the bottom paint.....dark drab.
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1 - 10 - 2013 After some repairs, the hull was fine. more sanding was required to make both sides equal to one aonther. the shoe and rudder assembly was made at this time. I have to order a prop and ship's wheel for the pleasure boat......I'm using the kit supplied parts for this build. the comparison with the cut of the bows is good.
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1 - 9 - 2013 I needed to make the keel fin. Then the shoe and rudder can be made for it. I decided to make the fin from strip stock, covering it with flat stock. I know that down the road, I will have to sand the entire length of the keel down to even it out and level it with the contour of the hull bottom. Here, I cut off the bottom edge of the fin........the shoe will need to be fitted here. now it is brought down to the laboritory..........are we ready for the operation......we have to decide just how much to take off........ It went well, but it didn't come without consequence........the belt sander went through the hull in a few spots, and did sand the fin a bit too much. after some repairs.....everything was just ducky!
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1 - 8 - 2013 The new year didn't stop the build......we turn the page. time to close up the hull. With the hull closed up, sanding and painting can commence. there was a small problem with the planking process, due mostly to the lack of ribs, but I was able to get the job done. should I ever do another one.....extra ribbing will need to be added to keep the shape.
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thanks John.......yes.....it's coming back! I'm pleased to add in everything....even the time line.....I can't wait to be able to merge these two together......then I can post what I consider......the good pictures! glad you found me Sjors......I see you have been up to your tricks here........Anja taking your cannon balls away LOL! I will look forward in watching some of the builds you mentioned for the future!
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so.........you scuttled the ship to make a new improved version......yeowza! did you......or are you going to reuse any of the parts from the old build? must be something there that'll make you life easier..... I'll enjoy seeing it all again.
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pretty neat, isn't it augie! I hope to get it all done soon. I still have a ways to go, but I think I'm done for the evening. I will get one done before I start on another. thanks for looking in, my friend!
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12 - 30 - 2012 New years was coming, and the build was moving right along. I couldn't wait for the day when both of these builds will be in sync with one another. then I could work on them together. the open areas under the sheers are to have a floor, in order to close them off from seeing the gaps left by the decking. I had used 7mm planking as borders along the side, to better gauge the deck planking. it works out well, because they will become the sills for these compartments. I also wanted to paint the inner areas with primer. if I didn't get paint under the sheers now, I wouldn't be able to do it later, with the hull completely closed in. I will make up the floor pieces, and then prime. the bad part was that I was almost out of white primer.......very little was left and certainly not enough. The floor were installed over the openings. they were later primed to get some on them as well
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12 - 29 - 2012 While the hull is open, I thought it good to frame the inner deck. I am going to leave the sides under the sheer open for storage areas. even though the stern wall is closed in, I will not be installing any doors there. there will be a door on the froe cabin wall......I have to get more hinges to do it. I was beginning to run low on the 5mm planking. I even used my stir stick I used for paint...LOL! I subbed in some 7mm planking.......and having to finish it off with it as well.
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The picture of the two side by side is very misleading......it gives the impression that the lobster boat is longer that the pleasure boat. actually, the pleasure boat is longer than the lobster boat by 1/8 of an inch.......due to the double planking. the build continues....... 12 - 27 - 2012 more was done on the sheer. the rest of the deck was framed out to support the planking. 12 - 28 - 2012
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here is the first progress comparison I did on these two boats. so far, everything looks good.........the build continues.........
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The Lobster Boat is under way........the other boat will become what was suggested......a pleasure boat. 12 - 25 - 2012 After the Christmas hub-bub was done, I had a little time to work on it before we went out to my son's house. basically, it was to finish the ribs and secure them to create the frame. Planking the sheer will give it a bit more strength. I did this after we got home......with nowhere else to go. Following the plans, which I find, are very good. I will make a few changes to speed up the build. 12 - 26 - 2012 carrying on with planking........I wanted to install the side planking today.
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I had gotten a subtle hint earlier in the sheer planking, but one comment at this point, made me stop in my tracks. After reading the comment, I sat back and looked at the boat. "He's right, you know......, I thought to myself........what have I done? all the thinking I was doing about building another boat....all the idea I got while I was building this boat........was transferring to this build before my eyes. I have always said, that a modeler is part magician.......a person of the arts. a sculpter sculpts.........a painter paints...... and a wood worker plys his craft. each one follows the same goal......to create a work of art that will stand the test of time. we are ALL doing this very thing.........we ALL strive to attain this goal. Some of you are already there, surpassing yourselves with the age-old art of scratch building. this art has been around since before the intervention of scale classification......created to settle the disputes of many a modeler There are a lot of us that are still striving to attain such knowledge.......knowing that one day, that masterpiece will materialize before our eyes. then, and only then, will we know that we have surpassed ourselves. we have done what we set out to do. The point that I was trying to make before I got sidetracked, is that, like a magician, the modeler must envision in his or her mind, and creat that vision with their hands. I have referred modeling as 'the craft' before........I'm sure that when I've said it, you might have thought me daft. but, that's the way I've come to look at it. I can say more......but here I go........being a wind bag. I yam wot I yam. When I realized what I had done......it didn't take much thought to see waht I had to do. I set to work on a keel........for the real Lobster Boat. rather than cut it from plywood, I decided to make it out of 1/4 strip stock. it worked out just as well. I took all the panels with the hull parts punched out and traced the ribs and other hull parts. As you can see, I doubled the ribs to make them thick enough to hold planking. There will be no sheeting......I'm going to plank over the ribs. I didn't bother with the breasthooks either.....
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12 - 19 - 2012 Other aspects were being looked at. as I did in the Mary Ann build, I experimented a bit with making wainscoting panels, which were cut to shape and cemented along the inner helm walls. The stern wall door assmebly was finishedat this time. This phase of the interior assembly.......then the x-actor fell silent
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12 - 18 - 2012 The engine cover parts were cut and shaped, using the supplied block as part of the cover. The doors were also being assembled at this time. The engine cover was painted and placed where it was to be located. when the door frame was assembled, the position of the cover was refined and marked out. it was later cemented in place. the deck was planked at this time.
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12 - 14 - 2012 here is the rest of the sheer planking......both fore cabin sheers and the bow. After the sheer was planked, the inner deck was next to be tackled.
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12 - 13 - 2012 With color on the hull........you know......it's funny how a bit of color, make one feel that a milestone has been reached. time to work a bit on the topside. I looked at the block they supply for the engine cover. nawwww.......I think something better can be done. I plan to put a pair of doors on the stern wall. a door is to go on the left side of the fore cabin wall. I began to work on these aspects. these are the top rail moldings that will line the edges of the sheer. there will also be molding around the inner deck cockpit. The sheer is to be planked with thin strips of annegre......a light mahogany. the stern was divided into sections. each section will take a direction that will be determined by the sheer. each section will have a trim separation to accent each section. The stern is planked.......the mid sheer follows next. Next will be the fore cabin sheers and the bow.
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The hull got a little more filler to fill in the few voids that were left, after which, it got another coat of primer. the bottom paint was then sprayed. when the bottom paint ewas dry enough, the upper portion of the hull got painted Brunswick green. The white strip along the sides of the hull will be the color they are, a gloss white.
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thanks Bob for the welcome back! I'm well on my way to put as much of this one back here as I can......I had to stop this afternoon....the site must have been too busy, lost the connection and couldn't get it back. the Denny-zen will come in after I plank the sheer and the deck......that seems to be when I got the deciding comment. thanks for the good word! not too sure of that Carl......some research into nautical folklore might shed some light. thanks to you as well Aldo and Frank......the plot will thicken soon.
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