Chris-Craft 1938 27’ Triple Cockpit Barrel Back by usedtosail - FINISHED - Dumas - 1/24

[stuglo]

VERY VERY good

What next?

[usedtosail]

Thanks Cleat, Popeye, and stuglo, and the likes. For my next build I chose the Billings Half Moon. I was inspired by Popeye's and JCT's builds of this ship. I've had the model for a while and it is now at the top of the queue. Still a little more work to do here first though.

[usedtosail]

Thanks cleat and Popeye. This was a fun little project despite the issues with the mahogany. Adding the name to the back was a small project in itself. The first round of decals I made up didn't show at all on the hull. I was going for some fancy gold lettering but the printer just couldn't get it dark enough. For the second attempt I tried white letters which again did not show up well. I finally made some decals with black letters that did show up. The logos are also done in black so they can be seen. I used a product called Micro Set to place the decals and they looked pretty good, but then I tried a product called Micro Sol that was supposed to make them set even better. It did the opposite and bubbled up the decals and made them very soft so that trying the flatten them messed them up even more. So I took those off, made another set and placed them with just the Micro Set. They are not as nice as I would have liked but they will do.

 

Here are some pics of the completed model, and I will add some more to the gallery. Now before you think I am too narcissistic, my screen name actually came from the name of my first full size power boat. I had always had sailboats before that so I was more "used to sail" than I was power. So I had to name my first power boat model the same.

[ccoyle]

I love these old wooden runabouts -- good work!

[popeye the sailor]

simple but functional case........I like it       the Half Moon.........jeeze........maybe I should bring mine back out.   J left me in the dust on that one.........but it seems he left me in the dust with the slave ship too       I have way too many projects  

[usedtosail]

Thank you Chris and Popeye.
Popeye I thought you had finished your Half Moon. Don't start it back up yet. It's going to take me a while to get to where you are so finish up those other projects first.

[rlb]

Nice work, Tom!

Ron

[G.L.]

Beautiful model! Congratulations.

[usedtosail]

Thank you Ron and GL and the likers.

[Cleat]

It turned out nice.  I like the detail of the the foot steps.  What did you use for the case, and how did you cut it?

[JeffT]

Congratulations and well done!

[usedtosail]

Thank you cleat and Jeff. The case is 1/8 inch Plexiglas that I had left over from a previous project. In the past I have cut it on a table saw with a blade with a lot of teeth per inch. For this one I just used my table top band saw with a normal blade. The edges were a little rough but some light sanding took care of that.

[popeye the sailor]

that's funny........the Half Moon log has been busy of late.  usually when that happens,  I end up bringing the model back out to the table.   heck.....I made those decals for her......and I got the tack line decorations from Corel........seems a shame I haven't worked on her since 2015.  I'm almost ashamed.....but I'll get over it       just think....if I bring her back out,  you won't have to wonder what to do where I stopped      nawwww,  there are plenty of logs of this fine lady on the site that you could follow....some likely better than mine.   always an honor for folks to use my logs.......it why we post them  

[usedtosail]

Just a quick little update. I really didn't like the edges of the Plexiglas case so I took some copper tape and wrapped it around the edges. I think it looks much better.

[yvesvidal]

The copper edges bring that touch of antique, that goes so well with the craft. Well done.

Lovely collection by the way.....

 

Yves

[Cleat]

The copper foil looks good.  Where do you get it?

[usedtosail]

Thanks Cleat. It is the same copper tape supplied in Model Expo kids for copper plating hulls. You can also get it at stained glass shops as it is used to wrap around glass pieces so they can be soldered together. Amazon has it too as Copper Foil tape.