Dorade by Kevin - FINISHED - Amati - 1/20 - renamed Dora - completed March 2021

[Kevin]

Welcome to my latest Build

 

This was presented to me by MSW a few months ago as a retirement present, for which i am extremely grateful, this actual kit was kit reviewed by @James H

so i have put the link in, i hope to do  the kit justice, and of course i will do things different, as i make her my own, im already thinking of a royal blue hull 

 

[Jim Lad]

Looks like that will make a very nice model, Kevin.

 

John

[James H]

Looking forward to seeing this get your treatment. 

She is a beautiful yacht.

[yvesvidal]

Very nice gift from MSW. Happy building !

 

Yves

[Old Collingwood]

I'm here mate.

 

OC.

[Kevin]

welcome, Popcorn is available over there in the corner, just behind all my unfinished builds

[Kevin]

good morning everyone

 

its is certainly a change to work on a project and see some of the work bench

 

must admit is am pleased with this kit so far, the laser cut hull frames have gone together with no issues, i have read cases where this is not the case, 

Once the hull formers are made up the deck is fitted, i thought that this would then be fitted inside of the hull, but no, deck planking is fitted first, then the scuppers and other hull openings are made, before this is done

 

after a few dry runs to ensure that the assembly drops into the hull the deck was fitted, this has been glued and pinned, i will remove the pins, or fille them down today

 

so far this build is 10 out of 10

 

 

 

[BobG]

I'll take a front row seat for this beautiful build. 

[James H]

Looking good. I take it the interior framing makes the hull more solid....especially with the downward frame pushed into the keel?

[Kevin]

1 hour ago, James H said:

Looking good. I take it the interior framing makes the hull more solid....especially with the downward frame pushed into the keel?

it does take any flex out of the plastic, provides a platform for a lot of the RC gear, and a means of getting the deck level all around,

[vaddoc]

A very nice boat at a proper scale! Excellent.

I hope I won't get stoned but how would the hull look in gold? 😁

[Kevin]

2 hours ago, vaddoc said:

A very nice boat at a proper scale! Excellent.

I hope I won't get stoned but how would the hull look in gold? 😁

I think gold would look great, but i love the idea of a deep blue, the annoying thing is that when the deck is fitted, the hull is then painted with the two outer planks of decking, that idea what ever colour scares me, my masking is poor at the best of times

 

[BobG]

9 hours ago, Kevin said:

provides a platform for a lot of the RC gear, and a means of getting the deck level all around,

Will you be making it a RC model? 

[Kevin]

45 minutes ago, BobG said:

Will you be making it a RC model? 

No, i personally would add more detail than see water, plus i dont have a big enough car, and lol it means i would have to socialise with the population out side of my dog walking routes 

[Kevin]

Good morning everyone

 

i have been working on the cockpit (not sure if thats the right word for the pit), i am using  lime strips, not the wood that came with the kit, also i am using red mahogany gloss/stain for the contrast, i will also use this for the centre plank and other deck accessories  

[James H]

The contrast looks good to me. I can't remember what timber they supplied with the kit.

[Kevin]

36 minutes ago, James H said:

The contrast looks good to me. I can't remember what timber they supplied with the kit.

Some white splintery stuff i dont know what to do as a decking protector, wondering if i should try a poly wipe satin, as normally use a satin water based varnish

[Kevin]

just looking at the cockpit, the lime seams to have a better finish on one side, so i may do it again to make it look the same, must remember that for the main decking, i have also been contemplating the caulking, i normally use a permanent marker, was going to try card, but im not sure i can get the results i fancy

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

day 2 first do again

 

I didnt like the cockpit walls, so i covered the original wood with .5 plastic card, primed and sprayed, this colour will be the same as the hull, 

 

the cockpit deck does anyone know if that would be a locker, or access to a pump?

 

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

not quite so much progress made taday as like, Game of thrones got in the way 3 times

they are lockers in the cockpit deck, they open up to two levels, which apparently give access to an engine!

 

the hull inner bulkheads and the outer 6mm of the decking (which i have now found out is not decking, but a steel water way) are all the same colour

 

Next decision is decking, i was replacing the supplied strips with lime, but mine is the same width but only 0.5mm  thick as the supplied stuff and king plank is 1mm

 

 

real dorade cockpit locker

[Kevin]

Good morning everyone

 

a slow start but the deck planking is going down, i have gone back to using the kit supplied strip wood and it is thicker then my own 

[James H]

I always wondered how easy it would be to plank that deck with that joggled master plank.

 

I guess I'm now going to see 🤣

[BobG]

8 hours ago, James H said:

I always wondered how easy it would be to plank that deck with that joggled master plank.

I think these joggled decks are beautiful. I recently cut joggles into the mahogany king plank on my Pen Duick build. It was difficult since the mahogany was hard and brittle and had a tendency to tear. It was also challenging to maintain symmetry from one side of the king plank to the other. In order to do that reasonably well, it was imperative to take quite a few measurements from the edges of the faired bulkheads to the the edges of the king plank and sand, if necessary, so that they were equidistant on both sides of the king plank. 

 

I believe that the joggles are already laser cut in this kit which would make it a whole lot easier than having to cut them out yourself. Starting the planking from the inside edge of the plastic hull should also help to maintain the symmetry of the decking on each side of the king plank since it shouldn't have the variation of shape that a manually faired hull might have. However, any variation in the width of the planks could cause some problems with them intersecting the king plank accurately though. As we all know, little errors in planking tend to build as we continue along and get magnified.

 

It will certainly be a beautiful deck when Kevin finishes it. 

[Kevin]

39 minutes ago, BobG said:

I think these joggled decks are beautiful. I recently cut joggles into the mahogany king plank on my Pen Duick build. It was difficult since the mahogany was hard and brittle and had a tendency to tear. It was also challenging to maintain symmetry from one side of the king plank. In order to do that reasonably well, it was imperative to take quite a few measurements from the edges of the faired bulkheads to the the edges of the king plank and sand, if necessary, so that they were equidistant on both sides of the king plank. 

 

I believe that the joggles are already laser cut in this kit which would make it a whole lot easier than having to cut them out yourself. Starting the planking from the inside edge of the plastic hull should also help to maintain the symmetry of the decking on each side of the king plank since it shouldn't have the variation of shape that a manually faired hull might have. However, any variation in the width of the planks could cause some problems with them intersecting the king plank accurately though. As we all know, little errors in planking tend to build as we continue along and get magnified.

 

It will certainly be a beautiful deck when Kevin finishes it. 

thank you, i hope to do it justice, the king plank is well made, it has been removed several time to get it in dead centre, as so far of the 4 rows either side, they are doing in quite well, i will post more of todays work later, lol progress is slower than needs be, as Game of thrones season 6 is dominating my and the admirals free afternoon time##

[BobG]

11 minutes ago, Kevin said:

lol progress is slower than needs be, as Game of thrones season 6 is dominating my and the admirals free afternoon time##

Everything in model ship building takes me much longer than I expect it to take! 

 

Now you're making me want to go back and watch the whole Game of Thrones series again too!

[Kevin]

good evening everyone 

 

4 rows in and starting to look ok, take a bit of time to get the fir right, as the wood is different widths

[BobG]

It looks excellent, Kevin. I sure wish the AL Pen Duick kit had the joggles already laser cut. My deck would have looked better.

[vaddoc]

Looking very good Kevin. I really like this boat. Mahogany is not only difficult to work with, it is very difficult to finish. I remember with a mahogany deck I struggled a lot, then after a few years the red colour has faded and is almost brown.

[popeye the sailor]

what a wonderful kit!   yepper....if you've never nibbed before,  you'll be an ace when your done     superg job so far !

[Kevin]

8 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

what a wonderful kit!   yepper....if you've never nibbed before,  you'll be an ace when your done     superg job so far !

i did a bit of nibbling on the trawler, but most of it was hidden, not going to be the case here, lol just hope i dont rip it all off and do again