Lightning Sailboat by Woody S - from Dumas plans

[Jim Lad]

She looks really nice, Woody.

 

John

[yvesvidal]

What a beautiful sailboat. At times, I thought you had taken pictures of the real thing.

 

Yves

[Andrew J.]

I have to confess I was already planning on doing a similar color scheme to yours even before you posted your build log. I was thinking dark blue topsides with a light tan or cream deck, but with copper anti-fouling paint on the bottom, so that will be a good way to tell them apart if I ever finish mine  It'll be a long time yet until I get to painting, but do you have any tips on marking the waterline? You really nailed it!

[Woody S]

I finally finished the case I got from Bluejackets . I have a few more details to complete and I need better lighting but here is the finished model

[Woody S]

Andrew J,

I wish I had your scale hull to begin with.

The painting  and waterline was a challenge. Fortunately the auto body paint store had the exact blue paint I was looking for. But applying the multiple coats , base and color with sanding up to1000 grit and getting the perfect spray pattern took a few trys. I did not use a final clear coat because I did not think it would look scale. The water line was located at the bow and stern based on the picture I had of the full size boat.

Then I leveled the boat on a stand fore and aft and side to side. Then on a flat surface I clamped a pen to a block at the right height and ran it from stem to stern.

Best, Woody

PS I don't know how to rotate pictures on this site

[yvesvidal]

13 hours ago, Woody S said:

PS I don't know how to rotate pictures on this site

You have to rotate them before inserting them.

[Andrew J.]

That’s quite the display case! Absolutely befitting the beauty inside. Thanks for the tips, that’s kind of how I was thinking it might be done.

[KeithAug]

A pretty little thing, well done.

[FlyingFish]

Hey - great job Woody!