Miss Chloe by mtdoramike - a Pat Tritle design

[mtdoramike]

This will be a build of a pleasure/river/lake boat, which was designed by Pat Tritle of the Miss Chloe. I will be working off of a set of plans that I obtained from P. Tritle. She will be roughly 26-27" in length and Beam will be about 7.5". I put in an order for the wood needed to build the Chloe from National Balsa. I started off by cutting out all of the frames and various parts from the plan sheet and gluing them to card stock type heavy paper in order to make templates for current and future use. I then tacked up the working plans and will stare at them for a few days in order to get prepared for the build. 

 

Disclaimer: I may decide to make some changes here and there, so don't expect a straight from the plans type of build. You may be dissapointed.

[mtdoramike]

I cut out the keel and frames from 1/8" plywood and now planking the hull with 1/8"x3/8" balsa planking. I picked up a square of fabric that I thought would be appropriate and look nice and a bit different than the usual striped canopy top.

[mtdoramike]

I happen to be reading the paper this morning and came across an article about the very style of boat the Miss Chloe is, and there are a few of them actually being used to offer boat rides on a lake not so near me. There are a few differences to these compared to Miss Chloe, like the rounded stern/transom and the canopy extending all they way up to the cabin. I'm going to have to take a little trip over there to take a ride on one of them. I actually like the rounded transom better than the squared one on the Chloe, but we'll see how she turns out, I can always make another one with a round transom.  

[mtdoramike]

I've finished planking the hull and skimming the exterior with body filler. I'll lay down the fiberglass cloth and resin when the humidity goes down a bit.

[mtdoramike]

I got the hull all planked, skim coated with bondo. Next will be laying down the fiber glass cloth and resin when humidity lays down a bit. I also started working on the cabin structure.

[mtdoramike]

I laid down the cloth and resin in two coats after sanding inbetween. I also received the graphic for the transome the other day. "Miss Chloe in navy blue". Unlike the original, the predominant color of mine will be white. 

[Landlubber Mike]

Looking good!  Great start of a cool little subject.  Even better that it's local to you.

[mtdoramike]

I got the hull painted and put the decal on the transom. I still have to seal the decal though. 

[mtdoramike]

Edited December 5, 2022 by mtdoramike

[BobG]

Nice job, Mike. This is a unique model that I haven't seen before.

[mtdoramike]

Thanks Bob, wait till I get the canopy on her.

[TBlack]

Nicely done. Good plans to work from. You obviously know what you're doing.

Tom

[mtdoramike]

21 hours ago, TBlack said:

Nicely done. Good plans to work from. You obviously know what you're doing.

Tom

Thank you for the kind words, yes, I have done this more than a few times. But it seems on every project there tends to be changes or modifications maybe not so much needed as preferred. Yes, Pat does a wonderful job on drafting plans of his creations, which makes building them a breeze. 

[tarbrush]

Hi Mike, 

I am enjoying your build of Miss Chloe!  The decal that you have for the transom is awesome did you make it yourself or buy it?

 

john

[mtdoramike]

4 hours ago, tarbrush said:

Hi Mike, 

I am enjoying your build of Miss Chloe!  The decal that you have for the transom is awesome did you make it yourself or buy it?

 

john

No, I ordered from an ebay graphics company that I have been buying from for years.

[tarbrush]

Thanks Mike.

Is the seller called Custom Graphics?

[mtdoramike]

thats the one

[mtdoramike]

Well, I have some good news and some bad news depending on who you are, I just sold the 3/4 finished Miss Chloe to a friend who wants to finish it, but wanhts to make it into a fishing/Lobster boat and intends on distressing it or weathering it. But the good news is, I have the plans as well as the templates to build another one as well as the materials. But that will be a future project. 

[BobG]

So what's next, Mike?

[mtdoramike]

I have a few orphans awaiting their turn on the bench. Trumpeter USS Missouri 1/200 scale, Dumas Super Sport or the Dumas Jenny Lee. I will choose one in the next few weeks, I'm going to take a few weeks off from modeling to do some stuff around the house that I have been putting off for that (Tomorrow). It's finally cooling off here in central Florida so it's not as bad being outside.