rookie Posted January 23 Share #1 Posted January 23 I decided to start my Chris Craft kit to take a break from the Morgan this is a Dumas kit that ends up just over 13 inches on inspection seems the frame and first plank layer is balsa wood, will see how that goes ccoyle and yvesvidal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie Posted January 23 Author Share #2 Posted January 23 Here is kit pieces and the frame I already assembled kit has lots of planking and bag of resin parts like horns, prop, wheel etc also decals , I think I will see if I can make some of the details like step areas instead of a decal Ian_Grant, davec and yvesvidal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie Posted January 25 Author Share #3 Posted January 25 Installed the chines used elaborate string work to hold them in place the balsa is too flimsy to clamp, basically turns to mush onward and upward to the sheers those will require soaking and bending at the severe twist in the stern, barrelback section davec, yvesvidal and Ian_Grant 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie Posted January 28 Author Share #4 Posted January 28 One more step complete with more string, I attached the sheer pieces quite a twist in these, soaked them first on to the false deck then I can pull it off the stand and start the balsa planking Ian_Grant, davec, hof00 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_Grant Posted January 29 Share #5 Posted January 29 Hey man, I didn't know you had a Proxon! Congrats! Looks like an interesting small model. Remember my old Lumba-Lumba which was balsa? ... not ideal for an RC boat; too soft. Still has a ding where George's boat hit her. 🤨 She's still in the basement drydock. Here are two of the fleet which you may remember. yvesvidal, davec and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie Posted January 30 Author Share #6 Posted January 30 I can’t believe you still have the box for Lumba Lumba i had forgotten about the cabin cruiser i have the cheap Proxon, no tilt, no height adjust should have gotten better saw mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_Grant Posted January 30 Share #7 Posted January 30 (edited) Oh, HaHaHa! I don't have the box from the 70's; I just found that image...... No tilt, no height adjustment? That's very limiting in a saw, all right. Edited January 31 by Ian_Grant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie Posted February 1 Author Share #8 Posted February 1 Another update i added the mahogany walls to three cockpit areas started sub planking with balsa you need to be careful with finger nails to not damage this soft wood also imagination required to clamp it in place Ian_Grant, davec, hof00 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie Posted March 28 Author Share #9 Posted March 28 (edited) I am working on balsa layer of planking i saw a picture of actual boat that shows the planking has a bit of an upward sweep at the shear as well as quite a weird shape at the bow , that deep cut or twist below the chines seen here not obvious in the instructiions Edited March 28 by rookie Added further comment yvesvidal, davec, schooner and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie Posted June 28 Author Share #10 Posted June 28 I finished the balsa layer of planking. still some shaping to do then I move on to mahogany layer. i also put together the seats. I have been thinking of ordering faux leather or real thin leather for the seat cushions to make it look more interesting. Ian_Grant, BLACK VIKING and yvesvidal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie Posted October 11 Author Share #11 Posted October 11 Managed to do a bit of the mahogany layer on bottom over the summer going about it in a strange way likely but I find the flat bottom quite different to the usual ship hull 9I also had an idea to add the engine and have the compartment open spent time looking at Chris Craft engines from the late 1930’s seems to be inline 6 usually I searched for 3D inline 6 engines and found a few sinam printing sample parts to see if they will work gone back to my Morgan for a change of pace for now Ian_Grant, BLACK VIKING, yvesvidal and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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