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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

 

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IMG_0833.thumb.jpeg.11d0eafff196ab2e3b5f38ed3bbdf6ce.jpegHere is kit pieces and the frame I already assembled IMG_0807.thumb.jpeg.1381244944278cf1b4100512a73221bc.jpegIMG_0808.thumb.jpeg.28fecb79e543501fd3cff2e7aab5fe98.jpeg

 

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

 

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Installed the chines 

used elaborate string work to hold them in place

the balsa is too flimsy to clamp, basically turns to mush 

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onward and upward to the sheers

those will require soaking and bending at the severe twist in the stern, barrelback section

 

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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.

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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

 

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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.

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  • 1 month later...
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I am working on balsa layer of planking

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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

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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.

 

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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 

 

IMG_0928.thumb.jpeg.dbe2234d449e579eaf80c0fd721a5f1b.jpeg9IMG_0921.thumb.jpeg.14456cc66623594ab64be7aacb8787cf.jpegI 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

IMG_0929.thumb.jpeg.50a9f5bd22ba760a0e47eb14490c832b.jpeggone back to my Morgan for a change of pace for now 

 

 

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