Miss Adventure by Andrewiscookin - Model Shipways - 1:6 - RADIO

[Andrewiscookin]

I have began working on this and should be done glueing the frames together this is my third build and biggest yet. I will be making this RC and I’m setting my finish date for opening day for boating here in Seattle (May 3rd) so I have a bit of work to get done and and may have some questions along the way. I have not seen anyone post much further than just glueing the frames together so if anyone has done a similar build please show me thank you

 

day 1 frames glue. Don’t mind the plaid wax paper it is all I could find but it’s slightly helpful lining things up 

Edited January 26 by ccoyle
corrected log title

[Andrewiscookin]

I just couldn’t stop at that today and have just kept on going this is going together pretty smoothly nice straight and square.

That will be all for today, will be stringers.  

[Paul Le Wol]

Looking good Andrew. There are builds of Miss Adventure at “rcuniverse.com” and “ rcgroups .com” . Not sure if they are finished but they were well on the way when I looked.

[Andrewiscookin]

Was another very long day working on this one and I got it all strung and ready to be faired a bit. Another first doing stringers and soaked in alcohol to get it to bend maybe not the easiest way but it worked for the most part like ya of clamps and rubber bands. About 20 hours working on this in two days has been a lot of work but I could not be any happier

[Andrewiscookin]

Ordered some 1/16th basswood sheets to lay under the plankin that is not in the instructions but what I’ve seen others do to better waterproof thanks for the heads up on that other build I haven seen much information 

[yvesvidal]

Nice kit. I had never seen it before. I will be following with a lot of interest.

 

Yves

[gsdpic]

Looking good!  The frames and stringers all look very stout.   You mentioned the basswood sheets…do the instructions just have it single planked?  That would seem a little questionable for an RC boat.  The one Dumas mahogany speed boat I built long ago was double planked with balsa and mahogany.

[Andrewiscookin]

It is single layer mahogany the way it comes so that’s why I’ll be adding the sheets. I am still very new to this so taking suggestions 

[Andrewiscookin]

Waiting on response from model expo because it appears the kit came with a propshaft assembly that is short by 2-3 inches no response in 4 days. I’ll mock up with a longer piece of tubing so I can get started on the exterior this weekend 

[Andrewiscookin]

Alright here goes nothing after looking around and finding a few builds I decided to put some sheeting under the planks so slight deviation from the kit so I’m a little nervous. I left some of the stringers from the wider bits long so maybe they can stick out between the darker wood to give some lines and break up the solid look without painting. Ok slow moving today had a late start went to a big boat show and got inspiration from some vintage race boats.

Edited February 2 by Andrewiscookin

[Andrewiscookin]

Well here is what I was able to get done this weekend lots of bottom work. Added this extra detail that it didn’t call for but I thought would look great and I was not wrong. Did some research both online and in person and I am thinking it may get a bottom color covering up that detail after all that but I know it’s there and that is all that matters. 
I picked up this marine spar varnish and am wondering if that is ok to use as waterproofing inside and outside or if I should return it for something else and insight on that would be helpful thanks 

[Andrewiscookin]

Things are slowing down a bit as I have never planked a bow before but I think I have it figured out starting the taper for the bend.
 

I have also got the propshaft and rudder tube in place. That required mocking up the motor and I was having trouble getting everything to fit properly and figured I need a different shorter coupler than it came with so I have ordered a couple different ones to see what will fit. 
 

time for a break before I get back to it later today 

[Nirvana]

Andrew, I would recommend you to use epoxy for the second hull planking. Epoxy creates a watertight seal then sand the second layer make it super smooth then apply your varnish.  Sand inbetween sessions.
That should do some of the sealing, also I would recommend to epoxy the inside of the hull. Use WestMarine 105 and 205 and silica powder.

Btw, nice progress.

Good luck.

[Andrewiscookin]

Ok I’m stuck and have to do some learning on how to do this part of the bow. Started to taper the planks and nothing is glued yet but it’s not looking like it will curve and still follow the straight I’m looking for and now I feel I’ve messed up these few planks. Time for tutorials 

[AON]

The words that come to mind are using drop planks and stealers but I do not see a need for them yet in your photos above.

 

Take a look at post #34 at: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/37626-hms-harpy-1796-by-blue-ensign-–-vanguard-models-164-scale/page/2/#comment-1081778

 

You will see some quite good examples of drop planks and stealers if you should need to use them.

 

Have you tried steaming or soaking your plank in hot water then clamping them to dry to shape before installing permanently?

 

Edited Sunday at 03:21 PM by AON

[Andrewiscookin]

I slept on it and I feel dumb I was trying to force them to go straight ahead instead of bend in to the center but if I go this direction I’ll need to fill in the blank area that is created  if that makes any sense. Glad I didn’t glue further than I did and if I hate the way it looks I can just paint the bottom

[Andrewiscookin]

Thinking it will end up being laid like this unless I can find a different way to go

[Andrewiscookin]

For some reason my brain could not get this figured out easily so I tried my best and it doesn’t look super great right now but I think with some filler and sanding it will be ok. Also seeing that it isn’t perfectly symmetrical but that too won’t be too far off less than a plank width. 
I am also thinking of making a metal cover for the bow (or make my jeweler wife do that for me) and it would cover up some imperfections. 
It was a very frustrating weekend and I’m tired of this particular section but I won’t be giving up just yet. Thanks for the help

 

 

[AON]

A few drop planks would fill that nicely.

As it will be right side up who will notice.

[Andrewiscookin]

That took way longer than it should have now to sand and do some filling in some and I think I can move on to the transom and sides 

You can hardly tell I messed up lol