Amati Riva

[lambrakos]

Hello to all. This is my first post here but I have been visiting this forum regularly. I am working on the Amati Riva which was given to me as a present by my daughter in law a few Christmases ago. Now she wants me to build it for my grandson's first birthday. The kit is the one with the resin hull and has to be covered with  mahagony  planking. This is the question. What is the best adhesive to use in installing the planking to the resin hull. I have used some spray adhesve but it seems to be attacking the resin and it's still soft to the touch even after one week! My modeling experience is in plastic with one  half-finished POB wooden ship

[DJPurney]

Perhaps water based contact cement or cyanoacrylate (crazy glue), epoxy

[SailorGreg]

Some other sites which specialise more heavily in RC boats have build logs of various mahogany-planked models, with both wood and plastic substrate on to which the mahogany planks are glued. The consensus seems to be medium viscosity CA with the kicker/accelerator, although there are, as you would expect, differing views. Some use CA to tack the plank in place while using PVA or other wood glue for most of the glued surface. I am about to start a Dumas kit of a Chris Craft runabout (timber-on-timber planking) and will probably go down the CA route.

 

(If you want to find relevant build logs, try searching "Dumas" or "Legend Model Boats" here or the RC sites)

[wefalck]

As the hull probably is epoxy resin, I would use epoxy resin for glueing wood onto it. Expoxy resin is also used in full-scale. Cyano-acrylates can become brittle with time and the planks peel off.

 

wefalck

[lambrakos]

Thank you all for your answers. All are being considered but I am leaning toward slow setting two part epoxy. I will try something else new for me. Vacuum bagging while the epoxy slow cures. I will keep you posted with my attempt. Now to find a warm and airy space to work and not stink up the house. It is very cold in New England nowadays.