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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #150 on: July 31, 2008, 09:53:13 pm »
Its coming along really well chaps, cannot wait to see the finished boat


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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #151 on: July 31, 2008, 11:56:31 pm »
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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #152 on: August 01, 2008, 12:14:40 am »
So Jan do you think the build time will be quicker ?

He did get some practice in on another puffer build if I remember correctly.

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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #153 on: November 04, 2008, 03:48:06 pm »
Right, I've got a ton of stuff to do this afternoon at work but a few minutes out to carry on the saga of Jan's
Mountfleet Highlander Puffer build..... :-))

First of all, I must point out that the handles on the wheel are REAL easy to knock off, be careful.......  :embarrassed:

Right, on to the Funnel.
 The Funnel is made up from bit of 22mmm plastic plumbing pipe. The white metal fitting needed very
little work to get the to fit properly but be careful, some part are very thin and easily damaged.

I used a piece of straight edged paper to mark lines round the pipe.























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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #154 on: November 04, 2008, 03:59:28 pm »

Pull it all apart again, sand down (key) the plastic funnel, clean up the fittings with a file /emery cloth /
fibreglass pencil and wipe everything down with wipe down with meths or thinners, (test on scrap first
as you don't want to melt the plastic!) I superglued everything in place.

And paint.....









The clever spotted effect you can see here are the result of handling the funnel between the primer
coats and top coat gloss!  >>:-(






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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #155 on: November 04, 2008, 04:01:53 pm »

So the next job.... remove all the paint and start again!  >:-o

The paint came off rather easily actually, maybe because it hadn't full hardened off I guess.
I use standard Cellulose thinners and a lot of elbow grease!  :embarrassed:





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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #156 on: November 04, 2008, 04:05:10 pm »

Right, a thought through method of holding the piece, a nice coat of grey primer and  several thin coats
of satin black and it really starting to look nice now!





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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #157 on: November 04, 2008, 04:14:36 pm »

A couple of coats of fire red and few touches of brass colour paint and it didn't look too bad.
Here you can see me suturing the funnel stays, thick black cotton drawn through thin superglue.





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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #158 on: November 04, 2008, 04:36:47 pm »

With that done, 2 more mini projects are next, the fresh and boiler water tanks.

I made up the rectangular tank out of balsa and a piece of styrene but Bradders said the finish
would be too rough, so I covered it with thin clear plastic sheep... CD cover I think. The cylindrical
tank is another short length of plastic plumbing.



































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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #159 on: November 04, 2008, 04:50:03 pm »
A few more reference photos......




























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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #160 on: May 15, 2009, 11:20:23 pm »
While I'm waiting for glue to dry on another project.... a few more photos of the wheelhouse lighting....






























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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #161 on: May 15, 2009, 11:30:41 pm »
Nav lights...









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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #162 on: May 15, 2009, 11:33:29 pm »

More of da Chimerknee!...












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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #163 on: May 15, 2009, 11:48:11 pm »
A few of the cabin roof fittings....








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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #164 on: May 15, 2009, 11:48:37 pm »
Fixing down the wheelhouse, prizing it off again and refitting... then removing the roof to fix the lighting!  >:-o














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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #165 on: May 16, 2009, 10:43:59 pm »
Thanks Martin for a very informative log and a great build.

Thanks
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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #166 on: November 12, 2009, 10:53:27 am »
It Looks Great
My congratulations, it's excelent !!!!!!

Best Regards
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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #167 on: November 12, 2009, 02:51:41 pm »
Really nice, keep adding the pictures!
Did you glue the cabin roof back on? I would just screw it down for ease of access to lights etc.
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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #168 on: November 12, 2009, 04:51:54 pm »

May since the last update, doesn't time fly when you have too much to do....!
I'll start adding some again soon.

BTW: The roof went on and came off again at least 3 times!  :embarrassed:
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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #169 on: November 12, 2009, 11:17:34 pm »
A truly inspirational presentation! One of the things which made it so helpful was including the things which went wrong!

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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #170 on: November 13, 2009, 01:30:25 am »
Good choice of colours, think the wood looks impressive after the varnish has been used to darken it....yep, nice  :-))

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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #171 on: December 14, 2009, 12:36:58 pm »
Hi Martin,
 That is a beautiful job you are doing on the Puffer. Looking foward to seeing her in the water.

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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #172 on: December 14, 2009, 01:32:39 pm »
Great job Martin is there a reason you put a lot of it on twice ? :-))
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Re: Puffer Build
« Reply #173 on: December 14, 2009, 06:11:45 pm »

Drunk?!?!? ..... no, can't be that, I'm 88% tea total.
 Daft?... yep, almost 99%  %%
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Re: Martin's Moutfleet Highlander Puffer Build
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