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[tonyH]

Sorry about the name of the thread but it sort of fell into place!

I'm halfway though a build of a Vic Smeed model for Mayhem 2018.
Ply and balsa of course.
How would the finish be protected in the 60's? Loads of sanding sealer then paint?
What did Vic normally recommend before the days of epoxy etc?

Any ideas or memories?

Tony

[furball]

Could be tissue covered and doped before paint.


Lance

[tonyH]

Hi Lance,

The reason I ask the question is that the bit of the build instructions I have reminds the builder 'to paint the interior before fitting the deck'.
No mention of sealer for the interior and since I'm trying to build as per the original and I've not got the rest of the notes I'm at a bit of a loss. The hull is 1/16 ply on 1/8 ply frames with the odd bit of balsa block at the bow.

Tony

[dougal99]

Dope and tissue was certainly the order of the day when building Keil Kraft eezee build kits around 57/58. I seem to remember it wasn't very good at waterproofing but that could just have been my building skills. Happy days.