Topic: Trucker's - Severn Supporter (Read 21690 times)

Trucker · « **Reply #25 on:** December 31, 2022, 04:17:37 pm »

some progress on the work boat, ive finished the rounded corners at stern, sorted a couple of alignment issues with the bow, made the basic stern and bow pushers these are made from balsa so will need a good dose of sealing and finally another dry fit and a stand back and a smile.

Trucker

Trucker · « **Reply #26 on:** January 02, 2023, 04:17:22 pm »

Hi All. Happy new year
After closing the bow and ensuring its neat and tidy i set about the task of getting the bow roller in, the roller is plastic conduit , i took it slow and slowly cut away, it appears to sit well in its place inline with my plans, next stage is to work out how to have it a free rotating roller then build up behind it and making it water tight,

Trucker

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #27 on:** January 03, 2023, 07:48:01 am »

Coming on nicely!

Trucker · « **Reply #28 on:** January 08, 2023, 04:19:15 pm »

Thanks for your reply, here are 3 pics of some more work on the bow roller, roller and the part behind the roller are plastic conduit, im planning on having a free rolling part, the next stage tonight is to glue it place and ensure all gaps are filled,

Trucker

Trucker · « **Reply #29 on:** February 01, 2023, 05:45:14 pm »

Hi all, after reading a fare bit on the net and here i have given the ply wood hull of my work boat a good coating of resin and hardener, the first was diluted and allowed to soak in second and third was not diluted, i allowed it to puddle which should tell me the wood is unable to take any more, rightly or wrongly.. its now gone off and set well, so my next step is to lay some fiber glass cloth over the hull,
My question is then should i rough up the surface so the new resin and cloth will have some thing to grab.

Trucker

NickelBelter · « **Reply #30 on:** February 01, 2023, 06:39:40 pm »

You should definitely sand it smooth and wipe it down with alcohol for the best possible adhesion.

Trucker · « **Reply #31 on:** February 05, 2023, 04:20:15 pm »

Hi, All
I have made the four deck bollards, ive tried to give them a bit of strength so put some 5/8th dowl inside because i could be called for a bit recovery LOL. and turned my hand to the fiber glassing of the hull, it appears to of cured well but i see two small bubbles, i only intend to do one covering plus paint so hope that will make a water tight boat.

Trucker

Capt Podge · « **Reply #32 on:** February 05, 2023, 08:16:36 pm »

Hi there Trucker, I'm playing catch-up on your build again and she's looking good.
Nice work with the free roller

Ray.

Trucker · « **Reply #33 on:** February 05, 2023, 08:39:20 pm »

Thank you Ray, this is really putting my small amount of knowledge and skills to the limits, but we learn as we go. im looking forward to getting the paint out again, roll on the better weather,,

Trucker

Trucker · « **Reply #34 on:** February 06, 2023, 05:45:37 pm »

can some one give me advice on my recent fiberglass, my glass cloth has cured pretty well all over but there are three dry blister spots, well thats my name for them, how do i go about fixing them, wondering if its a case of cutting the blister out then rubbing down a slightly bigger area the wet up and patch over..

Trucker

JimG · « **Reply #35 on:** February 06, 2023, 07:19:28 pm »

The best way is to remove the blisters then sand down and reglass, if they are not too big then they can be filled usin a suitable filler. You need to be careful when glassing that all air bubbles have been removed before the resin hardens. An old credit card can come in use to press the glass down on the surface and make sure the resin is properly spread out. Some use small disposable felt rollers to spread out the resin and press the glass down although this does tend to waste some resin which soaks into the roller.Not too big a problem if you do get bubbles , even commercial glass hulls can have bubbles under the gel coat.

Jim

Trucker · « **Reply #36 on:** February 09, 2023, 08:01:23 pm »

Hi, all
had a few days of work this week so have dedicated some time to the boat, heres another pic of some progress, some vents have been made by heating plastic rod and slowly bending, another vent up against bridge bulkhead made from tube and blanking off front and back, exhaust stacks have also been put together, and the over sized spot light support bracket constructed...

Trucker

Trucker · « **Reply #37 on:** February 10, 2023, 03:52:02 pm »

Enlisted a little help

to get the stern roller in today, bow one next,
i made a couple of helpers out of plasticine to 1"36 scale for a bit of comparison.

Trucker

Trucker · « **Reply #38 on:** February 18, 2023, 07:54:31 pm »

Hi, All
I have had great success in contacting the captain of the actual boat im building via his company, he has been very kind and interested in my build of his boat and sent me quite a few pictures from in side the bridge, i have now removed my first attempt at fitting out the model and can actual see and try to model it as it should be. the white plastic around the inside creates all the straight and up right bulkheads and doubles up as some shelfing, hides pipes and wires. its going to be a cramped bridge but its quite small on the real boat.

Trucker

Trucker · « **Reply #39 on:** February 27, 2023, 07:50:02 pm »

Just to add a little bit of detail and scale im fitting out the bridge, the scale is 1:36 so my little help comes in around 47mm and the three cups are around 4mm, just about pinch them between my fingers to make and glue the handles on, just dont know when to call it a day...

Trucker

Capt Podge · « **Reply #40 on:** February 27, 2023, 08:33:16 pm »

Good thinking Trucker!...after all, no boat is complete without mugs for the crew.

Ray.

Hande · « **Reply #41 on:** March 02, 2023, 01:13:20 pm »

SteamboatPhil · « **Reply #42 on:** March 03, 2023, 06:25:14 pm »

Nice work Tucker, I have learned to use my 10 year old granddaughter to help me with little details.......mind you my daughter freaks as I am letting her use superglue

Trucker · « **Reply #43 on:** March 05, 2023, 03:16:38 pm »

Thank all for your kind words, its always an encouragement to receive,
with the pending delivery of the shafts i thought i would turn my hand to the Kortz Nozels after studying many builds of them on here i opted to have a go, they are 43mm plumbing connectors cut down to the required size, ive put a 20mm x 20mm piece of plastic at the top to connect to the hull, these are non steering ones so ive used small bolts through the hull, i have to counter sink the bolt heads at some point. i have also place a blank to help with alignment of the prop and shafts

Trucker

nemesis · « **Reply #44 on:** March 05, 2023, 05:49:38 pm »

Hi, trucker, use countersunk screws instead of panheads, nemesis

Trucker · « **Reply #45 on:** March 05, 2023, 06:58:18 pm »

Thank you for the advice , will search some countersunk bolts out for the final bolt down...

Trucker

Trucker · « **Reply #46 on:** March 12, 2023, 05:34:19 pm »

Hi, all
I have busy with some detailing the bridge as per the pictures sent to me by the captain of the actual vessel.
theres loads more to try out and of course the painting..

Trucker

Trucker · « **Reply #47 on:** March 21, 2023, 06:03:01 pm »

Heres a picture of a little bit of progress and some detailing in the shape of a Co2 extinguisher at this scale 1: 36 its around 15mm high and a dia of a little under 3mm, i made it a little smaller because of the paint going on it, The rudders and kortze nozels are progressing well too,,

Trucker

Trucker · « **Reply #48 on:** April 02, 2023, 06:51:27 pm »

Hi all
Dry fit of my scratch made korts nozzle and rudder, props ordered so will soon be complete in this area.

Trucker

Trucker · « **Reply #49 on:** April 04, 2023, 05:49:54 pm »

Hi,
Thought the crew would appreciate their aircon units

first pic is showing the three units second is there resting place.

Trucker

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