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[6705russell]

Hi all and happy new year.


I am attempting to put a Waveney back on the straight and narrow and complete the build, this was started (badly) and anything that was built as been binned,  I am concentrating on the wheelhouse now and my question is how would this sit level wise?  On the RNLI drawings the wheelhouse roof looks level, as you can see on my pictures the wheelhouse is angled upwards, looking at past build some look level and some are angled up, can anyone confirm what it should be?


Thanks in advance.

[Neil]

Is that the one that was bought from me and picked up at the Blackpool show in October, as I remember the painted hinges in that strange colour which i have never seen before.

If it isit was an old teaching friend of mine who was building it as the last boat he ever made, as he was dying from cancer as he was building it.
Although he was a brilliant builder in his "well" days, he made some poor cock ups on his boat and after i had bought it from the estate about 5 years ago, I decioded very early this year that i didn't wish to start correcting my old friends work and so sold it on to someone who said he had a buyer lined up for it.

yes the cabin top and lower surrounds were badly made by him but i put vthat down to his ilness, but there are plenty of photos of the Waveney AND the US and Canadian Coastguard "Waveneys" that will give the answers to your cunundrum

[6705russell]

No idea where it originated from, it was advertised on the model lifeboat forum, nice chap up in Halifax who had stripped it and made a start re-fitting  the shafts and deck.



A little more work done on the cabin interior, rivet detail added, exterior air boxes fitted, found some bigger rivets for the lower line by the deck as I believe these were bigger?


Next job is to make a new roof for the wheelhouse

[6705russell]

Scratch built the roof using pictures and reference books as no spare roof parts available from the supplier so it’s not perfect but it will be ok to my eyes, bit of a mare to build with the different levels and angles..

[6705russell]

Decided to make the mast array  in plastic whilst I am working indoors, demountable in two parts so shouldn’t get knocked about to much, might construct a brass one in the spring and see what the weight difference is, also made the mounts for the navigation lights, again from drawings.

[6705russell]

Couple more pics, back on more rivet detail today..

[6705russell]

A little more done on the mast and aerials, also larger rivet detail added to lower part of wheelhouse..

[6705russell]

Coxswains chair built, stainless bolt heads added, few more controls on the main dash and started the main searchlight..

[6705russell]

Made some use of the sun this afternoon and got some paint on the wheelhouse..

[minimariner]

                  Wheelhouse looking very nice, looking forward to the finished boat.

[6705russell]

Making the most of the sunshine (after the proverbial motorbike ride for a couple of hours) it was time to spray the hull and textured deck, deck will need sanding down once dry enough as a little to rough at the minute..

[Neil]

Which brand if textured paint did you use Russ?

[6705russell]

It’s B&M,s stone effect furniture paint, £4.50 a tin and far better setting than the usual Rustoleum make..

[Neil]

I was going to suggest Rustolium as I have always had great finishes with that.............but never seen one bubble up like that.  Good luck with it.

[6705russell]

Couple of update pics, a little more detail added to wheelhouse and starting to add some vinyls.

[6705russell]

A little more detail added, deck fittings are all bolted through the deck using 14ba pins and nuts, started on the main bow rail, tow post is the wrong type for this boat but dropped in for now..

[6705russell]

Not a great deal done but fendering in position and starting the aft railing..

[6705russell]

Evening all,
Few pics just to show more detail being added, printed the radar, aerials and deck fittings starting to be added.

[6705russell]

New tow post made today and some rigging on the main mast.