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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working Vessels => Topic started by: manx venture on December 01, 2011, 07:18:40 pm

Title: Manx Cat PL.2
Post by: manx venture on December 01, 2011, 07:18:40 pm

my next build is gona b the sutton workboats 8mtr catamaran Manx Cat PL.2, scratch build, drew the plans up tday from photos and measurements of the real thing, so need  a trip to the copy shop to enlarge plans and a sheet of ply then i can get cracking on the saw!
(http://s11.postimage.org/w1bq1djan/IMG_1329.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/w1bq1djan/)

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Title: Re: Manx Cat PL.2
Post by: rmaddock on December 01, 2011, 07:25:16 pm

I hope you're going to include those menacing looking gulls.  :o

Title: Re: Manx Cat PL.2
Post by: manx venture on December 01, 2011, 07:30:08 pm

yeah, mite have 2 include them , ive seen small resin 1s avalible sumwere

Title: Re: Manx Cat PL.2
Post by: FFARQUHAR on January 05, 2012, 09:03:49 pm

I noticed in Dave's article that the Boy Shayne has different bow & stern sections Darren. Also in Suttons ad it mentions much bigger boats, I guess they are still on the drawing board.

Title: Re: Manx Cat PL.2
Post by: manx venture on March 03, 2012, 07:58:19 pm

time for an update
 had few other bits on the go plus work and family so slow progress with this1, and a shape of model ive never attempted before so a new learning curve
build from plans i drew myself , started with cutting frames and assembling on keels, then sides inplace then deck
 was strugling for ideas on how to shape the bilges and bulbus bows, settled on using flower arangeing foam and its spot on, filled all between frames and shaped bilges and made bows from it, then going to filler over the top and sand smooth, well, thats the plan anyway!

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Title: Re: Manx Cat PL.2
Post by: john44 on March 03, 2012, 08:31:05 pm

looking good so far mate.

those anti roosting spikes don.t scare gulls much do they?

john

Title: Re: Manx Cat PL.2
Post by: manx venture on March 03, 2012, 08:40:16 pm

think there only he cable ties holding the netting on with tails left on! that seagull on stern certainly dosnt look botherd!

Title: Re: Manx Cat PL.2
Post by: manx venture on May 15, 2012, 06:44:22 pm

bit of an update, got 4/5 layers of filler on now n sanded smooth, need couple more yet, any ideas what b best for a top coat to seal the filler? its not to go in water, just to keep it solid

Title: Re: Manx Cat PL.2
Post by: manx venture on June 08, 2012, 03:20:17 pm

(http://s13.postimage.org/m6a73yuoz/IMG_2676.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/m6a73yuoz/)
gettin there, slowly! hull coverd with filler and now going to b fiberglassed, can crack on with the wheelhouse n that once hulls complete

Title: Re: Manx Cat PL.2
Post by: manx venture on August 28, 2012, 04:18:41 pm

few more bits done
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Title: Re: Manx Cat PL.2
Post by: Norseman on August 29, 2012, 01:29:07 am

Looking good I think ...... re seagulls - try ringing Macs Mouldings he has a few (not everything is on his webpage though)

Dave