Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working Vessels => Topic started by: nigs38 on August 18, 2013, 04:09:38 pm
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Hi Everyone I am new to model boats, This is my first Scratch build I have already finished the model but thought I would share my build with you and what materials I used to save on money most
where what I had floating around the work shop, I will add the full log over the next few days thanks hope you like what I have made.. Nigel
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Day 1/2 It all started with a couple of days clearing the shed of junk building the work bench and shelving with the help of one of the younger boys, had to add new felt the roof which I could of done with out as it broke into the build budget but we have to be water tight..
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Day 3 started with a raid of my mothers loft, found some 9mm ply from my late fathers projects which I shall use for the keel and frame assembly, also found some wooden slats from a kitchen blind 25mm wide 2mm thick bends and twist nicely so shall give this a go for planking the hull..
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Printed out the plans 16 pages of A4 paper per plan done this 3 times 1 set for master others sets for templates, wife was not very happy as I run the ink out in the printer oopps..
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After spending a couple of hours tangled up in paper cuttings and sticky tape I managed to fit all frame templates on one sheet of recycled ply stuck down with the kids glue stick robed from the stationary draw, "I will replace it honest"
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Day4 After waiting for my new jigsaw to arrive as the old one was rubbish, I rough cut out all the pieces will cut out the notches for the keel and deck beams after sanding and shaping.
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Day 8 after a couple of days break [/size]I took some advice and made a new jig today made my own stone circle "block henge" hope this works
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[/size]dry fit of frames on jig, don't breathe as it will go down like a domino's and yes that did happen about 5 times
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Day 9 Had a lazy day today, all that,s been done is I shaved and sanded the angles on the frame pieces so planking fits flush. need to wait for some parts to turn up prop shaft mainly so i can line up and drill the keel before glueing frame sections
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Day 12 Well my parts never arrived today so not to waste a day I made the mast, hand plain and sand paper done the trick.
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Day 13 Let The build continue
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Well bit of progress today after parts arrived Drilled and test fitted shaft motor alignment all worked out nice dropped into place between frames nicely.. frames are all glued to keel now, also shaped and fitted the transom..
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Day 14 The planking has started.. Wooden kitchen blind slats 25mm x 2mm aprox some will be trimmed down for easy placement and drawing pins to hold while glueing its what I had a big tub of so might as well use them :embarrassed:
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Day 15 Slow progress today with the Pin Soldiers, what a task this is..
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Day 16 Well the hull planking is done, that was the worst job by far, and when I removed it from the jig the rear frame was out of line grrrr apart from that it seems to be all in shape.. will give it a full day to dry off now before removing all them pins..
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Day 17 Ok all them pesky pins was removed today it held up great, have pre sanded it ready for filler, shape don't look too bad I am pleased with the result so far although I did forget to mention before planking there was some issues with frames 8.9.10 had to shave off a lot on one side of these frames as the they where not uniform with the other side.. hand drawn plan problem so I would recomend anyone building from this plan is to take one side of each frame templet and mirror that side for the other side to save this problem..
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Day 18/19 The last couple of days I fitted the base for the motor mount lined up great, also dry fitted the rudder had to make a block for the rudder to sit flush and straight for a good seal, as you can see in the pictures quite pleased with the result bit of carving with a wood rasp..
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under deck cut out trimmed shaped and dry fitted using 3.6mm ply been a busy afternoon..
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Day 20/21 filled and sanded the hull.. I used a 2 part filler Ever Build Fast Set Wood filler from Toolstation. hard to sand but done the job ok
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Day 22 Been too hot to work for my liking in the 30's easy, rare weather for us, so took it easy and just made the servo mount. and made the most of the weather. :-))
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Day 24 Been waiting for the deck planking to arrive have ordered Walnut Strips 1.5mm x 10mm from Cornwall Models in the mean time I made the side rails once deck is planked shall fit these.
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Day 25 parts arrival.. Mfa Titan High power 12v 3Ah Lead Acid Bat, 12v 7h charge plug charger, Viper Marine 15 speed control all from alwayshobbies.com and [/size]10ml Waterproof Marine Grease from Nautical Marine Models (ebay)
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Made a battery mount for the titan piece of ply 2 screws and screw cups and a piece of rubber glazing seal from a green house to secure it, bat fits perfect in between frames with about 1mm clearance was lucky there.. will glue in to place at a later date as it can go in 1 or two places within the hull depending on ballast and how she sits in the water..
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Day 26 Today so far have cut the side rails supports bit longer than they need to be from 6 x 6mm square pine will be glued in place when under deck planked.. finding any job to do now wile waiting for this walnut to turn up grrrrrr
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Killing time so made tempory stand
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OOOOOH Been Promoted to Full Mayhemer Thanks :-)) will continue the log tomorrow
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Day 27 and the walnut has arrived Let the deck planking begin
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used a metal filler spreader to give me 1mm spacing in between planks all planks had the sharp edge rounded off with sand paper..
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Day 28 Decking been finished, well nearly all planks laid and the starboard side shaped ready for side rail.
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Day 29 Been a good day weather was boiling but managed to finish shaping the port side of the deck planks and also fitted the side rails and posts to both sides.
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Day 30 Today I filled and sanded the side rails and fitted the Bumper Rails all round. Bumper rails are half round beading from B&Q
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Day 32 sealed the hull with two coats of fiber glass resin from Halfords first with tissue paper, sand down and second gel goat..
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Day 33 T[/size]oday I made the top rails used the same timber as i did for the bump rail 10mm half round. I used the template from the deck to place one row of screws for each side on my work area to the exact shape of the rail then as i steamed the wood soft placed more screws the other side to hold in place and in to shape and allowed to dry.. I have glued them in place on the side rails already will show the results tomorrow once dry.
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Day 33 continued ok I told a fib weather cooled slightly so went out to the workshop to check to see if hand rail had dried and it had so I couldn't wait out came the filler and sand paper.. here's how it ended up.
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Day 34 Today the hull had a good sand masked and prime coat
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Day 35 The task was to make a start on the cabin, all side parts cut to shape and windows rough cut out, also done a dry fit to see what it looks like masking tape to hold temporary.. the front section is taller than needs to be as I wanted to check hight once on the deck, looking at it needs to be shorter..
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Day 36 dry fitted the mast and glued cabin frames
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Day 37 D[/size]rilled vent holes in the floor of the cabin to allow air in and out from the hull to help with cooling, the front side windows and the rear window will be quarter open to allow air flow, also made the roof for the cabin and hatch for the nets and part finished the planking around the cabin and hatch, plus I did slim down the mast at the top..
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Day 39 Today I under coated the cabin and hatch.. and spent a fair few hrs window framing and adding trim to the cabin, the fish net is a hair net from the chemist put this in the pictures because the hatch looked like a swimming pool %%
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Day 40 A[/size]fter a bad start to the day spent 2 hrs messing with all the running gear to make sure all is working before paint lots of head scratching only to find out that the new transmiter and receiver DX5 I brought was faulty grrrr so back to the shop with that for a replacement.. came back with a Futaba 6J and a bonus of two R2006GS Receivers ok it did cost a bit more but never mind.
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[/size]I did mangage to get some paint on the cabin
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Day 41 Bath test today and it floats with no leaks :-)) [/size]put all the running gear in and worked out the ballast required and marked the hulls waterline she sits well in the water..
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[/size]Wow some weight was added to get the hull to sit right for waterline..[/size]Here is the calculations.. Boat with running gear and cabin in place 2.425 kilo.ballast required front 0.990 kilo. ballast rear 0.910 kilo. battery mid section 1.340 kilo. Total weight 5.665 kilo...that's some weight
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Day 41 continued [/size]Using the pencil marks placed in bath test I sat the boat on a level work top on my stand made sure she was sat correct and level I made a tool to mark the hulls water line from a scrap of wood and pencil and masking tape and keeping the wood tool flat on the worktop marked a line all round the hull, then using tamiya's masking tape I have my waterline masked ready for hull painting..
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[/size]Also found some time to continue painting the cabin and made some hatch covers.. you can see the colour scheme I'm going for..
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Day 42 weather perfect for hull painting Plasti coat enamal spray from wilko's
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Plus I clear coated all the woodwork on the cabin and deck and added the bars to the rear..
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Day 43 Today just done a couple of small jobs fitted the windows and as I said early on in the build I had the two quarter windows and the rear door window quarter and half open for airflow to the hull..
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Day 45 Today rummaged through the fittings box, over the next couple of days as the weather is too damp for painting I shall be making a few fittings I like to recycle Dont chuck it make something with it..
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It all started with making the cabin mast and cabin roof vent, the brass fitting at the bottom of the mast is a 8mm olive used for plumbing..
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Day 45 continued Now for some brass work first time I have worked with the stuff time to make the exhaust..
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[/size]Inner tube soldered and cleaned
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[/size]Then the outer soldered and cleaned
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[/size]And the day ended with the result rather proud of my self for this bit of work
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Day 46 Ok I had to solve the problem of the hull access deck lifting in the middle here what I came up with..
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[/size]22mm plumbing fitting and a brass latch 2 nuts a bolt and a block of wood
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[/size]Bolted through deck twist and turn to latch over hull access deck..forgot to mention fan as been added above the motor as well
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[/size]Hey presto two barrels done the job nicely. sorry about the dark picture
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Day 46 Continued Little bit a of brass work eyelets cut from small latches for cabin mast rigging [/size]and handles for hatch covers.
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Day 47 The hull got painted satin black 4 coats
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Day 47 continued Winch building, spent some days thinking about it and this is what I came up with all parts from the fittings box..
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15mm plumbing fittings and the pulley wheels and motor ends are from screw cups
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And all painted. the belts will be fitted when paints dry... The belts are made from Amalgamating Repair Tape
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Day 48 Today the water line was painted red, and the bump rail and hand rail painted black[/size]here's a sneak peak with some deck fittings in place.. still waiting on parts lighting mast fittings before mast can be painted and secured and rigging lines fitted.. plus I need to make some ballads and fit cable hawes as well should of done this early on but have only just decided to add them..[/size][/font]
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Day 49 small job completed. In the fittings box I came across some electrical back box rubber cable gromets and these where the right size for the cable hawes squeezed to shape and the groove fitted either side my ply side perfect for secure fit.
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Day 50 Fittings box came up trumps again made some bollards from a piece of scrap mahogany and some kitchen cupboard fittings.
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Day 52 Ok I went the easy and cheapest option and chose tyres for fenders £ 9.99 for 12 from ebay, the chain was raided from the jewellery box :police: ITALERI RUBBER G8 TYRES FOR 1/24 Scale Model TRUCK KIT Inner Diameter 25mm - Outer Diameter 45mm - Width 12mm
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Day 53 Parts arrival all the lighting. so P[/size]re installed all the lighting and finished installing the running gear and tested
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Day 54 Finished installing the lighting made wiring looms all tucked away neat and tidy fitted and painted the mast and jib with all its rigging fittings all from the parts box.. scratching head on pulley blocks as I can not get any to the size I want anywhere in the uk., but I have a plan :}
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15mm and 8mm plumbing Olives with screw end of small latches cut of and soldered on for eyelets
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Late on Day 54 O[/size]k so as you might of realised by now I like making my own parts so them pesky pulley blocks I was looking for all over the internet I no longer need to do as I will make my own.. from the good old fittings box this is what I came up with size 18mm x 12mm approx.. the pulley wheel is material eyelets from a craft shop. made two single blocks and will make a double block tomorrow.. and they work happy days. :D
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Day 55 [/size]Mast and jib rigging complete. with those pulley blocks I made, already have an order for some my son who is also bulding a kingfisher :-))
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Day 55 Continued [/size]Made a couple of life belts from curtain pole rings cut the hook end off painted and added some rope and a little brass hook on the cabin wall.. approx size 40mm
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Don't think the wife has noticed them missing off the shower curtain Shhhhh >>:-(
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Day 56 Final Day Spent the day touching up paint work fitting deck fittings and ropes making the nets and mast rigging.. Plus I made the dory for rear cabin roof all from parts floating around the shed Plastic worktop edging and walnut strip for seats and a scrap bit of ply
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And relax Fishfull Thinking Finished 56 Day Build Of a King Fisher. Ok i did go off plan with some parts but had to work with what I had and could afford.. Total Days of build 56 cost of build including transmitter and receiver under £300..
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And a You Tube Video of the maiden voyage.. Hope you all enjoyed my build log Thanks for looking %% :-))
http://youtu.be/ZvSAR9Uj11Q (http://youtu.be/ZvSAR9Uj11Q)
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Excellent work! That really was scratch building, wasn't it? Those pipe joints make excellent barrels.
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Excellent work! That really was scratch building, wasn't it? Those pipe joints make excellent barrels.
Thank you rmaddock yes they worked out well there the type that have the solder in already so give the barrel look..
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That's a nice job you have done Nigel - and this is the first time I've seen a "block henge" jig being used - well done :-))
Regards,
Ray.
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Love the build. Also I see you used your wife's steamer for the wood bending as I did too. I did it slightly differently, I had a piece of 38mm plumbers pipe (sink outlet) I cut it to length, made a bung for one end that the nozzle of the steamer poked through. Filled the tube with my oak planks and then a wet cloth in the other end. I left them for 10 minutes and they stayed pliable long enough to bend to shape over my frames.
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Somehow I missed this one, what a brilliant build and a great log!
Hama