Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Tugs and Towing => Topic started by: Nellybob on May 31, 2015, 12:21:16 pm

Title: RC Seaport Workboat Conversion
Post by: Nellybob on May 31, 2015, 12:21:16 pm
It's been done to death here so I'll spare the details %%
Title: Re: RC Seaport Workboat Conversion
Post by: TugCowboy on May 31, 2015, 12:31:09 pm
Can never have enough Dickie tugs! any more pics of the full thing?
Title: Re: RC Seaport Workboat Conversion
Post by: Nellybob on May 31, 2015, 12:38:01 pm
You can see her here:


https://vimeo.com/129316520


She's a bit listing but this was a ballast test and I put it right.
Title: Re: RC Seaport Workboat Conversion
Post by: Brian60 on May 31, 2015, 12:47:15 pm
Why is one end clean and the other end dirty? :}
Title: Re: RC Seaport Workboat Conversion
Post by: Nellybob on May 31, 2015, 01:02:04 pm
More pics.
Title: Re: RC Seaport Workboat Conversion
Post by: Nellybob on May 31, 2015, 01:04:16 pm
She's undergoing a repaint and they decided to start at the front {-)
Title: Re: RC Seaport Workboat Conversion
Post by: Nellybob on May 31, 2015, 04:39:40 pm
More pics, I'll post again when she's rustier and finished.
Title: Re: RC Seaport Workboat Conversion
Post by: Nellybob on May 31, 2015, 04:46:50 pm
Duh!!
Title: Re: RC Seaport Workboat Conversion
Post by: TugCowboy on June 01, 2015, 08:30:29 am
That's one dirty dickie.

Great job.
Title: Re: RC Seaport Workboat Conversion
Post by: Nellybob on June 03, 2015, 09:49:44 am
Adding more dirt and detail, and a mast.
Title: Re: RC Seaport Workboat Conversion
Post by: TugCowboy on June 03, 2015, 10:29:54 am
Perhaps a few too many stickers?
Or a bit thick looking and clean? If those are the stickers available online on eBay and a few other sites (I forget the makers name) then what I did for my last build was get some very fine sandpaper and carefully sand the stickers down from the back. So you get rid of the glue and a bit of the backing paper.

This makes them a lot thinner and you can just secure them with a tiny smear of glue and they sit much more flush with the paintwork.

Just an idea.
Alex
Title: Re: RC Seaport Workboat Conversion
Post by: Nellybob on June 12, 2015, 08:27:36 pm
Thanks Alex :-))


Also added scale crane , wee man and mast, job done :-)