Model Boat Mayhem
Technical, Techniques, Hints, and Tips => Tutorials & "How To’s" ... => Topic started by: mrlownotes on June 18, 2019, 10:21:29 am
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Every hobby has its 'ups and downs'.The one phase of building a model boat that I never look forward to is setting the motor mount(s) in the exact necessary alignment.I've used , I believe, all the usual tried and tested ways
a) Locking the coupling with tubes
b) MMM's brass sliding alignment tool
c) Ammeter connected and running the motor to detect least current drawn
d) Line of sight, looking up the tube
e) Staring into the hull for hours waiting for an inspiration from the almighty
What part of building a model do YOU not look forward to ??
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The deck. I always mess that bit up, lining it up right, making it exactly the right size or whatever I just always manage to get it wrong. If I could only buy one pre-made part of a model boat it would be the flipping deck!
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Every hobby has its 'ups and downs'.The one phase of building a model boat that I never look forward to is setting the motor mount(s) in the exact necessary alignment.I've used , I believe, all the usual tried and tested ways
a) Locking the coupling with tubes
b) MMM's brass sliding alignment tool
c) Ammeter connected and running the motor to detect least current drawn
d) Line of sight, looking up the tube
e) Staring into the hull for hours waiting for an inspiration from the almighty
What part of building a model do YOU not look forward to ??
I resorted in the end to a model car front axle cv joint, and a built in adjustment to be able to tweak the angle of things.
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Windows {-)
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Sanding, but now I am building planing hulls in smaller sizes it isn't too bad :-))
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Windows {-)
Me too along with freeing ports. >>:-(
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Sanding after fiberglass cloth and 3 coats of resin
Worth it in the end but what a job.
John
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That point most Saturdays when my wife points out that I’ve been working on my build for too long and it’s time to take her shopping {-)
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That bit after designing it and before launching it. The rest I enjoy!
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Peeling off the masking tape and hoping you don't remove the paint with it.
DM
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The detailing is looked-for highlight, once I am into it I go over the top :-))
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Painting! I've got better and more patient over the years but it is still my biggest weakness. Boats generally look reasonable when finished with little sign of the frustration entailed in getting them to look like that.
Colin
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Definitely painting, especially with big things like boats. Overspray and paint dust make so much mess. I used to build 1/43 resin car kits, and 1/35 military. Painting them was OK, once I got around to making a small spray booth with an extractor and used an airbrush rather than rattle cans.
Is it even possible to paint a boat hull with an airbrush? I imagine keeping a "wet edge" would be impossible?
Windows runs a close second. I used to use Microscale Kristal Klear for cars. easy to work with, as any excess can just be wiped off after setting with a damp cotton swab. No good for boats, as the windows would just fall out when it got wet. Canopy glue is much harder to work with
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Painting is the only bit I enjoy now as you know you are getting to the end of the build and the model starts to come to life. Everything else just takes me too long.
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PAYING out for all the accessories >>:-( and F/G and sanding
chris
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The biggest bugbear with painting is drying times. Really need to relax and be patient over as many weeks as it takes.
No prizes for finishing it quick and it sitting on the shelf with lots of regrets
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At the moment... planking! I’ve done so much planking with 2-3mm wide planks with graphite pencil caulking that it’s given me a Captain Darling twitch! %%
That why my next couple don’t have deck planks!
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Ships boats and Fibreglassing. Time consuming annoyances and messy with pokey stickiness respectively!
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Removing old paint from the hull of a restoration /rebuild project, especially where it seems to have been applied with a 2" brush about 20 years ago!
(I still can't resist the challenge though) :embarrassed:
Regards
Ray.
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The moment when the name plate is added to the stand .That signifies end of project , makes me feel more sad than elated. {:-{ .
Bowwave
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The moment when the name plate is added to the stand.
That signifies end of project , makes me feel more sad than elated. {:-{ .
Bowwave
That's actually very interesting Bowwave.... wish I was a psychiatrist !
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The last 10% always seems to take forever %%
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Cutting and fitting all of the Bulwark knees on model tugs.
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The bit where you throw it at the lake and it either stops mid air, or as soon as it hits the water %)
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doing anything on my boats! I can sit for days repairing other peoples boats, cleaning etc. do my own and it goes horribly wrong !
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Getting started
I struggle getting going in case I mess up
Have got a full Model Slipway Assurance in a box ready to start, have had for 4 years
And it still there.... <:(
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folding windscreens
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Getting started
I struggle getting going in case I mess up
Have got a full Model Slipway Assurance in a box ready to start, have had for 4 years
And it still there.... <:(
Yes, getting Started %%
Had the Bissy from Fleetscale bought around 1992, props are on, nothing else !!
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On larger models, deck planking and threading stanchions seems to go on forever.
Head down, concentrate on the area at hand - an do not look up to see the vast area still to do.