Hi George, thank you for your kind comments. I now post my prelude to the sadness that follows.
In my search for perfection I was not pleased with the finish on the plates so have been trying my best to perfect the blemishes. Unfortunately I didn't know when to stop and have been trying all different ways to iron out the flaws that were spoiling the build.
Sheets of wet'n'dry sandpaper later, I went for the respray with a change of colour. It would have been red oxide as a base again but someone in the store changed the tops of the can around and I got Renault Red in the tin.
New blemishes appeared as pits and holes so it was out with the filler and top up the dents. These were sanded smooth and another coat of paint was laid. The costs for this boat so far were "added up" while the paint was drying and it comes to £122 so far, yes indeedy
I tried explaining to my good lady but it's falling on deaf ears.
The following day shows the results in red. As a finally to this exercise, I used up two tins of black in the hope that it would smooth out the defects --- but it got worse.
All work has now stopped as it will need re plating totally, but this time with thicker plasticard. I have been using 0.2mm and will probably go up to 0.75mm.
I can see where the costs go now when building a hull mould. I have priced up the epoxy/ gellcoat/fibreglass and it's going through the roof, so time to call a halt on the project. I will probably carve out the insides and just continue as a 'one off' scratch build (if I can find the motivation to get back on it)
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Let the pictures do the talking .....