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Lothar

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Neptuncruiser / Neptunkryssare
« on: November 30, 2013, 08:19:29 pm »

Hi Friends,
 
I added a new boat to my fleet. It's a swedish one-design-boat created by Lage Eklund in 1938. The scale is 1:5. It took me a bit more than half a year to build the modell. I am getting routined now...
 
Length 1,8 m, 0,38m wide and only 12kg weight.
 
Her name is Freja, she sails great and is very windworthy. It means I can sail her with a small jib up to 6 bft.
 

 
 

 

 
please watch the videos on Youtube:
 
This was the maiden:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdfe4bMnVro
 
and this last weekend:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnstwxpr_I0
 
 
The Genoa is working perfect now
 
For the whole building article, please have a look at:
 
http://forum.klassik-modellyacht.de/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=209
 
It's in German, but I believe, the pictures explain most.
 
Regards
 
Lothar
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Re: Neptuncruiser / Neptunkryssare
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2013, 10:53:31 pm »


Great shape and great photos!   :-))
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Re: Neptuncruiser / Neptunkryssare
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2013, 07:16:34 pm »

Thank You Martin.
 
makes me happy, when somebody likes my boats. :-))
 
Regards
 
Lothar
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Re: Neptuncruiser / Neptunkryssare
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2013, 09:53:49 pm »

Hello Lothar, you have created a truly beautiful yacht, a real masterpiece. Can you tell me what type and size of wood you used for the deck and what type of caulking did you use. What was the black coating that you painted on the deck.
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Re: Neptuncruiser / Neptunkryssare
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2013, 10:07:23 pm »

Hej Andrew,
 
the wood for the hull is pine wood (Slats 8x3 mm). The Deck is maplewood (7x2) with 0,8 mm in between. The cabin is Mahagony. The black coating was the caulking from coloured epoxy with some Micro ballons and some thixoropic agent. This was filled over the whole deck and afterwards grinded down to the wood.
 
More questions?
 
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Lothar
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