Hello All,
I'm new here although I've been looking through some topics over the last week. I've just read the full build of a Fairey Huntsman, magnificent build and finish.
I live in Nottingham and I've been modelling railways for 38 years since I were a lad. From a young age I've had a deep interest in boats, even bought one 7 years ago and it's moored on the Norfolk Broads. I've now got an urge which needs satisfying by building a model boat, as my one of my favourite places is the broads I'm looking at a cabin cruiser type and have been looking at the Wavemaster 25, the only thing with this is, I think the hull would look good as an aft cockpit so I'm looking at different designs, a Broom Robb would suit but would be off scale as its 24' 4". I'm not sure whether the model will be r/c or a static model.
I spent 25 years in Highway Engineering until being made redundant 4 years ago. Since then I've been in and out of work, currently out since last Nov so the project is a long term thing but being at home gives me time to sort out the design. Would I be better building it as it is designed as a first build instead of changing the design?
I still have a lot to learn, I've seen sanding sealer mentioned a few times but don't know what this is, what paint to use - enamel, acrylic or cellulose, dope has been mentioned too which I'm sure is not the street drug, Dominic glass fibre the hull, plank it or just paint it, how do I go about planking both the deck and hull, etc.; I'll be making use of the search facility on here and also the Internet and YouTube.
Regards
Andy