Great progress has been made on the boat deck, and as you can see from the photos below its taking shape quickly. The next major job for this deck is to make the raised walkway from brass etch, whilst not a complicated job the etch is very fine so...
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3D Funnels and bases
Today saw the completion of the CAD drawing for the funnels and their bases, whilst these are basic structures all of the additional fittings will be added when these have been printed. The fitting will include the four revolving vents per block, brass etch ladder sets to access the...
Port Hole Update
After a little bit of finishing work to the paintwork on the hull I then moved to the next job which is the fitting of 100 port holes. The brass etch is 0.2mm thick and very soft so extra care is needed not to damage these small parts, as...
Decking – Test Fitting
Today was a rather slow day as it took most of the day to create all the decking sections from the 4 sheets of wood veneer, both for accuracy and to ensure we are able to do all the deck with this material. Now all four sets of decking...
Deck Structure Starts
Its been a long day working on the making of templates for the wooden decking and test fitting it before we even think of marking it up, due to the fact it took three days of research to find the last 4 packs in the UK. Once the templates...
Hull Finishing
After two long days the hull has been filled, sanded and smoothed using ever finer wet and dry paper. Then given more filler and more sanding to get a really smooth finish, finally a fine coat of primer to check for any areas that may have been missed. The...