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popeyethesailor |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #2795 Joined: Mon Jun 04 2012, 11:57amPosts: 179 | hello all, I have a couple of active builds going on.......some of the others are waiting for parts. this is the reissue of the Billing's AmericA kit.....it had been discontinued for a while. I have gotten to the point of painting the hull, top rails on and painted as well. the fitting have not been cemented in place as of yet. I will start from the beginning......but not with all the pictures that I have so far.....I don't want to go crazy with posting. first the frame work.......it has the split hull design ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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popeyethesailor |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #2795 Joined: Mon Jun 04 2012, 11:57amPosts: 179 | more work to the frames before planking. the kit says to plank them before the halves are put together, but I decided to do it after the hull was put together.![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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popeyethesailor |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #2795 Joined: Mon Jun 04 2012, 11:57amPosts: 179 | the deck sections were planked and given two coats of lacquer![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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popeyethesailor |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #2795 Joined: Mon Jun 04 2012, 11:57amPosts: 179 | the hull frame was fared and the decks were cemented in place![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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teleman |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #1925 Joined: Tue Nov 29 2011, 05:32amPosts: 1254 | Nice to see your America here Popeye............. | ||
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popeyethesailor |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #2795 Joined: Mon Jun 04 2012, 11:57amPosts: 179 | the hull was planked. the planking in this kit wasn't that good......looked like it was stripped with a dull blade. I cleaned it up as best I could and used it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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popeyethesailor |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #2795 Joined: Mon Jun 04 2012, 11:57amPosts: 179 | thanks Mario.......it's not all here yet.....still a bit more to go. thanks for the good word my friend. | ||
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popeyethesailor |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #2795 Joined: Mon Jun 04 2012, 11:57amPosts: 179 | the transom needs to have a balsa piece cemented on and shaped......I had a bad experience with it. I had to fix it up a bit......but in the end, it came out OK.......I guess.![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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popeyethesailor |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #2795 Joined: Mon Jun 04 2012, 11:57amPosts: 179 | a lot of sanding was going on. I thought to do some of the fittings for the deck. I didn't like the plugs they give you for the skylight, so I made a structure for it. the grating would have been too high with the plug they supplied for that as well. so, I made up a frame and set it up so it will be lower to the deck. I tricked up the tiller seat trim ring a bit too.![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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popeyethesailor |
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![]() ![]() Registered Member #2795 Joined: Mon Jun 04 2012, 11:57amPosts: 179 | I used thin annegre {light mahogany} to line the inner bulwarks and put on the top rail assembly. I had to make adjustments to the stern wall, that connects the two aft bulwarks together. then the top rails were cemented in place. a small piece of planking was added to the bow to support the bow spirit.![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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