Zulu

[HardRock]

Can I also ask a favour - can we make the new SD gas only please. I don't need the extra bits; gas works just fine for me.

[HardRock]

Its a deal. I'll get over to the shed in a minuter and start slinging glass. The total weight of the above water bits is 5.25 Oz. If we add a 20% margin for safety that comes to 6.3 Oz of boyancy needed. This is a test fit of the 2.5 SD from my Alfa:


There is plenty of room to make the SD longer if necessary.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Thanks Mate. That means a lot. It takes me a while to get it right and there is lots of refinishing. If I had my **** in one sock I would do all the hard stuff at the early stages and make it perfect before making the moulds, but I don't have enough experience to do that yet. For now it has to be the pigs ear, which may or may not turn out to be the silk purse. I'll send you one of these things if you're game - ie., if you've gotten over the horror of the Romeo.

That horrible ROMEO of yours is in the queue of Frankenstein's ready for assembly. Send me one of those ZULU beasts, and let me know what SD to send in return.

David

[HardRock]

What to say....think "I hate you" says it all.

Grtz,
Bignose

Take a ticket and form an orderly line. There are lots of folks infroint of you!

[HardRock]

Thanks Mate. That means a lot. It takes me a while to get it right and there is lots of refinishing. If I had my **** in one sock I would do all the hard stuff at the early stages and make it perfect before making the moulds, but I don't have enough experience to do that yet. For now it has to be the pigs ear, which may or may not turn out to be the silk purse. I'll send you one of these things if you're game - ie., if you've gotten over the horror of the Romeo.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

The sail dishing, excellent inlayed detailing, railing, and good part break-down. What can I say, but excellent work on display here.

David

[HardRock]

Wobbly painting on the emergency buoys. Less drinking required.

[HardRock]

Actually it was an enjoyable afternoon in the SHED - not the she; although, now that I come to think of it......

[HardRock]

An enjoyable afternoon in the she making railings.



This might look primitive but I have to tell you that I have messed up more than enough bits of brass over the last few years to know that you have to have a jig to make this work. In my case the jig is a bit of board with the appropriate lines marked off and some speed tape. Measure off, cut, lay out, tape in place, blast with soldering iron. A small point; I have found that the best results come from using lots of flux and not much solder. Use the iron to heat the larger piece of metal and the solder will happily flow onto the smaller peice of metal - don't do it the other way around!

Once its all primed and the holes have been drilled in the sail, it looks like this.

[bwi 971]

What to say....think "I hate you" says it all.

Grtz,
Bignose

[type7]

Beautiful job! The hull looks very nice!

[trout]

That looks great! Well done sir.

[HardRock]

Its dry transfer stuff. Comes out a bit broken and looking like flaking paint.

[Tirfing]

Beautiful! How did you add the White lines? Is it decal or just masking and a steady hand?

[HardRock]

The hull is mostly finished - with the exception of the railings and antennas.







I'm moving on to the main hatch, emergency buoys and railing next.