Further work on the 214 yesterday. This is a finish this boat week. I'm getting all my customer jobs done this week and for the first time in months will have a breather. He says knowingly. But if I do I have a nice Mahogany Star Class sailboat showing up Monday I can't wait to sink my teeth into.
I got the lights installed but I'm a bit baffled as to where the second supplied cool white bulb gets placed. The lens covers I made from PTEG I wasn't satisfied with so I'm going to re-due them with a better plan.
Most of the day was spent making those bow planes from the waste molds I made the day before which worked perfectly. I just used an blade to slice the mold open on one side and removed the old one, place the shaft in the slot and poured resin through the opening and got two good planes. Took awhile to preen them as the supplied planes are very rough. The rest of the appendages in the kit were fine.
They took paint well and it dried within the hour, the originals a wee later still had sticky paint. Anyway all fixed now. There is always a way to fix things.
I have left the moorings off the boat as they'll just get broken off and are retracted when the boat is at sea anyway. I'm half tempted to drop the splash shield down too as the boats just look cleaner and meaner without them. They too are retracted under sea.
I got the lights installed but I'm a bit baffled as to where the second supplied cool white bulb gets placed. The lens covers I made from PTEG I wasn't satisfied with so I'm going to re-due them with a better plan.
Most of the day was spent making those bow planes from the waste molds I made the day before which worked perfectly. I just used an blade to slice the mold open on one side and removed the old one, place the shaft in the slot and poured resin through the opening and got two good planes. Took awhile to preen them as the supplied planes are very rough. The rest of the appendages in the kit were fine.
They took paint well and it dried within the hour, the originals a wee later still had sticky paint. Anyway all fixed now. There is always a way to fix things.
I have left the moorings off the boat as they'll just get broken off and are retracted when the boat is at sea anyway. I'm half tempted to drop the splash shield down too as the boats just look cleaner and meaner without them. They too are retracted under sea.
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