Albacore continued

[greenman407]

Thanks for the inspiration HWSNBN. Your Avatar, Is that a cattle prod you are shaking in your left arm?

[greenman407]

Here is the latest. Some scribing on the hull. The Dive brakes, Exhaust outlet, Anchor panel and sail scribing. I am hopeing to have this thing painted by Friday.

[greenman407]

The next step will be to mount the sail and its rudder. Oh, and not to forget the Bridge doors. Then sand it all down and check for any missed booboos. Oh , yes, all the bondo at the seems needs to be soaked with thin CA to give it a little more strength.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Looking good, Mark. Take a razor saw and cut in the slit between turtle-back and hull -- get rid of that radius, it's an artifact of the plastic-over-plug vacuforming process. Use those great reference photos you've unearthed, damit! That's what they're for!

David

[greenman407]

Dave, Im not sure if im not seeing what you are seeing. It looks pretty sharp to me.

[greenman407]

It is, however quite obvious that the Turtleback sides on the Full size Albacore are vertical where it meets the hull and more rounded, whereas the Models Turtleback is sloped.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Looks pretty rounded to me. And I'm the so-called expert here, damit!

OK, OK ... no slit. But a hard, almost right-angle, transition between turtle-back and hull. Get to it!

Execute!

[greenman407]

As Sergeant Shultz would say: IMMEDIATELY ERR COMMANDANT..........IF NOT SOONER! In the meantime, take a look at this. Installed Bridge Doors. Now ya gotta admit, its not everyday that you see something like that. Dont forget to prime them Mark.

[greenman407]

What I could do is cut in the slit as you said and then wipe in filler to a sharp corner.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Love the clam-shell hatch (Manfred is getting to you too, I see).

Take a diamond-section jeweler's file, heat and bend the tip a bit and use that to take out the radius. Finish up with a square-section file likely bent to finish up tightening that union between turtle-back and hull. Looking good, Mark!

David

[greenman407]

Now look at what youve started Dave. I was just going to do a little bit but then I couldnt stop. I trimmed it out with the Dremel Multi-max all the way up to where it disappears into the hull. Now we will mix up some filler and sand that down to a sharp corner.

[Reckless]

geez isn't this thing done yet????




hehehe kidding ... always a pleasure to see a post in this build thread .... can't wait to see pictures of it in the water though ;)

[greenman407]

Funny, I was thinking the same thing. Yeah, I divide my time and energys on more than one project at a time to help keep me enthused and motivated. If I was retired, I would have more time. A more than full time job leaves only small amounts of time. But , we will continue to plug away at it.

[greenman407]

Yes, I know, I know, Too much Evercoat. It set up before I could scrape away the excess. Thats OK, Itll all come off.

[greenman407]

NO.............im not dead. "The reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated". Been tending to "LEGAL" matters. The sail is mounted and the turtleback is done. Ill get ya some pictures soon.