Albacore continued

[greenman407]

OK Dave, thanks for the feedback.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Increase the 'crease' between turtle-back and hull. Scribe a line in there.

The vertical line on the sail at the trailing edge -- just before the leading edge of the dorsal rudder -- and the trailing edge of the dorsal rudder are not straight lines. Fix them. I can't see it, but I bet you also buggered up the leading edge of the sail too!

Start using a sanding block damit! You're rounding off corners. You're free-handing it with the sandpaper, aren't you, race-boat-boy!?.....

Finish the damned thing, already! You're milking this project.

David

[greenman407]

Pictures, as promised.

[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.

[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]

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.

[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]

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.

[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]

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

[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.

[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]

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.

[greenman407]

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

[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