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benjaml1

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Bulkheads ?
« on: April 26, 2010, 11:43:32 pm »
OK, fibreglass hull & I needed a forward bulkhead to store/hide additional tanks... Cut out a cardboard Cornflakes packet fold in half & trim to size/fit. A little snip here & a little snip there... Getting close. Transpose it to 1/16" ply..A little whittle here & a little whittle there ...getting real close, time for the engineers blue ( I'm kidding.) OK, saw out the inspection hatch with a razor saw, laminate with dolls house (real mahogany) flooring strips by laying down epoxy & taping all the strips togther with clear Cellotape (using black epoxy that oozes between the "planks" simulating pitch.) Cut out a frame for the hatch using a picture frame box jig. Paint with yacht varnish for that nautical look...

A whole day gone.....   %% There must be an easier way....  :embarrassed:
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Bernhard

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Re: Bulkheads ?
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2010, 06:25:54 am »
haaaaaaa what a work.........eny photo of it

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benjaml1

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Re: Bulkheads ?
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2010, 07:45:32 am »
iI'll post some up today when installed... :-))
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Bunkerbarge

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Re: Bulkheads ?
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2010, 08:49:29 am »
A day?!!  That sounds pretty quick to me, maybe I allow myself to get distracted too easily. :embarrassed:

My coasters lifeboats were supplied as fibre glass mouldings which would have gone together in a couple of days with a wooden lining and internal detail.  I decided to scratch build them and each one took about four months.  If you worry about the time taken you'll end up going crazy.
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"Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack, Butting through the Channel in the mad March days"

benjaml1

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Re: Bulkheads ?
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2010, 11:51:14 am »
Doesn't look like much ...Makes me realise the amount of work goes into the detailing of your boats...



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Bunkerbarge

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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2010, 12:31:15 pm »
A lovely job Benjamin and well worth the effort!
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benjaml1

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Re: Bulkheads ?
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2010, 01:06:42 pm »
My wife's away in London for a few days so I get to play on the landing...  ;)
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