TYNE Class Lifeboat build

Worse things happen at sea, Neil

Bob

they certainly do, Bob...…….one ruined my daughters early career in the merchant navy.....

so I cut a little piece off the tube I had spare....cut around the surrounding existing tubes and glued, with two part epoxy the new, to the old, and then filled in with car filler..

 

 

 

I will sand later when the filler has cured.

Edited By neil howard-pritchard on 09/06/2020 16:46:42

this evening I started to reinforce the flanges and raised mounting for the cabins. they were too wide and flimsy for my liking and so I cut and carver the rounded top edged to fit into the curve of the grp mouldings.

I then drilled 574 holes in the top of the flanges, to cut down and mount the obeche inserts underneath.

The grp will be sanded down to the timber once all strengthening inserts are glued in.

I am using 30 minute epoxy so might be up till late this evening, lol.

jeese, that was a stressful 3 hours......

needed to fit the "A" frames for the prop shafts and tubes.

measured up from the plans and drilled firstly for the "A" frames.... Simples or so I thought.

just filled in from the inside around the prop shafts and the "A" frame stubs on the inside of the hull. the exterior filling will be done tomorrow as I have had enough tonight,and the prop shafts and tubes are nicely aligned and free turning. this area around the shafts and "A" frames will also be filled tomorrow and then sanded smooth. Then, once all sanding has been done, I will then, fit the launching skeg. I purposefully left this till last so that I had more room to work on the rest of the running gear.

Hi Neil

She may look like the Ugly Duckling at the moment, but we all know the end result......

In the words of Danny Kaye........

A Swan.....A Swan

Keep up the good work, Matey, but take it easy, these late nights.........etc

Bob

best TV is on late at night Bob, lol...….and peace and quiet to have a nice beer or a drop or two of red wine...….usually Australian from the Barossa or Clare valley wineries.

it was now time, after cleaning up all of the surplus filler around the "A" frames and prop tubes to fit the launch/uphall skeg.

I marked centres on both the wooden skeg and the rebate on the hull where it fits, and then drilled for 4 brass pegs. these were fitted to the wooden skeg which was mated up with the hull and again drilled.

using 30 minute epoxy I glued both together.

Hi Neil

I do like the way you go about things

Making drastic moves and improving things

As though you know what you're doing!............That was a light hearted compliment btw

Keep up this aggressive assault and enjoy yourself!

If you can spare the time, take a look at my latest fiasco

Just chaotic fun!

Bob