help please

[old jaguarParticipant @oldjaguar]

[old jaguarParticipant @oldjaguar]

Gentlemen, I am an old guy in my mid eightiesgone back to modeling to occupy my time and I have commited the cardinal sin, that being putting coats of enamel on the hull of a Billing Zwarte Zee after acrylic primer surfacer.  I fear that using stripper will virtually melt or misfigure the hull itself and of course sanding is just bringing up little marbles of paint.  Have I lost out completely or is there a solution ?  others must have done this before me.

[old jaguarParticipant @oldjaguar]

Posted by Bob Abell on 26/03/2010 10:21:38:

Hello Jag

 

Could be your lucky day?

 

Take a look at this…..    http://www.modelboats.co.uk/albums/member_photo.asp?a=565&p=4910

 

Give your hull a quick rub down and cover it with card plates, with lovely rivets showing!

Will look very authentic too

 

Bob

 

[old jaguarParticipant @oldjaguar]

Hi Bob,  many thanks for the information,are these plates available pre stamped and cut and which supplier ?  I am an Old Pom living in Rural Australia and ship whatever needed from The Old Country.

I have just looked through the thread on your present build and I bow to your workmanship, absolutely brilliant !!!!

 

Roy.

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello Roy

 

It`s only thick card!……..about 0.015″ thick

 

Cut with scissors and punch through the back for the rivets…….Easy…use a blunt nail!

 

Use PVA but keep pressing the card down…till the glue takes hold

 

Post a picture…………..Bob

 

 

[old jaguarParticipant @oldjaguar]

Cheers Bob,

 

Shows how green I am and you make it sound so simple but I don`t have your expertise.

 

My interest over the past 50 years has been the restoration of classic cars but  now with age and the disease which we all dread I just can`t swing the spanners any more, hence having a go at a boat.

 

I àm not likely to make things any worse I suppose,so come next week I will have a go and send a couple of pics.  Must try to guess at the size of a plate at this scale of 90.1

 

with respect,   Roy.

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello Roy

 

I would guess about ………6`-0″ x 2`-0″… in real life……at 90.1 = 0.8″ x 0.25″…….Didn`t realise it was so small!

 

So cheat a bit and make them…..1″ x 3/8″…….Leave out the rivets……..and use about 0.010″ card……………..You will need to spoon the plates on the curvy areas

 

You could on long flatish areas, use long stripsof card and score across to simulate the plates?

 

Start on an easy area first, to see if you like the effect…….and to give you the enthusiasm to finish the job!

 

I like old cars………Post a few pictures please?

 

Bob

Edited By Bob Abell on 27/03/2010 10:03:30

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Ha! Ha!………….From your……Nom de Plume……I guess you`re a Jaguar restorer…eh?

 

Bob

[stephen saunderson 1Participant @stephensaunderson1]

HELP

CAN ANY OF YOU GUYS HELP ME

IM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE I CAN PURCHASE A GRP HULL OF THE MODEL STERN TRAWLER GLENROSE 1 ACCORDING TO THE MY HOBBY STORE PLAN FOR THIS MODEL THERE IS ONE AVAILABLE FROM SOME WHERE TRYED E MAILING MY HOBBY STORE TO FIND OUT WHERE I COULD GET HOLD OF ONE BUT ALL THEY GIVE ME WAS THIS LINK

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP GUYS

STEPHEN

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Stephen,

It looks like the plan description has not been updated. The hull would have been available when the plan was published, sometime during the 1990s probably, but is no longer offered by MyHobbyStore. Maybe someone on the Forum might remember who produced it so it would be possible to track down what happened to the mould.

The Plans Service has passed through several changes of ownership since the 1990s and records have been lost so it is unlikely that there is anyone at MyHobbyStore able to assit with your query.

Colin

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