Sea Breeze – Vintage Model Boat Company

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

DM one day you will see the light….

Ashley

[Graham Ashby 1Participant @grahamashby1]

Hi All,

Been slapping on the filler today in readiness for paint preparation. Which brings me to colour schemes. If you haven't already seen this on the MB Facebook page, which scheme do you prefer? So far the voting on Facebook is:

Scheme 1 = 1 vote

Scheme 2 = 22 votes

Scheme 3 = 3 votes

Scheme 4 = 12 votes

I'd love to know what you think.

Regards

Graham

[Charles OatesParticipant @charlesoates31738]

Scheme 4 gets my vote, the red and white contrast is a see and be seen classic.

Chas.

[Charles OatesParticipant @charlesoates31738]

Incidentally, I would love to see a tutorial on how you did those options. I have never been any good at doing that on a computer. I have to resort to a piece of paper and some crayons!!!!!!

Chas

[Dave MilbournParticipant @davemilbourn48782]

Chas

I guess it depends on which vector drawing program you use. Mine is an ancient version of CorelDraw 12. The line drawing is imported from my main CAD package as a JPG then I trace round the various coloured "blocks" and add the colours, saving the resulting file as a JPG. Here's one I did earlier…

As regards Graham's four suggestions, two seem strangely familiar and one of the others is a simple variation, so I really don't feel I should pitch in with a vote for any of them. I will be interested to see which one "wins", though!

Dave M

[Graham Ashby 1Participant @grahamashby1]

Thank you Chas. The drawings were a piece of cake. I took a photograph of the side profile, sent it to MB's fab illustrator (Grahame) and he did the rest. I've always found this the best way to draw anything

[Graham Ashby 1Participant @grahamashby1]

Dave,

I've been rumbled! Something else I stole, although I have to say I think it suits the boat really well. That's a terrific drawing of the Huntress by the way.

[Dave MilbournParticipant @davemilbourn48782]

although I have to say I think it suits the boat really well

I have to agree with you there, Graham. As for nicking it, I prefer to use the words "faithfully reproduced" – a bit like calling a back-hander "commission"!

Dave M

[Graham Ashby 1Participant @grahamashby1]

You have a way with words Dave

[BanjomanParticipant @banjoman]

Graham,

My favourite is definitely scheme 1, but if you have been "slapping on the filler", I suppose that stained and varnished sides might no longer be a viable option?!

My runner-up favourite would be scheme 3, as I think that darker-coloured topsides will set off the stained and varnished deck even better than white ones.

Mattias

[Graham Ashby 1Participant @grahamashby1]

Hi Mattias,

That's interesting, I was beginning to wonder if Scheme 1 was invisible to everyone but me! As for the filler – slapping it on but rubbing it right back. Also, the cunning bit about Scheme 1 is that all the filled bits are overpainted in white – which is why the waterline rises at the front. It has to be said that I don't usually employ this amount of forethought.

Graham

[Eddie LancasterParticipant @eddielancaster]

Having just finished Ardent with the No. 2 colour scheme that's the one that gets my vote, the blue being Craftmaster Paints Oxford blue,

Eddie.

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi All

Option 4 gets my vote, with the thin blue line on the topsides, My Sea Hornet didn't make the stained deck look that good in my opinion, may re-paint light blue ??

Regards Ray

[Graham Ashby 1Participant @grahamashby1]

Craftmaster Oxford Blue is perfect Eddie, couldn't agree more.

[Graham Ashby 1Participant @grahamashby1]

Hi Ray,

Do you mean Scheme 4 but swap the red line for blue? Loving that Sea Hornet. I'm going to dig out photos of my old one and post 'em up.

Graham

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

I like them all except No 1. The concept of the varnished hull is good but I don't think it would look right on plywood, wrong grain pattern. OK if the hull was planked of course.

Marginally I think I favour No 4 so that gets my vote!

Colin

[Graham Ashby 1Participant @grahamashby1]

Very fair comment Colin. In truth I think it's going to be between 2 and 4, although I have a favourite

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Graham,

Yes the thin blue line will look sharp, my Sea Hornet is dark red/maroon not really clear in the photo

Regards Ray

[Graham Ashby 1Participant @grahamashby1]

Well, I found the old photo of my Sea Hornet Ray. My first ply boat build circa 1982. I would have been in my late teens. Sorry about the colour scheme and the god-awful photo quality. Mind you it was the '80s!

[Dave MilbournParticipant @davemilbourn48782]

Colin's right about the ply finish. There are so many beautifully-finished Aquaramas and Chris Crafts out there with umpteen coats of clear varnish that you'd be duty-bound to veneer the hull and then varnish it until you couldn't bear the thought of yet another coat. Then the deck would look kind of sad….and at the end of the day some clever beggar would tell you "I like your Riva".

Contrast that with a spray coat of hi-build, two of primer and three of Halford's gloss – Appliance White and Ford Oxford Blue or whichever non-metallic red takes your fancy. Easy peasy.

BTW I have a full sheet of different-size self-adhesive Union flags – less the two I used on Maid. Let me know the size you want and I'll cut 'em out and send 'em orft.

DM

[Graham Ashby 1Participant @grahamashby1]

Yep, I'm on yer page Dave (and Colin). Initially I thought the mahogany stain and varnish would be the one but as soon as I got the profiles coloured in I found myself liking 2 and 4 for all manner of reasons, not least those you mention.

Oooh, thank you very much for the flag offer. Count me in! I'll let you know the rough size shortly.

[Armando LoniParticipant @armandoloni78860]

As I get older I find it more difficult to choose things like this…. But 2 or 4 look nice. Why not build another??

[Graham Ashby 1Participant @grahamashby1]

Posted by Armando Loni on 27/04/2018 10:23:21:
As I get older I find it more difficult to choose things like this…. But 2 or 4 look nice. Why not build another??

Armando, I could give you a list as long as your arm about why I shouldn't build another, starting with the fact that my new kit arrived yesterday. Now, where's that sanding sealer?

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

only just back from foren shores.

​Red No4 gets my vote. It "out there". Too many blue boats also out there.

​Bob A went Tooo far with his lime green, but he was on the right track..

Ashley

[Graham AshbyParticipant @grahamashby76887]

Welcome back Ashley, I'm afraid the lime green and purple Sea Hornet was mine. I'm not sure what I was thinking…

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