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Guess I'm calling this done , she'll be on a trailer or up on blocks next to the diner . Tell ya what , if I was still a drinking man , making those bow railings and the bow pulpit woulda had me using a whole bottle of modelers helper [ aka Jack Daniel's ] . I'm having cataract surgery in Oct...

Yeah , defo extend the trunk to have the branches overhang the roof .

Yup , got seven , eight $ a pound back in the mid eighties .

As a young surfer back in the late 60's we used to call all sharks " the landlord " . The caption story on this photo read ...... Hooked a Mako , long hard fight then suddenly no fight and this is what we reeled up to the boat .

Pup , back in the mid 80's , did a lot of shark tournaments , my favorite ride , I loved running that boat .

Yeah , you're right , I mentioned that in an earlier post about having it " raked " back a little more Too late now , but lessons learned .

Got a lot more done , still want to scratch some more fishing poles , ........ tuna sticks . Everything you see is now permanent , glued and I'm screwed ............. I forgot to make the bow railing and bow pulpit , which would have been a much easier task before gluing everything down ...

Problem solved BroSki looks beautiful man !!!

I did tell you eleven years ago , ............ but then again we're both Polish so it might not have taken root , ........ See what I did there , ........... " taken root " ...................

You do realize that if you put a dam acorn in dirt on your dio eleven years ago the dam thing would be the perfect size right now for your build .................. Still love ya tho BroSki .................

Scratch building this tuna tower set up was exhausting , almost threw the dam thing against the wall a good few times . I broke and had to rebuild the tower ladders four times , ........... that's cuz dummy here dropped it on the flour , ............. four times . Still a lot more to do , add...

The upright stanchions are turned brass and the ladder steps are also turned brass stanchions only smaller . All the railings and curved ladder parts are bent to form from brass rod . The stanchions come in all sizes with two , three or four pre drilled holes . Just search , turned brass model...

Should have given the top a little more rake towards the back but it is what it is . Alum. tube , 2mm styrene card , styrene H channel .

Thanks Paul , no real reason in particular , just wanted to challenge meself into scratch/frankenstein building outboards . I've always had outboards , I'm a believer in " not losing any on the water time " . If your inboard shats the bed , your boat is od till it's fixed , could be weeks or...

Getting there , slow but sure .......

Robert , there are two schools of thought on wood , real wood [ coffee stirs , balsa or bass wood strips ] and styrene strips . I've seen excellent results on both mediums . I use real wood [ coffee stirs ] for floors or any other type of planking . For my thinking , the wood already has grain...

Pup , that's a furniture blank . Used for feet on sofas , tables , chairs etc. I cut it in half , primed it painted it white , added a strip of half round styrene on the bottom and made a half round piece of 2mm thick styrene on top . I've got all kinds of shapes made of wood . There used to be...

A little more progress ..........

The PBR was a [ roughly ] 30' foot boat and drafted about 2' . Where I live nine out of ten people have boats . An F250 Ford or Dodge , Chevy equivalent can easily tow a 30' boat . I towed my 23' boat , put her in and hauled her of of the water with a small Jeep Gladiator V6 . I had [ a long...

A little more progress .