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1/700 Sentinel Class US Coast Guard WPC #922

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As you can see, I stepped the mast 10 (?) scale feet too far aft. This reduces the overall mainsail area by 47%. In a running mod. an appropriate hole will be drilled in the salon roof for the correct location as castings come out of the mold. The sunshade for the helm are plastic parts and will require trimming to fit and a solar panel on top.
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I'm working on a spinnaker sail. We shall revisit the "No shit! It's a Tit!" motif from the NZ regatta of years back. This one is too little (A-cup?)
I'll do my breast to build the bigger, better sail.
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Thanks for looking in!
 
What a dinky little boat! :popcorn
It's 46 scale feet long. This is kinda fun, but I honestly don't even like a catamaran much.
They are dandy for novice sailors because they pitch some, but don't really roll much. You get a lot of time to trim up your sails and choose your course, because they typically aren't very speedy, even with the wind on her rudder. The main salon and deck are spacious, until bedtime as the cabins are in the hulls. A catamaran typically has a shallower draft than a monohull, so shoals and reefs are less of a bother. This style of catamaran is sort of a boxy, really expensive, roomy, ocean pontoon boat with air conditioning for lazy skippers. They bob and waddle along, unhurried. You often see catamaran skippers motoring, rather than sailing before the wind. You won't see a Lagoon or even Ocean Explorer cat hard into the wind, with one hull in the air, slicing through the waves, like my Hobie 16-footer does when properly handled.
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Anyway, I moved the mast, made a new genoa sail power furler, built a fresh mainsail and tried to make a boob spinnaker I was happy with.
A, B and skipped clean to a D-cup. I don't know. With all the reference material available, you wouldn't think painting a nipple would be a big deal. The Tamiya flat flesh tone and tan line is pretty good on the D-Cup spinnaker.
 
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Practice, practice, practice...............
Pink marker, flesh marker, brown marker, Tamiya flat flesh, Sandgelb, Tamiya clear red, diluted Tamiya clear red (HEY!) wood tan.
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Diluted Tamiya clear red seemed the breast shade for this project. Finally!
 
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Got It!!
The Catamaran model instructions will go this far. The sunshade for the helm was the pain I imagined it would be. My own 1/700 Lagoon 46 model will wear another solar panel on top of the sunshade. You get the opportunity to make your very own spinnaker. Paint jobs may vary. There. I didn't like it much, but I never give up.
 
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The 1/700 scale FRC Masters are ready for RTV. Find the popular 110' freezer trawler kit filling the empty space in the mold. The big trawler was due for a few improvements and a new mold.
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One more casting of the 1/700 Lagoon 46 catamaran mold will yield the 4th SATCOM /dome antenna set to fill that accessory mold.
Things are going really well!
 
Was there a catamaran involved in this build or is it mostly about size ? A is the never mind size according to some that do other plastic surgeries . Sorry Chris I'm having some plastic withdrawals and may not be right in the head .
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I should be moved in three weeks but there will be a lot of incidentals afterwards . No idea how long that part will take to accomplish. At least, I will be somewhere where I can work towards that end .
 
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