One Down One to Go

[Paulw]

Just out of curiosity, I'm wondering why you went with an outboard setup. To me it would have been just as realistic as an inboard.

Awesome work anyway.

 

[Cheyenne]

Just out of curiosity, I'm wondering why you went with an outboard setup. To me it would have been just as realistic as an inboard.

Awesome work anyway.

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 more .
Inboard engine trouble , even with twins with only one engine in trouble , you still have to take the boat out of the water to get her fixed .
Yeah , you don't always have to take the boat out of the water , yes it can be worked on while in the water [ depending on the problem ] but till it's fixed it's tied up at the dock till it's fixed .
If your outboard shats the bed , swap it out and maybe loose a day or two on the water till your original outboard is repaired .
Yeah you've got to buy another outboard but having a spare isn't a bad thing .
Aaaaand if you've got twin outboards you can still run your boat on one engine after removing the broke guy outboard till the other is fixed .
Ask me how I know ............


No that's not my boat , just a ref pick I'm using and no I'm not building an exact replica just using it for guidelines .

 

[Cheyenne]

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 .

 

[moon puppy]

Really exercising your imagination Glenn

 

[paddy]

I cant se any pictures ?

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[moon puppy]

I cant se any pictures ?

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Glenn uses Imgur for his photo hosting so nothing I can do.

 

[centaur567]

Your in the running for Jedi Master!! Gary S.

 

[Greg Kimsey]

Good lord man! How is this possible? This entire build has been pure sorcery, but how did you make such perfect railings and ladders?

 

[Cheyenne]

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 ship stanchions .

 

[Cheyenne]

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 tubing over the wire feet on the top control station etc .

 

[moon puppy]

 

[centaur567]

Great stuff!! Gary S.

 

[Cheyenne]

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 . Soooooo now I have to make them without breaking everything else .

 

[moon puppy]

Amazing Glenn, you've spent time on boats like this, it shows.

 

[Rhino]

OUTSTANDING structure!
Could the sunshade over the cockpit do with a little streamlining, maybe?

 

[Cheyenne]

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 .

 

[Cheyenne]

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

 

[Cheyenne]

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. so if anything looks off , that's cuz its off ..........

 

[moon puppy]

Amazing Glenn!

 

[Rhino]

I'm diggin' the pulpit! What species of shark did you catch most often?