Billing Boats Bluenose II

[Ian M]

Looks good Gav. As far as filler well there are a load of choices. If its only a shelf model, and not going in the water and the hull is being painted, I would go for exterior grade wood filler. Model filler would be OK but would cost a fortune. A good cheap(ish) and very fast solution is good old P-38 body filler from Halfords or the like. If it don't need major sanding you can get be with sanding sealer (varnish and talcum).

If you are going for the varnished wood look, not so many choices. Sanding sealer and loads of sand paper..then varnish and sand ad lib.

Ian M

[Guest]

I'd like to leave it as varnished wood but I don't think this first attempt at planking is up to it. Everything's fairly smooth but I need more planking practice to leave it on show.

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[Guest]

done a really good job there bud, im just using ordinary wood filler i did have a go with the putty but it gives off a strong odour so only using that for small jobs now but nearly finnished that part of the job. cheers steve

[Guest]

See that wasn't so hard. Filler - never used it on a hull, if you are going to paint it use several coats of PVA glue, and for the larger gaps use wood shavings. Cheers Derek

[Guest]

Planking all dried this morning. Thinned some wood filler with water and smeared a thin layer all over it with a cut up credit card. Then started the laborious job of sanding. A fair way to go but it's looking better than I thought.

I've also varnished the deck. I think it looks OK so may not bother planking that.

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[Guest]

That is a fantastic job mate. Keep up the good work.

Andy

[Ian M]

That is looking very good Gav. I think you are messing with us saying this is a first attempt though. Really nice work.

Ian M

[Guest]

Oh believe me, the crappy photo's are hiding a multitude of sins! All on hold for the rest of the day now, I've ran out of wet & dry!

[Guest]

Had a slight rethink to the back end after the fantastic instructions told me to make it all nice and lovely, then, told me to stick another piece on the back. Bit more filler lumped on to get the shape right again. Billings' instructions really are shocking.

[Ian M]

Instructions?

In Danish they are called Byggevejledning which translated would be Building GUIDE with the emphasis on guide. They are not the best are they.

Ian M

[Guest]

Far from it. The rigging should be fun!

[Guest]

Priming, spotting irregularities, sanding, priming, spotting irregularities, sanding, priming, spotting irregularities, sanding. Boring as hell but it's getting a little bit better each time.

[Guest]

Top rail fitted. Needs a bit of a tidy.

[Guest]

very nice and neat looking now

mobear

[Guest]

coming along nicely