Building the IMARA TUG

[Guest]

Thanks Colin - the screws were originally brass as you can recall. Im thinking of giving them a coat of old bronze or something along those lines.

Day 26

The hull needed a good wash to give it some age so I mixed some Burnt Humber oil paint with a little Black afterwards with some white spirits and gave it a wash, drawing it downwards with some paper towel.

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Cheers

Andy

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[Ian M]

As you are building this one as a runner as much as a shower, I would suggest that you take the props off, bung them in a tin of nitoromores and get the paint off them. The boat will run much better with bare props.

A nice brass prop also looks the part when its parked up on the shelf.

Ian M

[Guest]

Thanks Ian, It is my intention to do both with this one as I have seen some in a few shows that look great but could do with that little realism look. These boating guys are just sailors, They make a great attempt at adding that scale look but unlike you or I they don't quite have they eye or the knowhow to achieve a show stopping result. So if I can hit the bar with this one I'm hoping it will return some great first prizes.

Cheers

Andy

[Guest]

Day 27

Time to paint the deck. I had a choice of this reddish colour or a light grey colour, I thought that with the amount of rust this will have the red was a better contrast.

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Andy

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[Guest]

Day 28

I added some stain to the decking supplied with the kit and then distressed it to give that weathered look. As you can see the effect is fantastic, however, the problem is that you can see the grain across the part and it doesn't quite cut it for me and would spoil the finished effect.

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With this in mind I decided to purchase some 3mm x 1mm Walnut planking and started to plank on top of the ply sheet using it for reference. The finished result for this should turn out to be spot on.

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Cheers

Andy

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[flyjoe180]

Fantastic work Andy.

[Guest]

The walnut looks rather good Andy, nice fix. Cheers Derek

[Ian M]

That looks the bees knees my friend!

Ian M

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Top job with the seperate planks andy , looks much better than the other bit , cheers tony

[Guest]

Thanks guys, its a bit labour consuming but the end result should be stunning.

[Guest]

Day 29/30

Well I finished planking the main decking part and the next pieces to complete should be easy as there are no curves to make and tapered cuts to do. The final result is fantastic I think, defiantly a 100% improvement on the piece supplied.

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Cheers

Andy

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[Guest]

Day 31

I have started planking the next section but the delivery failed to turn up so I ran out of timber, I then turned my hand to finishing off the hull painting.

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Cheers

Andy

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[Guest]

Day 32

While waiting for the planking I have decided to move onto the front cabin section, what I have added today with white metal parts for the hatches is made up of 36 parts would you believe.

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Cheers

Andy

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[Guest]

Coming on well there andy, she's looking good

[Guest]

Thanks Steve. No progress for you guys at the moment. A week last Thursday my back went again and I have been in agony until this morning when all of the 5 different pain killers the doctor gave me started to work. I'm in hospital on Monday to have some injections that will hopefully sort me out for a long time.

Will be back at it next week all being well.

Cheers

Andy