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Charles

Thu Oct 31 2019, 12:50pm

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Bondo is a product for car finishing to correct scratch and other miss mash on car
It is a perfect product to paint over use an industrial flat grey primer in spray can and finish color on top look at my 2 hull here Bismarck and France Liner
http://www.modelshipbuilder.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?32978.0
http://www.modelshipbuilder.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?32673.0
I use mostly that putty for most of my modelling, easy to use the grain is ultra fine so after sanding and painting the finish is real good. Good on wood, metal and for plastic but be careful on plastic very small quantity at the time as it melt the plastic.
As I said 2 inconvenient, the fume are toxic, and sanding as the dust is ultra fine it go every where so precaution as to be taken.

Mog

Fri Nov 01 2019, 11:24am

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Looked at your build logs, very nice work, I see what you mean about the hull surface. So, you go with bondo instead of resin. Never have used bondo not a car guy. By looking you mix it spread it on sand until your happy. Do you spray primer on next?

Mog

Fri Nov 01 2019, 01:11pm

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Filled and shaped The lines fit the templates I used about as close as I can get, the hull is smooth.
Working my next move. At this stage the plans call for cutting the hull off the board and shape the top for laying the deck, I plan to lay a sub deck then plank. The question is WHAT is the next move?
I need to seal the hull so it will be very smooth and take primer and paint I have tossed it out around several sites and gotten some good ideas from excellent builders Resin, bondo, straight primer , spay on a coat of lacquer then prime just to name a few. I think I will cut the hull from the board prep the top and lay the sub deck, then work out best way forward on the hull. Any thoughts on this would be helpful

jacknastyface2

Sat Nov 02 2019, 01:06am

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I would like to know if you plan to show the outside skin as raw wood with perhaps a coat of varnish or are you going to paint her?

Keith.

Mog

Sat Nov 02 2019, 10:28am

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Normally I follow the building style of all-natural wood, stain, varnish but never paint.
The PT build is a little different as in it a bit more modern war fighting ship when colour mattered for defence. Second, I really like the wood I used for the hull, however, to get smooth lines and shape required I had to use some filler, brown & white, with a big patch of white on the port side upper.
Being a single hull build there’s nothing to block out the filler, so the plan is to resin the hull, smooth very fine, prime with grey, then mix the proper (or as close as I can get) to the colour of the 105.

Mog

Sun Nov 03 2019, 07:05pm

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Hull cut from building board, up righted and placed on a stable stand to handle the deck prep

Charles

Mon Nov 04 2019, 02:27pm

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From my chair in the cold Quebec -1 today it look to be a very good kit
Will be nice model how are the finishing detail ?

Mog

Tue Nov 05 2019, 04:56pm

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England is wet today (what else is new). My choice as a retirement place, so we live with it.
The detailing at this point will be a mixed bag. Use some of the kit supply, scratch build as much as I can, Will have to learn metal bending and soldering, then try a few 3D parts mainly the cockpit and control panels, Have never used 3D but I like the look of some of the more detailed parts, expensive but they look great. Again, the plan try a few parts I would rather build than become dependent on 3D for everything.

Mog

Tue Nov 05 2019, 04:59pm

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Completed removing the centre hatch, with a static display I guess it’s not a must to remove, however I think it will be easier to work the superstructure off ship
There are 3 hatches 2 forward 1 aft, built the boxes in case I decide later to go open hatches. Will work the subdeck next, I have ordered the planking wood.