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| Chesapeake Bay Flattie Intarsia...."MARIA G" | ||
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| teleman |
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  Registered Member #1925 Joined: Tue Nov 29 2011, 05:32amPosts: 1394 | Hello All, I took a Midwest Model Skill Level 1 Kit of the Chesapeake Bay Flattie. I decided not to paint the little boat, but instead color with wood(INTARSIA). I also followed some advise from Howard Chapelle's book American Small Sailing Craft. This is really a wonderful book to follow. It is rigged per Chapelle's book. But I must say Midwest's kit was very close in a lot of ways comparing it to Chapelle's book. The woods used were swiss pear, holly, boxwood, and ebony.....I would like to thank JEFF HAYES from HOBBYMILL for his superb material...... Though the kit had the cabin sealed I decide to kit bash the cabin a bit by building a working companionway, and adding a center board trunk. I also made the roof of the cabin removable as to show it on display with or without the roof on. I decided to go with INTARSIA because I wanted to improve my building and glueing skills. I knew with INTARSIA I had to be precise as possible, because I could not use paint to cover bad spots. Plus my glueing had to be precise to help in future builds. This little boat means a lot to me, because she now has the name of "MARIA G". It is in honor of my Older Sister who passed away this past August. It will be given to my Parents in memory of my sister. I miss her so much..... I hope you like the pictures....                   | ||
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| Michael Mott |
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 Registered Member #4083 Joined: Wed Nov 21 2012, 12:46amPosts: 121 | Mario, She turned out really nicely. Michael | ||
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| teleman |
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| Registered Member #1925 Joined: Tue Nov 29 2011, 05:32amPosts: 1394 | Hey thanks a lot Michael this little Flattie was a real challenge to help improve my modeling skills... | ||
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| aew |
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Arthur  Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 3019 | Strange Mario, for some reason I missed that sequence of photos. That's a really nice model you've built there, with your usual attention to detail. | ||
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| teleman |
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| Registered Member #1925 Joined: Tue Nov 29 2011, 05:32amPosts: 1394 | Thank You Arthur and Thanks for stopping by.... | ||
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| Patrick (Paddy) |
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  Registered Member #4100 Joined: Thu Jan 10 2013, 03:49pmPosts: 207 | Hi Mario, A great looking boat. I really like the looks of the finish on the wood. Would that be Minwax Teak oil you used? | ||
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| teleman |
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| Registered Member #1925 Joined: Tue Nov 29 2011, 05:32amPosts: 1394 | Hey thank you Paddy, I use Watco teac oil, but i do not follow the instructions. I put it on lightly with a cloth or brush, wait about 5minutes at the most. no longer. then i wipe off. It penetrates very well. | ||
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| Patrick (Paddy) |
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| Registered Member #4100 Joined: Thu Jan 10 2013, 03:49pmPosts: 207 | Thanks Mario. | ||
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