HI Mick pleased you like the build but its still very rough as I have got a lot of fillin an sandin to do an different well its just that a build like this floats my boat if you pardon the exspression lol but I like lookin through all your builds on here for inspirationan that keeps me goin at my buildMore amazing work Chris, so different to what the majority of us do.
HI Ken yes its gonna need a fair amount of ballast but the ballast will be big batts to power her an when ive finished sailin her I will just take out the batts an she should be a heck of a lot lighter to carry as I found this out on my Nimitz build an that hull was bigger than tigers so I think ive got the issues covered (HOPEFULLY )Just a thought I built a 6' Mississippi steamer in my 20s and I could stand in it and still not sink it enough to get to the plimpsol line in the end I recessed the hull to make it need less ballast. I recon that will need a fair amount of ballast (I realise it's not anywhere near as wide as a Mississippi steamer) even so it will still need a lot of ballast.
HI John well im not brilliant at woodwork but I like to try my best just as well there is a thing called filler lol an yes I do really like building r//c model warships ships as ive been doin them for about the last 30yrs or so so I know a little bit about how to do the scrachbuild in wood .But I must admit this tiger hulls the hardeses I ever treid due to all the curves in the hull but im getting there an yes my wife jen is happy to let me build in my model room as long as I clean up after but I must not do any sandin or F/G in the house so she got me on some things .But i'll just do all that in the garage so no worryies on that account many thanks guys for your intrest in my buildSome excellent joinery skill there Chris.
A labour of love and a very understanding wife .
Hi Ken,Not of that (I actually swapped her for a 250 Honda motorcycle) but this is a smaller one (my brother has it now)
Also some pics of my Waverley (she was 54 inches long)
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