What a difference some paint makes!

I've had to move out of my shed for a couple of weeks!! I took the opportunity today in the sunshine to peel back the cover and apply a coat of primer to the new wood on the fore-deck. When the weather permits, I'll drag the cover off to sand, fair and prime the decks all the way round while she's outside. That way I'm not just looking glumly at a big green tarpaulin! What a differesne a touch of paint makes, though!

Foredeck

The new fore-deck finally gets glued down! It took quite a bit of sanding to fair it all in. The mahogany plank in the deck centre is a wee bit rough arond the edges, so I'll have to be a bit creative with a well matched filler! I do think that holes in boats look better when covered with wood!

New Windows

Last week I took the old windows into the Engineering Workshops at work, to see if they could replicate them. I picked them up today-cut to shape, with all holes drilled for £10. BARGAIN!

They used 6mm clear perspex for this andI've had them made 15mm bigger all round to enable me to bolt them on, using stainless steel screws on a bed of clear silicone.

The old method was to use window "Rubbers" much like in cars or old caravans but apparrently this method leaked a lot. I also think the bolt-on method will look much smarter.

Proper Little Ship

She's starting to look like the Proper Little Ship that she once was...........

Taking shape

Things are really starting to take shape now. (Just got to knuckle down and finish that fore-deck so I can ge some primer on it!).

Planing the edges

I'll plane the edges into shape tomorrow in my lunch hour (yes, unfortunately I have a real job too!!).

Coach Roof

I originally planned to use 12mm ply for the coach-roof, however this proved virtually impossible to bend. So I've resorted to using 4 sheets of 6mm ply (2 each side) which will be Laminated together with Cascamite glue. Thanks to Will on the SOIA forum for that tip! So far it seems to be working well.

New Coach Roof

The new coach-roof get's cut to size, tacked on ready to be planed to shape.

Back in time!

If only boats were still this cheap!

Sexist Sixties!

My wife didn't appreciate the write-up on the "Wifes Galley"!