RSM Delwins Boat & Net Storage build.

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Following your thread is quality time Tom . thanks for sharing.

Jan,

Thank you for following along and for the nice compliment. I'll have a little more on the build tonight.

Tom

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Tom, it is coming together quite good. Are you going to put sone "shadow" details in the interior of the building?

Marty.

Marty,

Thanks, much appreciated. I'm not sure yet about the interior, at this point probably not as there is so much going on on the exterior.

Tom

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The lighting in the net storage area looks absolutely grand.....Atta boy Tom! 

Greg,

Thank you.  You actually got to see it in person prior to this response. Appreciate the support.

Tom

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Some progress was made the past few days on Delwin's.

I started and completed the net drying racks.



I needed to build six of the racks but there were only three templates. This required me to build 3 braces, which makes one rack, at one time. It took me a day to get all six of the racks built.



More in a few.

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Here is the approximate location of the net drying racks on the dock.

I won't glue these in place on the dock until I'm ready to glue the dock to the base. The net drying racks are small and very fragile. I certainly don't want to rebuild them later.



More in a few.

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I also started building the boat lift housing. The instructions called for the modeler to stain the walls prior to bracing. I never do this.

I marked on the back of the gabled walls where the bracing would be glued. In this case the bracing is glued to the inside of the pencil lines.



Fast forward and I braced the walls and added the stain. I used a combination of Hunterline Light Gray and Barn Red. The grain of the wood darkened the stain as seen in the photo below.




More in a few.

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The boat lift house is glued together and the second photo shows how it will fit on the main dock in front of the main structure.






One more picture in a few.

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The boat lift canopy support structure was next. I cut and tack glued the frame onto the template. I'll let this dry over night. I removed the weights to take the photo.

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Finished a little more on Delwin's. Seems like this kit goes on and on. I guess I'm getting close though.

I'm starting to think about all the lights being connected to the main board. A very big concern I have is the ability to be able to repair and LEDs that may so south on me. If all is hard wired, it will be difficult to repair one section without affecting the other sections.

With this in mind I decided to use mini connectors between each lighting section and the mother board. This way I can remove the section, work to replace the LED, plug it back in and all is well.

I started with the net drying area.

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I ran the wires under the dock and between the stringers.

I also added a few braces to hold the wire up and out of the site of visitors.

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I also decided to glue the approach dock and main dock together. They will be glued in place prior to the resin pour anyway.



I did't glue the main dock to them.



Continued in a few.

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You are always thinking.
Bill

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I added rolled roofing to the boat lift shed and canopy roof.



I added rafter tails and exterior rafters to the boat lift shed.