Inter-Action Enterprises Seabiscuits Boatworks

[madharry]

Thanks very much Curt.
Continuing..........I made the wharf curbs and glued them to the decking. I tried fitting the previously built roofs to the building. Roofs one and two fit around the side of the building and the opening was not wide enough to fit properly. I carefully measured and cut from both sides until they fitted. Before I fit them I need to add the rafter rails. Unfortunately the cutouts in the walls are not wide enough for them to fit. There are 48 of them. So I have to figure an easy way to fit them?
Mike

[madharry]

The solution with the rafters was to rub them down with 120 grit sand paper until they were thin enough to fit into the wall openings...............
Mike

[madharry]

Continuing...............
Here are the first set of rafters fitted. Just another three lots to go. TIP where the rafter fits into a hole into the wall at the back, file the tip arrow-like otherwise you may encounter some difficulty.
Mike

[madharry]

Continuing...........because part of the building rests on the shoreline and subsequently the wharf posts/piling is at the front of the model; the model is unstable and I have put a red pot on it to balance it. The next part of the model construction requires it to be stable. So I have cut a piece of gatorboard 15 inches wide and 16 inches deep for my base. I have traced in the shoreline and I need to build up the scenery to anchor the building.
Mike

[madharry]

Continuing.............the shoreline is built up using cheap packing foam. It is cheap and it will keep the module light.
Mike

[Jerry]

Progress continues looking good Mike.


Jerry

[ACL1504]

Mike,

I really like what you've done with this kit. Great thread my friend.

Tom

[madharry]

Thanks Tom I am
trying to -post but the system will not let me post pics ar the moment.Mike

[S&S RR]

Mike


Great build! I'm following along and enjoying your thread.  I'm looking forward to your update - when the computer gremlins go away.

[madharry]

Thanks John.

[madharry]

Continuing..........I have started on the floating dock. This is made over an included template. I used double sided tape to keep the dowels in place. Then glued four beams. I then cut 44 pieces of 2x8 for the decking. The kit does not include any 2x8's. This was not a problem as I had some in stock. After I had cut and stained them with A&I I discovered on page 47 of the instructions that they should be 4x8's. So page 46 states 2x8's and page 47 states 4x8's. So it would have paid me to have read ahead. Any way I decided to use my 2x8's...............
Mike

[PRR Modeler]

Nicely done Mike.

[Oldguy]

Looking good.

[nycjeff]

Hello Mike, good job on the base and with the whole build. It will look great when completed.   Jeff

[madharry]

Thanks Curt, Bob and Jeff for your nice comments.
Continuing.................Here is the floating dock. I added bolt heads to the completed platform. The kit suggests using tiny spots of glue and then painting when dry. Maybe my glue is a different compostion because the glue disappeared. No problem I had some in stock any way.
Mike