Sea Port Model Works 65' Workboat / Lighter

[GPdemayo]

Neat kit and something a bit different for you Bob.....I'll be looking in. 

[Jerry]

I found it Bob.


Interesting kit and detail parts.


Count me in on this one.


Jerry

[ReadingBob]

Neat kit and something a bit different for you Bob.....I'll be looking in. 

Hi Greg!  It certainly is something different.  In more ways than one.  More often than not I like the colors used as pictured on the kit box and go with that paint scheme.  This time, even though the mostly white scheme pictured in the instructions is really nice, I'm going to go with a black hull, red and some white trim.  I'm anxious to see how it comes together.

Thanks for following along! 

[ReadingBob]

I found it Bob.


Interesting kit and detail parts.


Count me in on this one.


Jerry

Glad you found it and glad to have you on board Jerry!   

[postalkarl]

Hey Bob:

Looks like you are having fun with this one. Looks great so far. Will be following along.

Karl

[ReadingBob]

Hey Bob:

Looks like you are having fun with this one. Looks great so far. Will be following along.

Karl

Thanks for following along Karl!  Yes, this one has been fun so far and it's allowing me to experiment a little bit.  It's basically building a somewhat complex little structure that mounts on top of a resin hull.   

[S&S RR]

Bob


I just got caught up on your build thread. Looking great so far - I will be following along.

[ReadingBob]

Bob


I just got caught up on your build thread. Looking great so far - I will be following along.

Hi John!  Thanks for following along.   

[ReadingBob]

Time for an update.  I started weathering the walls and windows.  I dab a piece of sponge in some Dove Gray acrylic craft paint and then dab that on a piece of paper until almost all of the paint has been removed.  Then I lightly dab it on the walls and windows to leave little specks of the gray which represent spots where the primary color, red in this case, has peeled away and the primer beneath it is showing.


I repeat the dry sponging process using Khaki.  This is for spot where even the primer has peeled away and it's down to the bare wood underneath.


Next I brush everything with my Alcohol and Ink mixture to tone it down a bit.  If I had any really offensive spots of gray or khaki from the sponging I can gently scrub them with the A&I mixture and they'll dissolve.


I experimented with some AK Interactive paints/washes to paint the deck.  I used the three colors shown applying them from darkest to lightest.  I would have applied more if I had reached a point where I thought it looked acceptable.


I then removed all the masking tape from the hull after I finished airbrushing it.  It came out okay.  Only minimal touch up here and there, with a brush, was required.


I checked the fit of the deck.  It didn't.  But the instructions pretty much say it needs to be sanded to fit and should be sanded from the bow end and along the sides.  Took a bit of sanding but I got there.


More in a few....

[ReadingBob]

Before I glue the deck in place I wanted to weather the hull.  I'm always experimenting with ways to produce rust and rust streaks.  This time I thought I'd try artist oil colors.  For the first application I went with Yellow Ochre and applied streaks to the hull. I'm not to worried about how it looks at this point because most of the yellow will be covered up by the application of darker colors later on.  I apply a small dot of paint and then take a wide brush that has been dampened, but not soaked, with odorless mineral spirits and drag it lightly down over the spot.  If it doesn't look good just wash it off with the mineral spirits and try again.  Very forgiving because these paints take a long time to dry.


After the Yelow Ochre had dried for a day or so I repeated the process using Burnt Sienna.


Again, dragging a flat brush damp with the mineral spirits from the top down to blend things together. 


I got a little bored with painting stuff so I decided to assemble the various doors.  These are layers of components and some of them are the peel & stick variety.


Two of the doors have port hole like windows in them and there's a couple of tiny round trim pieces that are also Peel & Stick that need to be applied to them.  Those required tweezers to apply. 


The kit includes some laser cut glazing so I used that for the doors and windows.  I used MicroScale Industries Micro Krystal Klear to glue them in place. 


More in a moment...

[ReadingBob]

Most of the walls for the cabin consist of a lower and an upper part.  The instructions suggest taping some wax paper down over a flat surface to edge glue these parts together.  So that's what I did.  I taped a piece of wax paper over one of the marble blocks I keep on my work bench (left over from disassembled bowling trophies).


I weighed them down until the glue set to keep them flat.


Kind of hard to see here but the inner wall for the cabin has a small indent in it to fit over the deck.  The problem is the deck is thicker than the indent and there's a little gap on both sides.


There's also a tab on the inner wall that's used to position it on the deck.  But it sticks too far though the slot and out the bottom.  The floor won't sit flat on the hull with that tab sticking out.  So I made the notches on the inner wall a little bit deeper and then shortened the tab so it doesn't stick out.


Back to the main deck.  It's been sanded to fit and the hull has been weather so I'm going to glue it in place.  I opted for 2 part 5 minute epoxy for this.  I put a couple of equal sized dollops of glue on a piece of paper and then mixed them together.


Then I applied the mixed glue to the bottom of the deck at various spots.


Then I put the deck in place and held it down until the glue set.  The deck has to bend a little to conform to the shape of the hull so holding it place was necessary.


That's all for today.  Thanks for following along!

[Jerry]

Like I've said before your tutorials on how to do things is excellent.  A lot of good information even if you don't build a ship.


As always outstanding work Bob.


Jerry

[ReadingBob]

Like I've said before your tutorials on how to do things is excellent.  A lot of good information even if you don't build a ship.


As always outstanding work Bob.


Jerry

Thank you Jerry!  I've learned so much from everyone that posts on this forum as well as it's predecessor.  I enjoy sharing what I've learned works or, in some cases, doesn't work for me.   

[tom.boyd.125]

Bob,
Looks like this one is a true craftsman kit !
You doing a great build. Step by step photos are the best !
Hope you do another boat in the future.
Tommy

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking really good, Bob.

Love those little round windows in the doors!

Cheers, Mark.