I told myself that I would not rush through this build and would take my time and do it correctly.
That was then... a couple days ago while I was out of town I received an email from the PNMYC (Pacific Northwest Model Yacht Club) regarding their "Learn to sail your T37" clinic to be held in two weeks on Nov. 16th. I'd really like my boat to be seaworthy by then. To get there I'll need to get the deck finished and the entire rig up and running in two weeks. I think I can do it!
Update on the hull:
Painting is done. The finish looks... OK. I sanded down the red paint as far as I dared and then worked through the papers down to 2500 grit. Then sprayed on several coats of spray lacquer. You can still see orange peel (some of it the spray lacquer itself) but it did shine up the paint a bit. I may have to try some car polish on it at some point. I'm not 100% happy with it at all, but really don't want to mess with it forever, especially now that the boat needs to be seaworthy in two weeks. Time to cut my losses and move on. If I ever feel I need to I can certainly work more on it later. Perhaps next spring. So for now the hull is finished from topsides down!
You can really see the orange peel in the next image. Most of it is probably the spray lacquer itself as the paint on the transom is pretty flat. Frustrating but gotta move on...
Next steps are to get the deck hardware installed and then varnish the deck. After that the radio gear goes in. Finally the rig needs to be set up. Lots to do and only two weeks to do it!
Steady as she goes!
That was then... a couple days ago while I was out of town I received an email from the PNMYC (Pacific Northwest Model Yacht Club) regarding their "Learn to sail your T37" clinic to be held in two weeks on Nov. 16th. I'd really like my boat to be seaworthy by then. To get there I'll need to get the deck finished and the entire rig up and running in two weeks. I think I can do it!
Update on the hull:
Painting is done. The finish looks... OK. I sanded down the red paint as far as I dared and then worked through the papers down to 2500 grit. Then sprayed on several coats of spray lacquer. You can still see orange peel (some of it the spray lacquer itself) but it did shine up the paint a bit. I may have to try some car polish on it at some point. I'm not 100% happy with it at all, but really don't want to mess with it forever, especially now that the boat needs to be seaworthy in two weeks. Time to cut my losses and move on. If I ever feel I need to I can certainly work more on it later. Perhaps next spring. So for now the hull is finished from topsides down!
You can really see the orange peel in the next image. Most of it is probably the spray lacquer itself as the paint on the transom is pretty flat. Frustrating but gotta move on...
Next steps are to get the deck hardware installed and then varnish the deck. After that the radio gear goes in. Finally the rig needs to be set up. Lots to do and only two weeks to do it!
Steady as she goes!
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