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3 barcasVirgin Atlantic Challenger I
Resurrected a model that I build years ago from a set of plans published in Model Boats magazine (still hav…
Veron Marlin Cruiser Rebuild
Picked up a vintage Veron Marlin Cruiser that was in bad shape many years ago when I was young, working and…
1986 Bayliner 3250
This is the very first scratch build I ever "started" way back when I was still in school. It began as a co…
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3 blogsVirgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restoration
This is a model that I built many years ago. Soon after Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Challenger met it’s tragic fate in 1985, Radio …
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Late War Elco 80' PT Boat Model
This is a model I started many years ago back in the 80’s when disco was dying and I was a young engineering student still in college. I …
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Bayliner 3250 Conquest Day Cruiser
This 1985 Bayliner 3250 was a scratch build project that I started in 1985 when I was doing work with youth in London Ontario through You…
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Re: build blogOn my Sterling Corvette, I admire the work that the original owner did with the balsa hull skin and what looks like 3/4 oz glass cloth and polyester resin. I wanted this Sterling's hull to be "bullet proof" so…♥ 3 likesRe: build blogIt's nice to know that someone else is restoring a Sterling classic. I have a Chris Craft Corvette (4' long) that I bought at a local auction that I have been been periodically working on for about two years. …
♥ 3 likesRe: build blogI appreciate all the feedback everyone has provided. It's unfortunate that I messed up the original finish coat and had to do this restoration, but it allows me to correct the trim stripe colour error I made a…♥ 1 likeVirgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restorationI started to look at a few details that I never really built correctly on the original model. I haven’t been able to find enough photo close-up details of these features on the Challenger I to confirm their fu…
♥ 6 likesVirgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restorationI made eight hatches, four that open on the cabin and four that are fixed on the Challenger’s forward deck. These turned out and look great after they were mounted to the boat. Challenger I is starting to look…
♥ 6 likesVirgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restorationMy quest to redo the deck hatches without using transparent black paint by Tamiya took a productive turn this spring. While taking a browse through a surplus store I found these great cell phone cases for 50 c…
♥ 6 likesVirgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restorationAfter stripping, patching and sealing a several light coats of primer were applied followed by three coats of gloss white enamel (Tremclad) paint (no more Testors paint on this model) were added to the hull an…
♥ 6 likesVirgin Atlantic Challenger 1- restorationThe first thing I did was photograph the running hardware in the tunnel sections before starting to take the model apart. The removal of old paint turned out to be a major task and a finish coat of thinned epo…
♥ 6 likesChallenger 1- so much for a good paint finishA couple years after Challenger I’s completion, I put a clear coat on the model (stupid move) which really messed up the Testor’s paint finish that was used for the white exterior finish. As a result paint cra…
♥ 6 likesVirgin Atlantic Challenger 1-the original buildA few years after I Challenger 1, I built a Challenger 2 model from reduced scale plans I found in an article by Graham Goodchild in the Fall 1988 issue of U.S. Boat and Ship Modeler for the Virgin Atlantic Ch…
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♥ 3 likesRe: build blogI appreciate all the feedback everyone has provided. It's unfortunate that I messed up the original finish coat and had to do this restoration, but it allows me to correct the trim stripe colour error I made a…♥ 1 likeVirgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restorationI started to look at a few details that I never really built correctly on the original model. I haven’t been able to find enough photo close-up details of these features on the Challenger I to confirm their fu…♥ 6 likesVirgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restorationI made eight hatches, four that open on the cabin and four that are fixed on the Challenger’s forward deck. These turned out and look great after they were mounted to the boat. Challenger I is starting to look…♥ 6 likesVirgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restorationMy quest to redo the deck hatches without using transparent black paint by Tamiya took a productive turn this spring. While taking a browse through a surplus store I found these great cell phone cases for 50 c…♥ 6 likesVirgin Atlantic Challenger 1 - the restorationAfter stripping, patching and sealing a several light coats of primer were applied followed by three coats of gloss white enamel (Tremclad) paint (no more Testors paint on this model) were added to the hull an…♥ 6 likesVirgin Atlantic Challenger 1- restorationThe first thing I did was photograph the running hardware in the tunnel sections before starting to take the model apart. The removal of old paint turned out to be a major task and a finish coat of thinned epo…♥ 6 likesChallenger 1- so much for a good paint finishA couple years after Challenger I’s completion, I put a clear coat on the model (stupid move) which really messed up the Testor’s paint finish that was used for the white exterior finish. As a result paint cra…♥ 6 likesVirgin Atlantic Challenger 1-the original buildA few years after I Challenger 1, I built a Challenger 2 model from reduced scale plans I found in an article by Graham Goodchild in the Fall 1988 issue of U.S. Boat and Ship Modeler for the Virgin Atlantic Ch…♥ 6 likes