Hi, I'm back!
Well the holidays are over and hopefully I can spend some time getting the new Star 47.5 RC Sailboat closer to it's maiden voyage. (UPDATE: It is now called the Salish 475 as of 10 May, 2015! Click the link to see the completed boat!)
Yesterday I installed the transom. Today, after seeing it, I have to admit that it may be the sloppiest bit of work I've ever done!!! God... But that's what you get when you're pretty much just feeling your way along instead of following a set of plans or directions. If I were to do it again I'd make some changes.
I started by cutting two oversized pieces of 1/16 ply that would cover the transom. The idea is to laminate them together to form a transom that will still be thin but plenty strong and will hold it's shape, especially after I cut out much of it later on.
So I mixed up some thickened epoxy and gooped plenty on both sides so that there was no doubt that the two laminations would meet and join. Tons of it squeezed out though and got everywhere! Ugh... first sloppiness.
Then I used packing tape to hold the transom across the aft of the hull and to hold it in shape. I got it all taped up and aligned how I wanted it and then discovered that I had forgot to apply any epoxy to the edges of the aft hull! Ugh... so then I panicked just a bit and gooped on a few splotches of thickened epoxy on the inside of the hull. Ugh... second major sloppiness! It looks completely rookie but at least it will all be concealed when finished.
On the outside of the hull quite a bit of thickened epoxy also squeezed out and the entire thing is really a mess.
That said, it should clean up well. I will be able to hide the slop inside the hull and will be able to sand off and shape the outside of the hull. Should work fine. I'm just very disappointed in myself for doing such sloppy work. It's a learning curve... right?
The transom does have a nice fair curve to it and it should look great after it's cleaned up, sealed and painted.
Just don't laugh at me! :-P
Fair winds! _/)
Well the holidays are over and hopefully I can spend some time getting the new Star 47.5 RC Sailboat closer to it's maiden voyage. (UPDATE: It is now called the Salish 475 as of 10 May, 2015! Click the link to see the completed boat!)
Yesterday I installed the transom. Today, after seeing it, I have to admit that it may be the sloppiest bit of work I've ever done!!! God... But that's what you get when you're pretty much just feeling your way along instead of following a set of plans or directions. If I were to do it again I'd make some changes.
I started by cutting two oversized pieces of 1/16 ply that would cover the transom. The idea is to laminate them together to form a transom that will still be thin but plenty strong and will hold it's shape, especially after I cut out much of it later on.
So I mixed up some thickened epoxy and gooped plenty on both sides so that there was no doubt that the two laminations would meet and join. Tons of it squeezed out though and got everywhere! Ugh... first sloppiness.
Then I used packing tape to hold the transom across the aft of the hull and to hold it in shape. I got it all taped up and aligned how I wanted it and then discovered that I had forgot to apply any epoxy to the edges of the aft hull! Ugh... so then I panicked just a bit and gooped on a few splotches of thickened epoxy on the inside of the hull. Ugh... second major sloppiness! It looks completely rookie but at least it will all be concealed when finished.
On the outside of the hull quite a bit of thickened epoxy also squeezed out and the entire thing is really a mess.
That said, it should clean up well. I will be able to hide the slop inside the hull and will be able to sand off and shape the outside of the hull. Should work fine. I'm just very disappointed in myself for doing such sloppy work. It's a learning curve... right?
The transom does have a nice fair curve to it and it should look great after it's cleaned up, sealed and painted.
Just don't laugh at me! :-P
Fair winds! _/)
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