S.S. Woody?
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:17 pm
All right here is my other contest entry, but on this one I need to show off the craftsmanship!! 
Here it is.......from the beginning.
I started with a plain plastic boat from the thrift store that I bought for 35cents. I would have a pic of it, but I didn't think of doing a report till after I tore it apart.
The first setup for glueing.
Getting the bottom complete.
The inside at the beginning.
The comparasion shot. A NKOK boat and 2 bits.
The beginning of the staining process and the product that I used.
The electronics installation and placement.
I have to take more pics of the top mounts and the inside where they are mounted. The top is held on by three interior mounts that a Brass paper clip is passed thru to hold it in place.
The top deck is sealed with a thin gasket made from silicon spread thinnly between wax paper then cut to fit.
A final shot.
The boat is coated with a gloss coat and motor compartment is sealed with super glue and silicon.
The top deck has a hatch on it. Underneath it in the switch and chargeing plug connector. It is not sealed, just held closed with a moving arm.
The bottom of the top deck is reinforced with a zig-zag pattern of wood.
The wood used for the sides, mounts, and door trim, is balsa. The bottom and top flat surfaces are basswood. For the initial mounting of all surface covering wood, I used a wood glue. The trim, mounts, supports, and rear motor area, I used super glue.
The electronics are from a NKOK boat.
I started this project the day after the contest was announced!! Finished it last night.
Hope you enjoy.
Here it is.......from the beginning.
I started with a plain plastic boat from the thrift store that I bought for 35cents. I would have a pic of it, but I didn't think of doing a report till after I tore it apart.
The first setup for glueing.
Getting the bottom complete.
The inside at the beginning.
The comparasion shot. A NKOK boat and 2 bits.
The beginning of the staining process and the product that I used.
The electronics installation and placement.
I have to take more pics of the top mounts and the inside where they are mounted. The top is held on by three interior mounts that a Brass paper clip is passed thru to hold it in place.
The top deck is sealed with a thin gasket made from silicon spread thinnly between wax paper then cut to fit.
A final shot.
The boat is coated with a gloss coat and motor compartment is sealed with super glue and silicon.
The top deck has a hatch on it. Underneath it in the switch and chargeing plug connector. It is not sealed, just held closed with a moving arm.
The bottom of the top deck is reinforced with a zig-zag pattern of wood.
The wood used for the sides, mounts, and door trim, is balsa. The bottom and top flat surfaces are basswood. For the initial mounting of all surface covering wood, I used a wood glue. The trim, mounts, supports, and rear motor area, I used super glue.
The electronics are from a NKOK boat.
I started this project the day after the contest was announced!! Finished it last night.
Hope you enjoy.