Steering Mock-Up

The rigging has started ! The center line reference was located with a framing square, level and tape measure. The rudders will be set up at 8" off center. Rudder brackets were drilled and mocked-up.

Paint finished

Here is the paint in the finished state. Rat Fink and pin striping has been added. Holes for the shaft log have been drilled and tapped. A quick overall buff job, wash and it is ready for rigging

Bottom of Hull

The bottom is completely finished. It was color sanded to 2000 grit, then polished. The speckles and film "wool fibers" want to stick to the hull because of static. This part of the project came out great !

Polishing Fuel Tanks

Here I used a 3" very fine flap sander chucked in a die grinder. Looks like with some effort these tanks will clean up ! We will see...

Here is the condition of the fuel tanks. These guys don't look so good, years of grime, rust and overspray.

The entire hull is color sanded to 2000 grit before polishing

Now for the fun to start. Here purple base topped with purple metalflake and air brushing highlights.

Then the green and yellow candies to go to a finished stripe