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Hello to all was wondering if anyone on board here has ever built any Wood Boats by Dumas Products ? 

I received one has a gift for X-Mas asked for it ? And it seems it will be quite the challenge ?

This will be my second build on a wooden boat my first being a Maine Lobster Boat by Midwest Products 

So my question is does anybody have any Advice, Hints,Suggestions or Comments on Dumas Products 

Iam looking forward to building a Real Beauty of a 1949 Chris Craft Runabout and doing a WIP here on this Forum has time allows 

                           Thanks Don 

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I've seen the Dumas boats in hobby shops and on eBay.  I've been very curious since some of them are 1/24 scale, but haven't ventured there yet.  I think I remember your Chris Craft being 1/24 scale, so I'm very interested in your impressions and build progress.  I'd love to have that on a trailer behind a classic car or truck

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I've seen the Dumas boats in hobby shops and on eBay.  I've been very curious since some of them are 1/24 scale, but haven't ventured there yet.  I think I remember your Chris Craft being 1/24 scale, so I'm very interested in your impressions and build progress.  I'd love to have that on a trailer behind a classic car or truck

Thanks for your reply back Tom has for the Scale I am  not sure the kit came with plans but does not say what Scale ?

However when she is Completed it will measure 30" long and 10" wide in center 

The real Chris Craft measures a length of 18' 11"    With a Beam of 6' 1" 

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Hello Don, that's a fine looking boat!  Seems like lots of guys set these Dumas Boats up for RC.  Yes, it's a 1/8 scale boat.  It has a wood frame construction with a hard PVC shell (for the water, RC duty) then a mahogany veneer.  The kit looks like it builds up like the 1:40 and 1:50 historical sailing vessels.  Meaning double planking on a real wood frame.  In your case, the pvc goes over the wooden frame, then the mahogany veneer on top of that.

This seems like a very fine model, the Dumas Boats too.  These boats will finish up very nicely and it will be a stunning model for sure.

I love wooden ship models, it's been my personal favorite modeling type theme for a long time.  They're breathtaking when finished properly.

Great project.

Michael

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Hello Don, that's a fine looking boat!  Seems like lots of guys set these Dumas Boats up for RC.  Yes, it's a 1/8 scale boat.  It has a wood frame construction with a hard PVC shell (for the water, RC duty) then a mahogany veneer.  The kit looks like it builds up like the 1:40 and 1:50 historical sailing vessels.  Meaning double planking on a real wood frame.  In your case, the pvc goes over the wooden frame, then the mahogany veneer on top of that.

This seems like a very fine model, the Dumas Boats too.  These boats will finish up very nicely and it will be a stunning model for sure.

I love wooden ship models, it's been my personal favorite modeling type theme for a long time.  They're breathtaking when finished properly.

Great project.

Michael

Thanks for the inspiration and yes this can be built for RC however me going to build a Beautiful Static Display ?

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I dont really remember any quirks with this kit other then it does take some time to build. Any challenges I may have faced might of been due to this being my first wooden boat.  However I had built R/C aircraft for many years and was familiar with working with wood structures.  The biggest thing is having a dedicated work area - I used a hollow core door mounted on two sawhorses for my bench. If I remember right I figured there was about 120 hrs from start to finish.  I did put  R/C gear in mine which does not take away from the static display and she would cut a beautiful wake when I took it out.

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That Dumas boat is quite a project, however it will look stunning when you finish it. I had started one back in the 90's and it still lays in the crawl space under the house unfinished. I don't know if I'll ever get around to finishing it, but it sure would be nice if I did. Good luck with your build as Dumas has been making high quality model boat kits for many years.

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Hmmm, my Dumas instructions says to build the hull upside down and if I remember right that I've got a pretty good start on it. Guess I'll have do dig it out the next time I go into the crawl space.

Interesting.

Do you build the deck upside down too.

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