Sonorandog

Love the colors!

This will be built as a display only model. I am currently debating if I will add a prop and drive shaft. I would have to locate suitable parts to do that so I am leaning towards not adding them. It makes such a large model I think I am going to hang it on the wall when finished. Nobody will ever see the underside. Building as a display model does remove a lot of structural concerns.

My plan for trimming after the glue up worked well. Until I got a little overzealous. Nothing a little putty can’t fix. Happy with the progress. On to the other side.

As I said when I started, I don’t know what I am doing with this. My intention is to put it together oversized then cut and trim to finished dimensions. I am doing one side at a time just in case this is the wrong approach.

For those that have never had the joy of making one of these. Here is an example of what is required. As you can see, the pieces are going to require a lot of trimming and filling.

The decking is a few sheets of thinner, nicer wood. It would probably be very pretty to clearcoat

Thanks for the encouragement. I made a little progress. I glued in the lower side panels in back. There were very large gaps between the panels so I OVER epoxied the seams and had blue tape on the exterior holding it all in place. My plan worked. The epoxy flowed through the gaps and filled all the open spaces. I started on the front hull. I had to glue it up in steps due to the curvature. But it all seems to be working. Fortunately my plan of painting all exterior surfaces will allow me to fill and sand what is starting to look like a lot of ugly seams.

Thanks, I bought this when I used to run RC boats thinking it would be a fun addition to my fleet. Obviously that never happened. I plan for this one to be completely painted so that should allow some forgiveness in the building process. I would like to finish like Miss Bardahl. Will see what happens when I get to that point.

I am really leaving my comfort zone. I have never posted a WIP and I am making a wooden boat. I have never done a WIP because I don’t think my skill level or technique warrants asking others to watch a mediocre build and wooden boats, this is my first. But, I have had this kit for 30 years, literally 30. I have started it a few times over the years but never have done much. The boat has spent a lot of its life hanging on a wall in the garage and has the stains to prove it. I am doing this because I have made little progress in all these years and I want to finish it. I am hoping that this will guilt me into it. When I bought this kit a friend of mine said I would not finish it in his lifetime. Well that almost came true. He is better now but it motivated me. Funny the things that come to mind in stressful times. I have no idea what I am doing and I am certain to make mistakes. So if anyone checks in on this build hopefully I can provide with some good laughs when you see what I do. Today I added a little wood and a lot of epoxy. That is what the blue tape in the picture is doing, holding wood and glue in place.

Looks great. This looks like a really nice kit I want to build one of these.

Awesome job!

Beautiful, love the color.

Those look like a lot of fun.

Looks great.

Beautiful!

Thank you. A very simple kit which made it quick and fun. The interior pieces were strange. The plastic used for the interior seem to be different than the rest of the kit and it was difficult to get paint to stick to it. I’m overstating it by saying it felt flexible but it did have some kind of odd soft, feel to it. But nothing to deter from the enjoyment.

Thanks for the compliments. I built a Polar Lights Scooby Doo a few years ago that was also a lot fun. I need to find a few more cartoon kits to bring back good memories.

Thanks everyone. I have a handful of old Tamiya kits that I want to move up on build list after this one went so well.

Thank you every one for the feedback. I really had a lot of fun pulling a handful of kits out of my stash and just building them. In truth sitting on the shelf I can’t tell a difference between these quick builds and ones I obsessed over for months. I need to remember that lesson. Here are a few shots of the interior. Not much to see after it went together.

Thank you.

Thank you. Building this brought back a lot of fun memories. The theme song was often going through my head while working on it.

Thanks, it was a really nice kit.

Thanks. 1/25 AMT 1255

This was the last kit in my building frenzy. This was fun quick kit. This was a one afternoon build, just some quick painting.

This kit took the most time in my latest building blast. But still only one week and the extra time was due to I changed my mind on the color. It was silver first but i just didn’t like it so I changed it to red. Next the interior took some time due to all the masking to get the classic Porsche tri color seats. Finally even though I said I would accept the models as is faults and all I just could not live with the seam on the wing. I had to fill that. But I only gave it one shot. Putty, sand, paint and live with the result. It was a fun build.