All parts together
Boat parts, right out of the box
The white fabric comes from a kite shop. Enough for several sails!
The Futaba Attack, bought to control the boat. Comes as a complete set.
Self made spring to temper the sail knob.
First Results, I glued the stand together!
Kompi Power Glue, good stuff to glue it all together.
KombiPower cannot stick to polypropylene, so I choose this box to mix the glue. (PP)
All Wood-to-wood connections glued with normal PVAC glue.
All “below-deck” connections glued with KombiPower.
Painted and drying...
All bottom parts are placed into the hull. This is a good moment for your first Waterproof test!
The weight connected to the keel.
When drilling a hole for securing the weight, keep the drill speed as low as possible. After glueing I filed all parts nicely.
I decided to create a rail onto the boat. It's made of stainless steel bicycle spokes.
All preparations before joining deck and hull.
10ml is enough glue for the joining process. But better to mix a little more!
Deck and Hull marriage. Tape to keep everything in place.
Remnants after glueing hull and deck together.
It looks nice and clean after drying. Some spots needed some extra glue to get it waterproof.
After a little sanding, I painted everything with a not-expensive spray paint.
Everthing painted 3 times now. It's looks after a SHIP now!
After glueing the rubber, I found out that I used to much glue. The rubber was completely solid. I got it out with a sateh stick.
Car paint was perfect to repair my paint, and a bicycle valve rubber was sufficient to get it watertight.
Nice purple led, and a switch, otherwise I have to remove the cover all the times. (And the rubber)
I used book foil to make a deck design. Cheap, and better than the original stuff.
The book foil is the ultimate solution for curved surfaces!
The same foil used for its name. I cutted this out with a sharp knife. With a piece of tape I placed the letters all together to the hull.
Railing is knotted and glued. Use nylon rope, this won't rott after getting wet.
Placed a small black piece of plastic in the booms.
Measurements done with original sails.
How ugly, yellow sails on a silver boat. Again; only to measure everything. Because I won't sail in competitions, my sails will be a little bigger, to compensate the extra weight.
I created some extra rope tightners.
Take enough rope! After building it to this phase, I had 7 meters of rope left! Better to make everything long enough.
Almost 1 kilogram.
Puzzle to get it on the scale.
White sails look better. Made from kite fabric, and tape.
Waterproof marker to get the numbers in it.
Hooks are used for the sails, to easily change them with smaller ones.
Maiden trip!
Beautiful with the low sun. Some trimming is necessary to get a good reaction to the rudder.
No comments....
Good sight on the led.
Good view on the nice twist in the sail.
Stormset, normal sails and the ugly original ones.
Added some foam to avoid sinking.
Looks a bit strange with these small sails, but it's under control, while the big sails were too much of it.
Lost a rudder part. Happens a lot.
Hmmm well this was the reason for going slow...
Time to go home.
Just a nice photograph.
Just for testing purpose...
Yellow sails, they almost illuminate!
Hmm....Sun is gone, wind is also gone. Time to shoot photo's...
Transparent sails! Looks great, but not very strong.
I created a mould myself with cardboard. (YES this was my MCSE welcome kit :) )
New rudder part. (Stainless steel bicycle spoke)
Transparent sails! Hard to see :)
Great looking...
Sailing in Sweden.
Movie 1
Movie 2, small sails
Movie 3, Sweden
