The next lesson. in frustration!. Airfix RNLI Lifeboat

[fhvn4d]

The next lesson I plan to teach myself is how not to destroy my stash trying to work with a difficult kit.....


From the previous builders I have reviewed, I am certainly in for a treat. The first three parts went together. Not easily.

[TRM]

Well count me in Brian! Some of these smaller floaty things can be bears sometimes. Sure you will be able to tame the beast! Bring on the building!!

[fhvn4d]

Well, shes not letting me down. Airfix didnt put any attachment points on the hull.... the 5 piece hull. Three tries to get it right...tried glue, super glue, mr surfacer and liquid glue..which promptly seperated every time.


finally decided to try the top hull and the sides with tenar 7x, and that sofar has produced this...


got the whole thing tacked down with the Tenar 7x, but was left with this to clean up....

Plan is to insert some 010 strip in there to fill the big part of the hole, cut it to shape and put some grey tamiya putty on the rest..... the bottom of the hull should be a joy.... (sarcasm)

[TRM]

Well that is a little bizarre of a hull configuration! Sounds like you have a good plan...go to it!

[John Everett]

Good Lord! Do you have access to gasoline and a box of matches?

[fhvn4d]

Nov 8, 2014 23:43:20 GMT -5 John Everett said:

Good Lord! Do you have access to gasoline and a box of matches?

LOL based on some of the things I have read about this kit it might come to that. For the moment though, I consider it a good reason to practice seam filling, gap closing, and scratch building ( because the instruction sheets just about useless for sensible building).

[fhvn4d]

Hull closed in, after some difficulties.. again, Tenar 7x is my friend in these cases. Added in some 020 styrene strip and plenty of Tamiya putty, and she should be closed up!

[fhvn4d]

Did I mention in the beginning that I am impatient???



I did all the initial sanding, put on a coat of Testors primer, then hit that with some AV grey primer. Found some more spots that needed re-puttying and more sanding.. but couldnt wait for the putty to dry so started throwing some color on.....







Tomorrow, hopefully the rest of the paints will be here and I can sand all that gunk off and finish painting the hull.

Oh yeah, Im not the only one with a hobby. My very pregnant fiance ( who is nesting) made these while I was at work...

[deafpanzer]

Hang in there... just keep sanding and sanding until the surface is as smooth as your future baby!

Those cookies looked yummy! LOL

[M1Carbine]

HOLY FREAKING COW! That hull....OMG! looks like you whipped it into shape, I would have busted out the 1911 and finished it off for good by now.

Bob

[fhvn4d]

Added some more pieces and stiffled the frustrations by painting some things as I go to make it a little more attractive.









all for now....

[Leon]

Steady as she goes!!! You'll beat this thing.

[deafpanzer]

You are getting there... making a good process!

[fhvn4d]

Well, progress continues slowly. My latest frustration is with the waterline painting. I made the mistake of painting by hand. The build continues with alot of filing and fitting. Hopefully theres a solution to this paint problem aside from starting over!

[John Everett]

Despite all the trouble, the hull has a very pleading shape. The full interior is also a nice inclusion. But it does look like you're going to need a few cans of spray paint if you want the cleanest possible waterline.

[fhvn4d]

More lessons in frustrating as I build the superstructure. The fit is not good, it requires almost single point gluing, allowing the glue to set firmly, then gluing another point. The multiple parts dont help. I am convinced it will be done, but I am also questioning myself where the leftover fireworks are....

Here you can see some of the points I had to apply putty to to make the corners appear seamless


You can see here the lack of squareness.... All of these parts will have to be glued together, one point at a time to get it right


In order to get the back wall and side walls to fit the way they do, I had to do ALOT of sanding on the back wall and interior parts to get them to fit wihtout too much pressure.








Until next time....

[fhvn4d]

Another quick update- with a mistake or two in for good measure.
So, I didnt apply paints correctly somehow, and my acrylics were coming off with the tape mask.... very nasty... SO, I was able to scrape the side that it did it on down with just my thumbnail and a little alcohol ( not the drinking kind)

This is what it looked like.


Then I painted it again and masked it ... and this is the result!!


You can see in the white stripe, that the paint came off there too, but I will just brush paint that out.

couple more

[deafpanzer]

You are getting there... making great process!

[fhvn4d]

you know that moment, when you're looking at reference photos you have looked at 100 times, and you realize you put a pretty big set of parts on backwards, have already filled them in with putty and made sure they wont move??? bout 15 minutes ago.

[M1Carbine]

Looks like you have beat it into submission. Stck with it buddy, you got this.

Bob

[TRM]

Sorry to hear about the revears-angled-instructional-extravaganza!! It happens!! Been there too many time!! Sounds like you have things well in control now after we spoke!! Looking forward to seeing the next update!!

[fhvn4d]

I guess a small update would be in order. So, with this build following directions has been a bit of a challenge. Sometimes if you follow them, you make life more difficult down the line.... well this time... I was following directions, but not paying close enough attention to the orientation of two big parts. They are oriented correctly in this picture, but as you can see it aint pretty



I had glued them in 180' the wrong way. Fortunately they are now correctly seated. Also, I finished painting the hull sides for the second time and sealed it with clear enamel.







superstructure is drying as we speak (glue) and I hope to shoot that tonight.

[TRM]

Nicely done!! A little down time and then off to slinging some color!! Sounds like you have a plan!!

[deafpanzer]

So close... you are getting there!

[panzerjager2]

I'm not a boat gut, BUT NICE WORK all around

[tjs52]

I recently got this kit from my local hobby shop and I'll be following your build very closely.  Good Luck with it.
Tom S.

[project510]

Oct 6, 2024 13:07:33 GMT -5 tjs52 said:

I recently got this kit from my local hobby shop and I'll be following your build very closely.  Good Luck with it.
Tom S.

Not sure if you noticed but this thread is from 2014

[Steve Zuleski]

No worries, Tom, it happens. There's a ton of archives that I wish would come alive, the artists being incredibly talented.

FYI, there's plenty of pics online, so let er rip, this being one and a wonderful build-up to bring it to life.

imodeler.com/2017/08/rnli-lifeboat-station-stornoway-on-the-isle-of-lewis/

Cheers, Ski.