I'll be there. And you can expect at least one more from our club. (That's a minimum of two -- we like to split a room with two beds.) It'll be a while before...
I need a little advise. I just completed my first balsa planked hull (us1m ayma Magic) and am ready to start fiberglassing. I have sanded the hull to a nice...
Adding fiberglass fabric will take on the same contours of your hull. If you have low or high spots glass will not smooth them out. The only area where glass...
Thanks for the info. I think I will use a little bondo on the spots since there is really only a few that I am conerned about. To the naked eye the hull looks...
I use Red Devil Light spackle on my hull. it is super light and once dry can be sanded with ease. I covered the entire hull in it, let it dry, then sanded...
Thats great. I thought covering the whole thing would get the results I wanted but didn't want to use bondo. Is that just a household type spackel? vinnya42...
I had a bad experience with household spackle. It's latex based, and polyester resin or paint don't want to stick to it. Many years ago when spackle was oil...
Mix a batch of epoxy and thicken it with micro-balloons to the consistency you want. This will give you good light sandable putty. Next add just a touch of...
I use the light spackle and was able to put a coat of epoxy over it and it stuck fine...I only used the wood hull as a plug for a mold so I cnn't really speak...
The light spackle (I use Red Devil too -- available at Home Depot or Lowes) is the best I've found. To my way of thinking Bondo and exopy/microbaloon mixes are...
I use it all -- For filling the wood, I use Sears lightweight spackle. I've used polyester-based fiberglass and automotive paints over it without problem. I...
Oops... the picture with the filler didn't make it in the last post... the link should be: http://img140.exs.cx/my.php? loc=img140&image=filledhull3lq.jpg ...
I too find epoxy based fillers a bit to hard for sanding on such little projects (but perfect for a big boat). If you must use a filler, than I suggest WEST...
That's exactly what I do for "real" boats and it works great, but it still seems kinda harsh to sand for a planked RC hull. ... From: John and Kelly...
Thanks for the info! Of all the articles I have read and searched through that has the most info I have found. Al Stein <stein@...> wrote: I use it all -- ...
Thanks you all for all the great information. I do have a question that should possibley be posted somewhere else, but With all the info I have been trying to...
Have you checked out the US1M Building Guide? Mike Hughes ... http://us.click.yahoo.com/6iY7fA/5WnJAA/Y3ZIAA/A1TolB/TM ... __________________________________ ...
Have you downloaded the US1M construction guide from the AMYA site? Great source of information. These posts to your question have described there are many...
Looking at the links section, I notice there are not very many. I know there are some great club sites out there and personal ones too. I'll sift through my...
I have built a Mistrial using the balsa strip method as described in the building document. I then glassed the hull not finding any Latex in our area of...
Links to AMYA US1m site and Construction Guide are now in links section. Fairwinds, Rob ... From: Rob Amaral To: us1mrcsailing@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
Harry, Sounds really heavy, A glass boat built with all braceing in fin box, Mast tube, Rudder post should weigh around 9oz. For a finished boat weight of...
Wow! I thought I built light! I just weighed my just primered hull (with keel trunk, rudder tube and deck supports in) at 14oz. Balsa strip with one layer...
My Mistral came out to 6 pounds even, I used my balsa hull (plug) to make a female mold and made my mistral with just one layer of 1.4oz glass and one layer of...
Harry - A total of a 7 oz. layup with a balsa core is definitely more of a 16 FOOT boat layup than a 1 meter. If you brace it correctly around the keel area...
I have been looking at three one meter boats,but have not seen one on the water.Dose anyone have one or have any information on them? 1)Spirit of 92 2)Il Moro ...
Check out their website - http://www.victor-model.com/ They are Plastic hulls with wood spars and appendages. There is also a yahoo group for them as there has...
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