No title yet, but it's a boat

[shropshire lad]

Marc, you obviously have not heard the news


Glasgow's last shipyard Ferguson Shipbuilders set to close.......... So that solves the paint issue. 




( not funny for the people involved, but could not resist )

  No pwobwem , we sen shippie to Korea get good paint jobbie . As least  we'll be able to understand what they say . Unlike those Glaswegians .

[Stoker]

Great looking little boat, Gordon. Thanks for sharing your process. The pictures of derelict tugs reminded me of the Mary D. Hume in Gold Beach, Oregon.



Not my picture, but *somewhere* I do have some shots of this tugboat, some from the river side even. This boat is irresistible to photographers.

[1-32]

lovely little boat.
maybe you need a bit of a marine wall.
regards kim.

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[Gordon Ferguson]

Great pic Kim, filed that one away.

Paint ........ Needs tiding and some work on those hull weld lines

[finescalerr]

By all means tidy it up. But it looks pretty good already. -- Russ

[Chuck Doan]

I'm wondering if some crusty bubbling rust and paint could help cover/minimize what you don't like about the welds...

[Gordon Ferguson]

Chuck, that solution would probably have helped  ....... But gone for another, wet sanded the whole lot off and will start again

[Barney]

Looks good to me nice tidy little job and as Chuck says a few bits of bubbling rust should do it but the main thing is finish it !!!!
Barney

[marc_reusser]

I actually liked the wide flat banding/weld lines....I have seen hull plates welded like that. Have also seen wide welds like that that were ground smooth/flat.....and kinda like that.

[Gordon Ferguson]

...I have seen hull plates welded like that. Have also seen wide welds like that that were ground smooth/flat...

Now what have I said to you before about "timing" re comments    ...........

Got any pics of examples?

[marc_reusser]

If this continues to happen to you....maybe it's not me...

Sorry, none off-hand....probably have something somewhere in my drives...will have to check.

[chester]

This vessel reminds me of the logging pusher boats used to corral log rafts in the Pacific NW. Perhaps some bumpers all around to cover what you don't like about the welds.

[Design-HSB]

Got any pics of examples?

Hi Gorden,

I hope you can see a bit of the welding seams that are not sanded, so that the stability of the weld obese in full.

[Gordon Ferguson]

What a lovely vessel Helmut, many thanks for posting these pictures, would be a great way of displaying to show the full hull


Andi hope you have a look at this

[Design-HSB]

Hi Gordon,

I took the photos in 2004 in the LWL Industrial Museum Henrichenburg.

The ship would have to my knowledge today be still there to see.
Unfortunately, more 195 km away from my house, otherwise I would like to take pictures for you.
In addition, the ship is back in the water.

Ship Cerberus

But all of my many ship pictures, you can see the weld seams here still the best.