final painting, transfers and fitting out.

yesterday finished painting small stuff and fitted anodes to rudders and kort nozzles.







today, fixed transfers on fire hose boxes, access doors and hull,
(names, port of registry, ford draft marks and bow thruster warning.


fitted out monkey island with standard magnetic compass, horn and mounting frame and three searchlights. then fitted 4x wheelhouse doors, glazed them then fitted glazing to windows. have left the protective film on glase, will remove just before securing wheelhouse to accomodation.




next fitted out fo'c'sle with rope store hatch.cable guides, windlass,
escape hatch, vent, large and small bitts, spare prop and anchor,
big pipe?, builders and spec plates and 2x floodlights

finally fitted crane, control station and hoses, doti boat, store and emergency generator room doors, 4x fire hose boxes, vents and portside ladder.

a good day.

total hours 232.

painting continues.

yesterday and today spent painting all the small parts plus wheeelhouse and monkey island decks. fitted fire monitor system and pipework. then fitted funnel vent grills, company logos, exhaust outlets and weather doors.

total hours 216.

and more painting.

touched up deck green around stanchion bases. sprayed wheelhouse and accommodation with air brush. air brush went tits up so had to strip and rebuild it. the compressor started blowing off and not switching off so overhauled switch, gauge, and safety valve so now good as new. while i was on that added a pressure gauge on the low pressure side of the reducer which i had chopped off my broken car tyre pump when that burned out. knew it would come in handy. all that fixed resumed painting masts, winches, vents and liferaft cradles. also drilled deck for cradle attachment points. finally brush painted bulkheads (two more coats).
need to cut in deck green around bulkheads tomorrow.

dummied everything up to see how she's going to look. deck green doesn't look nearly as bad when deck gear is in place.
still a fair bit to do but end in sight. have to start looking on e-bay for speed controllers, servos, switches and fuse holders. intend having external chargeing point so dont need to keep removing batteries.

total hours 202.