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| Lower hull primed(grain sealer),chine guard added,keel shoe in progress,towing eye added,struts/shafts fitted for the camera. |
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| General view,cutouts in outer planking for flush mounted hull fittings. |
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| Stern area,note PT185-PT196 lazarette bailer location. |
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| Bow detail,I could not bend the keel shoe without leaving substantial dents in the brass sheet,so I had to fill them with epoxy putty.The towing eye plate also suffered from an attempt to add screw detail,so it was also filled. |
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| Gluing basswood planks to the hull bottom. |
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| Removing port side planking applied at the wrong angle(45°) and refitting planks at the correct angle(62°) .Damage to underlying planking apparent.That was due to incorrect information published on a PT boat website. |
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| New master for deck deadlights with screw head detail,engine heat excanger inlet/outlet scoop and bilge bailer outlet scoop. |
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| Cutting out the fin from 3mm steel stock. |
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| Turning the mounting shaft to 3mm diameter. |
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| Mounting shaft threaded M3 |
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| All the parts,plus aluminium former for the base plate |
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| Assembly jig for spot welding. |
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| Spot welded,brazed,filed to shape and primed.Nice,accurate and rock solid. |
