Lower hull:weathering&sealing.

Adding barnacles with magic sculpt

Adding waterline marine growth with acrilic gel a laser level line is used to mark the waterline.

More acrilic gel to build up algaes,oil colours to give the right tint and a semi gloss clear paint layer to give that wet effect.

More work on the control linkage of the butterfly valves:

Cutting out the clevis forks.

Turning clevis collar and pushrod end piece.

Part installed on 1.2mm brass rod,torque tube arm test fitted.

Two complete pushrods.

Installed & primed.

Butterfly valve closeup,the center muffler is slightly askew,but not readily visible.

Bellcrank closeup.

Another overall view.The planks on the transom are also barely visible,exactely the effect I was after.

Butterfly valves,bellcranks and connecting rods.

Bellcrank,ball joint and connecting rod.

Mufflers installed,lower hull weathering in progress,butterflyvalves and control apparatus installed.

Close up

General wiev,still missing the main pushrod, everything else in place.

Muffler details .

Muffler construction: brass & plastic card

3 phases in turning the connecting piece.

Drilling out the valve axe bearing

Drilling screw holes

Finished connecting piece

A bunch of turned parts

In the soldering jig

First three pieces (starboard)

Assembly completed & primed,still some blemishes to fix

Test fitted to the hull,looks nice!

Rear  lover hull,packard heat excanger outlets(stbd and center engine),engine room and lazarette bilge bailer outlets

close up

Planking finished,hull sanded to shape,adding details.

Lower hull primed(grain sealer),chine guard added,keel shoe in progress,towing eye added,struts/shafts fitted for the camera.

General view,cutouts in outer planking for flush mounted hull fittings.

Stern area,note PT185-PT196 lazarette bailer location.

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.

Planking the hull:

Gluing basswood planks to the hull bottom.

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.

New master for deck deadlights with screw head detail,engine heat excanger inlet/outlet scoop and bilge bailer outlet scoop.