Indeed she is the EQ. Still debating epoxy so I can get that hull moving along. Now that I I have I this hull going, I b am leaning toward gallon pumper kits. But shelling out that money always sucks. Unless I could use fiberglass (polyester) resin. But that stuff would fumigate the house, wife would be mad.
Buy the gallon of West. The whole kit with resin, hardener and pumps is under $150. Ounce-for-ounce, it's way cheaper than the tubes at Lowe's or Home Despot. I do a LOT of boat work and other people use my epoxy freely, and a gallon goes over a year.
I do not know Tug personally nor have I ever actually seen his ship yard but from what I gather from the build threads, his comments and those made to or about him, "do a LOT of boat work" seems like it may be an understatement. haha and if he says its worth it then it probably is.
as an aside best place I have found for west systems is gander mountain... with coupon code a gallon set is 125 bucks shipped. I wish I had bought the gallon, my quart is almost empty
I love it on shore. But in my experience, anything not expressly designed for holding boat parts together is destined to disappoint. The cheap epoxy at Lowe's will hold for a while before it gets soft. Other glues get soft at varying rates. Titebond III is white glue that expressly says 'waterproof' and is actually used in building sailboats from wood, so it's okay only because of a long and glorious track record of holding together in water. If it says 'waterproof for extended contact with water' then it's probably okay. If not, I'd shy away from it. *Full disclosure, I don't advocate using anything but CA glue and boat building epoxy I'm not sure how well TBIII will hold to fiberglass.
A question from a curious noob, 1/96th scale? I ask cuz its Gigantic, and if i tried that anywhere near home, my wife would kill me(with extreme prejudice)! But it sure looks like a lot of fun!
Yup, she is for battle stations rule set. and yes she is huge, i have the rear and middle sections combined together and stood here up in the basment, she barely clears the rooms roof, and i still have to put on the bow (like five more ribs, or another foot) oh, and goriila glue works. stong as an ox, just have to clamp it and let it sit till hardened,
Got some more of her situated earlier today. Finding that some of my measuring and drawings for cap rails was slightly off. Amazing how much you can tell on such a big scale. Little cutting and extending and the stern is now fairly flat and a bit of stressed relieved in the bow ribs. Almost time to sand out the imperfctions in the ribs. Hoping on glassing next month.
