Sundowner Model Boat Project

One of the committee members has strayed away from steam engines and built a model boat to one twelfth scale. This was scaled from photos of a historically interesting boat owned by a historically interesting man and mainly uses hand tools and readily available materials

The author and FMES would appreciate any comments or questions as a result: please submit these via [email protected] , with reference to these articles.

  • Authors Introduction
  • Contents of articles
  • Model boat design choice and basis
  • Getting Started, Keel, Frames, Stringers and Planking
  • More planking, filling gaps
  • Portholes, hull in primer, choice of control gear
  • Underwater metalwork, rudder and linkage
  • Deck frames, internal sealing
  • Batteries, Motor Size, Access and deck design
  • Deck Stiffeners, Use of Epoxy Resin, Motor Gearbox
    and Mounting
  • Propellor, Anchors
  • Deck Fitting and Finish
  • Painting the Hull
  • Hull Trim Pieces, Deck Furniture
  • Wheelhouse Design and Making
  • More Wheelhouse Design and Making
  • Wheelhouse Interior
  • Interior Fittings, Compass, Dashboard, Lighting
  • Helmsman, Wheelhouse Roof and Fittings
  • Finish Wheelhouse, Mast and Supports
  • Deck Fittings, Anchor Winch
  • Making Portholes
  • Handrail design, lifebelts, mast stays
  • Stay tensioners, rear nameboards
  • Flags, making handrails, making rope fenders
  • Handrail uprights, RC System and Batteries
  • Fitting Handrails, Handrail Wooden Top
  • Last Jobs List, Installing the RC System, Wiring
  • Flotation Test, last jobs
  • Pond Trials, Finished Model
  • Sundowner Review
  • Sundowner Appendix
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