Fairey Marine Huntsman Model Boat Build (5)
Fairey Marine Huntsman was a classic sports cruiser and I am trying to replicate one in a model. This blog record my efforts to date. I have been absent from the garage for several weeks now due to many reasons including a increase in sales in my wife antique silver business but at last today has seen some progress on the build at last.
Following a recent visit from my brother Mike who is the real model engineer in the family I decided to take his advice and build a frame to start the assembly of the model following completing the cut out of all the bulk heads from the plan. Mike is building the seal engines which will eventually power this boat.
I had already built a bench for the model and started by marking out the position of the bulk heads and keel on some grease proof paper and then transferring this onto the chip board bench. These marks gave me the position of where the supports needed to be. I then had to decide the thickness of the supports in order to assemble the keel level to the board.
After much trial and error I created supports for the 5 bulk heads using spare timber from the garage as can be seen from the pictures. You will note I am no model builder and will use as much waste or odds and ends as I can to keep the cost down!
Having measured and cut the supports to size I screwed them to the bench in the positions copied from the plans.
I then was able to loosely assemble the bulkheads and keel to test for level. To my surprise the keel remained level with only minor adjustments.
I can now understand why Mike suggested I spend some time on this frame to make later assembly easier. I hate it when he is right!
Now with the supports in place I started the build proper. I commenced gluing the 4 keel supports to the main keel.
I also learnt that this process eats glue as I ran out of the small pack of resin glue I already had and therefore the pictures show the rear sections glued and clamped together whilst the last forward section will have to wait until I purchase more glue!
Still I have started the build proper and all I need now is more time.
If you want to build your own boat from plans below are a selection currently on ebay for sale.
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 BUILD RC SUB ROV AND UNDERWATER VIDEO CAMERA DIY PLANS  £3.52
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 MMM Lady Wooes RC Tug Model Kit (GRP hull) £36.00
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 Vintage wooden model boat hull, possibly trawler £21.00
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 Model Boats R/C plans 100s on Disc £.99
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 Vintage Style Model Speedboat plans & instructions £5.50
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 Full Size plans for 24" model of Fairey Swordsman £6.50
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If you want to avoid the hassle I am going through then why not buy a ready made model?
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 Model Boat Fittings White Metal Deck Hatch x 4 AM 81 £2.00
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 "SEA WITCH" MODEL TUG BOAT, USED CONDITION WITH MOTOR £7.07
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 4.8v 2000mAh Ni-Mh flat receiver battery pack free p&p £6.45
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 STAINLESS STEEL HEX BOLTS 280 PACK HOVERCRAFT WATERBOAT £8.99
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 CNC Aluminum 95mm Rudder w Water Pickup for Boat ABWG £1.50
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 CNC Aluminum 75mm Rudder w Water Pickup for Boat AAWG £1.00
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I will update the website earnings and traffic in a seperate blog.
June 10th, 2009
Looking good. A nice steady frame will help no end. The old saying “if its not square at the beginning it will never be square later on” won’t apply to your build I can see that. More pictures please. really interesting.