Thank you Hasse

GAMMA SHIPYARD, UPDATE N. 6 Hi all, lovely 152VO boaters
This time i want to show you the cover i have built for the technical compartment and the fastening solution I have chosen which, so far, seems to be reliable but, of course, needs to be tested on the water. we will see
At the moment i can say that it is kept in place bytwo magnets, 5 mm diameter, made in China; sorry i cannot say their force in grams, the only info I got from seller was "very strong" and they are strong, actually: only one couple of them look more than enough to keep in place the cover.

pics show

That's all folks, hope you like, see you soon, ciao

Sergio

very nice!
Gema

Thank you Gema and Lex

Very nice!

Thank you Hasse

GAMMA SHIPYARD, UPDATE N. 7
Hi all, lovely 152VO boaters, i have completed the lacquering of the hull where the wood is visible, deck and sides then; the bottom (keel) will be coloured in a next step.
This is a thread written in real time so all the time since my last post was necessary to achieve a smooth, shining finish, about 15 layers of laquer, most of them 50% diluited, i have never used the lacquer at an higher concentration.
I used a water based polyuretane lacquer, made in France by "Luxens" and specially developed for marine applications, no stinky vapours, very easy to brush on, absolutely no signs of brush are visible on the dry surface; complete drying time:24 hours but after few minutes it can be even touched, it looks great...so far,
We will see how it works later on the water.

Let's start with the pics then, hope you like them

And now I need your help, i cannot take a decision by my own...about the colour to choose for the bottom.

FIRST OPTION: RED
most of pics of real Baby Bullet i have seen (in original status or restored ) show a red bottom, which is not bad

SECOND OPTION: BLUE
many vintage boat have a blue bottom, if i am not wrong, Gema, recently posted a pic of a vintage Riva with a blue bottom, so this could be an optiony

THIRD OPTION: PALE GREEN (Duck egg blue)
this was my first idea, a bright bottom contrasting with the dark brown hull sides, a colour used by many cars of that early 50s, to be honest i have not found any image of vintage boats having this colour which was a personal idea.

so please, tell me your suggestions about the three possible solutions, watch here below are a sample of the colours (the pale green looks much darker than in real); if you have any, please suggest any additional solution, tx

That's all folks, thank you for watching and for helping!

ciao

Sergio

From personal experience I would not recommend to paint the underside red - my "Little Red Riding Hood" is painted red underneath and at every competition she attended, when on the water, the red underside was seen more often than the white deck. So - from pure superstition - for every boat I'm gonna build in the future I will paint the bottom any colour but red ...

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thank you