TT3 project

[Trout]

Trout Tracker 3 is the name of our boat..
I'm making a 1/12th scale wooden replica of her.
I've thought about doing this project for a long time and I'm finally going to attempt it...

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this is the front bow, I started there to give me some kind of idea on which way to go with the hull...
this was an all day project, I don't know how many times I ran out to get measurements, then convert them to 1/12th scale and then make a some what pattern of it....

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I got a feeling that this project might take awhile...
I would also like to keep this thread clean so I can update it with the progress of this project..

wish me luck....
Trout

to be continuted....

[JimSawyer]

Well this looks exciting.
I'll try to remain quiet unless something goes over the line, (I get the feeling it might)
Looks like fun...
Ok,
Shhh...Trouts thread...

[Trout]

your too funny Jim....
I had to go make something just so I could reply to your reply...

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here's one of the bench seats...
as you can see the upholstery and the color of the inside of the boat are really close in color....

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the base for the seat is cherry, I went with oak and maple for the seats.
I'm hoping that the oak will offset the cherry in color??

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it even has storage....

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to be continued

[jellis]

That is really nice.
jellis

[Trout]

thanks Jellis, I hoping to pull this one off....

this is for Jim...
I trying to do an inlay of the strips that go down the side of the boat..
I spent most of Saturday morning taking measurements but then finally got smart and took a picture and reduced it to a size that I wanted.

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even thou our boat is Burgundy, everyone says it looks brown on the water so I thought I would go with mahogany for the hull..

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this is my Practice piece and I'm not sure about the cherry for the strips?
maybe maple for the lighter 2 strips? that would definitely help the cherry stick out more? maple strips?

or should I go with Padauk with cherry strips...
cherry is my ascent wood for most of the boat...

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[evilbadger]

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I think I would go for maple on the yellow/gold color stripes and then aspen or holly for the white color.

[Tango]

Trout - Great job so far!!!!
I like the mahogany for the boats exterior. I think that it would look good with the cherry interior. I agree with you that the strips would stick out more with a lighter wood such as white maple or basswood.
By the way, I showed my hubby the pictures of your boat. He restores antique wood boats in his spare time. He asked if I was going to make him a model of his boat for his b-day. My comment was - Ya right. In other words - dream on

[JimSawyer]

I would go with basswood and aspen. Basswood finishes tan, and aspen stays pretty white. But definitely do not go with cherry. It will darken with exposure to light.
I learned this a long time ago. I have pieces that I made long ago with cherry, mahogany, and walnut. They looked great at first. Now they're mostly just silhouettes with great detail unseen...

[Trout]

I did the inlay on the sides last week and then spent a good 18 hours this weekend putting it together and sanding down the bow...
it looks like the hull of our boat....

hull2.jpg

unfortunately it isn't right....

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now that I think I have an idea on how to do it, I need to cut off the bow and sand down the bottom without doing damage to the sides and start over..

I sure wish I had a set of plans to follow....


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