Steve Sanford
Well-known member
Good morning, All~
A batch of Bean's Coastal Divers will be heading back to Western NY later today.
Although in original paint, the dried-out cork bodies had suffered some severe cratering.
View attachment sm 01 Beans Divers.JPG
I'm not sure whether insects or rodents played a role - but I believe most damage is just the wet-dry cycle. Maybe ice, too?
View attachment sm 02 Beans Broadbill Hen with erosion.JPG
So, gaps and cracks and craters got filled with epoxy + fairing compound + cork dust. To avoid adding too much weight from just pure filler on this Drake Whistler, I put a few small pieces of cork in beneath the filler.
View attachment sm 03 Beans Whistler Drake with crater on back.JPG
Then, everything got faired off...
View attachment sm 04 Beans Whistler Hen - filled and sanded.JPG
Then a soaking coat of spar varnish to seal the cork thoroughly.
View attachment sm 05 Beans - varnished.JPG
Next came a priming coat of flat oils - from Rustoleum Flat White, Flat Black and Flat Brown. The bottoms (and a few other areas) got a Flat Grey Primer.
View attachment sm 06 Beans - first prime.JPG
Topcoat is Behr latex - as usual.
View attachment sm 08 Tessier Whistlers 01.JPG
Among the Broadie-Beaks, one Drake became a Hen - at the owner's request.
View attachment sm 07 Tessier Broadbill 01.JPG
More to come...a bunch of McCormicks and a re-furbished Wildfowler Black Duck.
All the best,
SJS
A batch of Bean's Coastal Divers will be heading back to Western NY later today.
Although in original paint, the dried-out cork bodies had suffered some severe cratering.
View attachment sm 01 Beans Divers.JPG
I'm not sure whether insects or rodents played a role - but I believe most damage is just the wet-dry cycle. Maybe ice, too?
View attachment sm 02 Beans Broadbill Hen with erosion.JPG
So, gaps and cracks and craters got filled with epoxy + fairing compound + cork dust. To avoid adding too much weight from just pure filler on this Drake Whistler, I put a few small pieces of cork in beneath the filler.
View attachment sm 03 Beans Whistler Drake with crater on back.JPG
Then, everything got faired off...
View attachment sm 04 Beans Whistler Hen - filled and sanded.JPG
Then a soaking coat of spar varnish to seal the cork thoroughly.
View attachment sm 05 Beans - varnished.JPG
Next came a priming coat of flat oils - from Rustoleum Flat White, Flat Black and Flat Brown. The bottoms (and a few other areas) got a Flat Grey Primer.
View attachment sm 06 Beans - first prime.JPG
Topcoat is Behr latex - as usual.
View attachment sm 08 Tessier Whistlers 01.JPG
Among the Broadie-Beaks, one Drake became a Hen - at the owner's request.
View attachment sm 07 Tessier Broadbill 01.JPG
More to come...a bunch of McCormicks and a re-furbished Wildfowler Black Duck.
All the best,
SJS