Fastcast!

The moulds worked extremely well. I used fastcast to produce the casts of the hull. I have attached both the ends of the hull and sanded, filled and primed three times so produce the best finish. I have now cut the hull in half once again to produce two final moulds.

Moulding

I have now decided to cut the hull in half so that I can easily mould and cast it. My tutor suggested using some tubing, which worked very well and also used minimal silicone.

Foam and Resin

Here I have filled the skeleton with yellow foam and painted on the resin. I have then sprayed the hull with primer to work out what areas need to be sanded to save me on sanding later when it has been moulded and casted in fastcast.

Acrylic Former

Here I have the acrylic former assembled and ready for the yellow foam to be added and sanded.

Lots of drawings

After lots of measurement converting and small redesigns on the main boat, i can now start on the making of the hulls. I have decided to laser cut small formers that will create the skeleton of the hull. I will then fill in the skeleton with yellow foam so that I will be able to sand it into my required shape. I will then paint on resin to block the pourous yellow foam and create a thick layer so that it can be sanded down and moulded in silicone.
Once the silicone has set I will cast using fastcast and fill and sand to give it a much nicer finish. I can then repeat the moulding stage again so that my nexts casts will be cleaner and smoother.

Drawings!

I have aquired some drawings for my boat from an old boat building handbook. I have found the correct scale for the drawings, but it is taking some time to convert all measurements to my chosen scale of 1:25.

UPDATE!

I have had quite a lot of trouble finding any information on the power cat 28 online, but I luckily found a website with a diary of the build and some drawings that will be of massive help.

Power Cat 28

I have decided to build a 1:25 scale model of the Power Cat 28. I will be modernising the original design to create a more sleek and sporty look. This model could have various uses, such as being used as a sales tool for prospective clients, on display at a boat or catamaran museum or simply used as a prop.

I will be using this blog as a logbook for my project. Anything that I use for research will be logged on the right hand side of the page.