Updated 09/28/05

Intro

Planning

Deckhouse 1

Deckhouse 2

Deckhouse 3

Deckhouse 4

Ballast System

Bow Thruster

Drive Units

Painting 1

Painting 2

Detailing 1

Median Voyage

Voyage 1

Dry dock 1

Dry dock 2

Dry dock 3

Dry dock 4

Dry dock 5

Dry dock 6

Dry dock 7

Dry dock 8

Dry dock 9

Dry dock 10

Repainting

Portholes

Access Panels

 

Building the 1/87 Edmund Fitzgerald

"The Big Fitz" Dry Dock 6

Attaching the Foam sides.

Now I'm ready to attach the 1 inch foam sides. I cut out the foam to be oversized and glue it down with 3M adhesive spray. It only takes a small amount to glue it down, to much adhesive will attack the foam.

I squared off the stern for a good fit.

With the foam weighted down I can take a saw and carve off the extra foam on the bottom half. Then I use 60 grit sandpaper to make it flush with the hull bottom.

Launch date on  November 10,2000

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