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Update on Hybrid Hull
I have decided to go with the Fig 1 Hull. This is a L105 x W150 x H105mm section, four required. For anyone interested the cost per section (in the UK) are:
Time for print: 133 minutes (Printing at 125mm per second)
Electricity : ยฃ0.08
PLA material: 26 metres @ ยฃ1.49
I am going to do some weight calculations as I am sure I can reduce the height of the hull by 25mm.
๐ฌ๐ง SimpleSailor
1 day ago
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Hopper Barge
A friend of mine has asked me to make him a Hopper type barge to tow behind his tug. He already has a scratch built shoe box, but it does not tow well and doesn't look the part. I will be 3D printing it and I have designed it in FreeCAD. Attached is my first attempt. I should mention that it has to fit in his transport box. It is, length-542 x beam-150 x depth-120 mm. The sections are glued together and use the 1.75mm filament as location pins. The bow section can be used as a stern.
๐ฌ๐ง SimpleSailor
2 days ago
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Current State of Projects
Hi Shipmates
Well my projects are moving very slowly - here is a list of where I stand at the moment.
Cheers
Pat
๐ฌ๐ง SouthportPat
3 days ago
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King Of Hearts
Collected this one last week, it came from the Ron Wem collection - have a look at his site as he made loads of amazing boats. I also bought the Aquataur A600 and the mould for the Broom 30 Hull. Sadly, Ron died early this year so his family are moving on a number of his boats.
KoH is a very decent representation of 1950s Norfolk Broads Cruiser. The model was built about 25 years ago and needs some updating, the interior requires finishing. Have already replaced the motor and ESC as the motor started smoking when tested. Model is 1:12 and is 43โ long.
As with the full sized boat the wheelhouse roof slides back and the windscreen folds down to get under the low bridges of the Norfolk Broads.
Here she is in her just collected state, will update as progress is made.
https://www.ronsboats.co.uk/my-models
๐ฌ๐ง neilw
3 days ago
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Venice water taxi
I'm building a Venice water taxiboat from scratch.
The hull has been build from triplex covered with mahagoni stripes.
There is still a lot of work to be done, but technics are working and I hope to get here on the water in the comming week.
๐ฉ๐ช Willem
4 days ago
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Revell 1/72 scale Flower Class Corvette
Hi yโall. I havenโt posted the video yet, but the Patriot ran well, stayed dry, and pumped a lot of water, luckily I got her maiden done before the wind hit 22 or so gusting to 35. We had some drama but all turned out well.
So, Iโve said this before, I like to keep my bench busyโฆbuilding is therapy for me, and my wife lets me have 6 or so hours on the weekends and unless Iโm needed for something or thereโs a family emergency, about 2-3 hours a week on average. Iโm going to use a lot of that time over the course of the next 3-4 months I think. Maybe more. Let me explain. About 2 Christmases ago I was searching for something for my Christmas present. Now, sometimes I give my wife a list of things I would like to have and I am pretty good about budgeting money for gifts, food, donations, etc. AlsoโฆIโm intrinsically cheap. Blame my mom. That woman could stretch a penny clean around the houseโฆand to her credit, I donโt remember ever going without anything I needed or wanted growing up. She and my dad drilled that into my head, which I promptly forgot the first few years of adulthood. Anyway, the budget was settled. Looking thru EBay I found a new in the box Revell Flower class corvette kit. I had read of several conversions that were done, all done differently, all ran and performed wellโฆand itโs not the Tecnic kit, which isnโt cheapโฆif you can find one. It was an earlier kit after Revell bought the rights to the Matchbox kitโฆand the price was extremely reasonable. So I got it for Christmas and itโs been in my project stash for a couple of years. Now, sheโs on the bench.
This kit is pretty nice, thereโs tons of parts to her, over 1000. There are things Iโll have to address going forward, like making railing from brass wire instead of plastic, what to glue down vs whatโs removable, but the first thing to do is build the stand. Now, the stand provided is fine for a display model, but just a little sketchy for an rc model. The for and aft rods that connect the ends are just plastic styrene rod. I had 2 hardwood dowels and a piece of 6mm cf tubing that would work. Later on Iโll build a proper stand and cut the dowel and tubing away to put back in the wood/brass/whatever stash. But for now, it works.
The hull is a 4 piece affair, you have fwd port and starboard halves, and aft port and starboard also. Now, I built 2 sides then assembled the hull, thinking about it now it might have been a good idea to build a fore and aft section then complete the hull, as I had some minor fiddly alignment issues, but was able to resolve them fairly easily. Once that was done I added the chine rails, then decided on internals.
Hers where you have to stop and think about what youโre going to do. The aft deck has a good sized opening, maybe 10x4 or so. Not huge, but workable if you plan things out. All my equipment , running gear,etc is built into this hull with that in mind, as Iโm going to make the aft house removable for aces and battery changes. Looking at the instructions this looks like a good way to go. I may have to make a compromise how the foscle and bridge connect to this, but from what I can tell this will work.
I thought I had a Fineline stuffing box but I only had a standard box in my stash, so I had to carefully drill and ream the propshaft exit to fit the box. I added a greasing tube, then scuffed the tube and the inside of the hull, then glued it in place with copious amounts of epoxy mixed with microballoons. I heated the mixture with a heat gun till it got runny, and poured it in, around and under the tube, the heating makes the epoxy runny enough to get into nooks and crannies, but it also makes it fire off quicker so you gotta be quick.
I built the rudder next. Instead of making a rudder from brass, I opted to use the kit rudder and modify it into something useable. I had a Robbe rudder tube in my parts bin, but I was out of 3mm brass stock. Luckily I remembered that I had a short 3mm steel shaft that I wasnโt using for anything. It was bent at an angle, cut to fit into the rudder halves. The shaft was centered, the angle boxed in with wood strip, then filled epoxy was laid in both halves and clamped together. Works like a champ.
I used a piece of 1 inch thick balsa, drilled to fit the rudder tube. I glued a piece of 2 mm sheet on top to prevent splitting, sanded the bottom to reasonably match the hull contour, then once lined up epoxied into place.
I decided on a 650 KV Zippkits outrunner for power. This motor is wound for tugs and workboats, and it hauls my Taucher Wulf around with no issues whatsoever..bench running Iโm pulling less than 1 amp at full chat. I made up a motor mount and once jigged up I tacked down with ca, double checked motor to shaft alignment then epoxied it down. I then made up a rudder servo mount from scraps and an electronics shelf just fwd of the motor. Iโm still on the bench about the receiver placement there though, as itโs awful low in the hull, and 2.4 doesnโt like being surrounded by water. That might change.
Thatโs where sheโs at now. Next up is reinforcing the hull joints, making a battery shelf then loading the hull up with ballast to the waterline and a leak check. Then..,the real fun begins.
Cash
๐บ๐ธ Cashrc
4 days ago