Added the council; gauges and steering wheel to the interior of the cockpit. Every thing not glued in yet. trying to figure out the height of the seats and what to use under them for height.
Rick
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Added the council; gauges and steering wheel to the interior of the cockpit. Every thing not glued in yet. trying to figure out the height of the seats and what to use under them for height.
Rick
Beautiful Ron. I know that I am rather late on this, but better that than never. This site has some wonderful fittings that you may be interested in for future builds. http://modelsminiatures.com/scale-fittings/
Did not find a captains seat on line. Decided to try and make one. Found a 1/4 piece of white material that Dumas uses in there boats. Using a curling iron formed the contours then cut and shape the chair. Needs fine tuning and paint.
Rick
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Did not find a captains seat on line. Decided to try and make one. Found a 1/4 piece of white material that Dumas uses in there boats. Using a curling iron formed the contours then cut and shape the chair. Needs fine tuning and paint.
Rick
Im starting to think about the cockpit of an abandoned project that I bought for £30 last week. I will use your Dumas inspired chairs idea. Thanks for that.
With the captains chair sorted moved onto the other seats. The stands were built to the same height as the captain's chair the cockpit is slowly coming into focus. Some small areas yet to find a solution to. Figuring out the bits and pieces on a build is demanding but worth while when it all comes together.
Rick
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With the captains chair sorted moved onto the other seats. The stands were built to the same height as the captain's chair the cockpit is slowly coming into focus. Some small areas yet to find a solution to. Figuring out the bits and pieces on a build is demanding but worth while when it all comes together.
Rick
Coming along well Rick. I'm doing a bit more on my Huntsman 31 and Swordsman but they are fitted with a traditional prop shaft.
Looking forward to seeing how you tackle the steering. I shall get back onto my stern-drive model soon but being a Huntress I've got restricted height due to the rear cockpit floor and so I've been looking at putting the servo in the cabin and using snakes, first time I've ever used them.
Boxes built for the storage behind the seats. Need fine tuning yet to fit the space.
Rick
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Purchased 2mx9" metal rod and quick links 2m. hooked the links to the power unit at the top drilled hole in the transom to allow the rods to move for steering. All hooked up to the servo and working well. Pictures did not take will post them later.
Rick
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Purchased 2mx9" metal rod and quick links 2m. hooked the links to the power unit at the top drilled hole in the transom to allow the rods to move for steering. All hooked up to the servo and working well. Pictures did not take will post them later.
Rick
Boatshed - yes, I've been building a Huntress with the same drive for sometime which is where I think Rick got his inspiration from - it's in the Harbour. You messaged me on Mahem about it.
I only mentioned the bellows because it looked as though he had missed your question. It's not the servo causing the lateral so much but the arms on the stern-drive and being close to the transom there's nothing that can me done about it. I don't understand why swinging the servo around would reduce the lateral movement? The servo arms are always going to strike an arc. Servo can't be laid on its side as it's a push pull system.
Internal water cooling setup having all the pieces decided to work on the water pump and reservoir a crude setup for now. Works the way I had hoped. When I get the brushless ESC working will have cooling system for it.
Rick
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Internal water cooling setup having all the pieces decided to work on the water pump and reservoir a crude setup for now. Works the way I had hoped. When I get the brushless ESC working will have cooling system for it.
Rick
Hi Rick, something like this heat exchanger might save weight but give you a similar outcome. I was going to fit it in my 40" seaplane tender a few years ago, but it was too tight a fit under the floorboards. The idea was I could use the boat in salt water, without clogging up the cooling coils. Easy enough to plug in if I ever need to. May make a smaller neater one yet.
Water was pumped in using the large pump, and a small dosing pump was used for circulation. Worked really well, ( I could have even used a bit of antifreeze to prevent corrosion). Body was from an old Italian made aluminium bike pump, (prized possession till my son bent the shaft and knackered it,- had it for 40yrs before that☹️) Piping was a bit rough but was all I had at the time for the experiment.
You'll have to be careful with a closed system, as the ESC tubes will corrode and clog up easily, and you won't notice it. Constantly happens on my HSL with twin 30mm inrunners fitted with water jackets, and that's just running in fresh water, with a normal system, (it even has twin pick-ups in case one clogs) - hence the anti freeze thought for a closed system,- protects aluminium.
Hi JB,
What you doing is what is done on full sized boats ie freshwater cooling or closed system.
Yes, anti-freeze at a 50% solution should work. 👍👍
Trev
Made trim for around the cockpit painted and glued in. Purchased scoops and installed them on the sides.
Rick
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Front hand rail installed and superstructure second coat of paint. Laid small parts on the boat not glued on yet. Pleased with the look and how it is going.
Rick
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Front hand rail installed and superstructure second coat of paint. Laid small parts on the boat not glued on yet. Pleased with the look and how it is going.
Rick
Made and painted the mast glued onto wind screen. Windows glued on. All items glued into cockpit. Unit now finished. Work and paint for the hull.
Rick
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Full speed ahead engines at full. Brushless ESC and motor in and working well. Purchased an Mtroniks esc that has worked out well easy to setup with fast response foreword and reverse. Added bellows to the steering rods to stop egress of water. That's the plan fine tuning to come.
Rick
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Full speed ahead engines at full. Brushless ESC and motor in and working well. Purchased an Mtroniks esc that has worked out well easy to setup with fast response foreword and reverse. Added bellows to the steering rods to stop egress of water. That's the plan fine tuning to come.
Rick
Looking good Rick. You too are coming through with solutions for your project which began as a thought several months ago. Hopefully we will meet up this year and sail our creations together.
Ron
Rick
http://modelsminiatures.com/scale-fittings/