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๐ฌ Re: Vintage Model Works Thames Police Launch by M Turpin
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง robbob ( Admiral)
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Hi Mike.
You may have to source the bits you need from various HobbyKing warehouses wherever they are in stock as I did, or consider some other UK manufacturer or supplier. Try looking on Bangood for some of the HobbyKing equivalents that they do ? Meanwhile you've got some building to keep you busy ๐ Rob. ▲
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4 years ago by ๐ญ๐บ MouldBuilder ( Vice Admiral)
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Looking forward to this one Mike๐.
Your Crash Tender is a superb model especially with all of the improvements you made along the way. I will start mine next year and will use your build log as a guide.๐ ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Vintage Model Works Thames Police Launch by M Turpin
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง mturpin013 ( Admiral)
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Hi Rob unfortunately they are all on back order with Hobbyking so I may have to go elsewhere if they don't come up with the goods soon.
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๐ฌ Re: Vintage Model Works Thames Police Launch by M Turpin
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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Hi Mike,
I too will be following your build log. Already looking forward to the next update. Martin555. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Vintage Model Works Thames Police Launch by M Turpin
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง robbob ( Admiral)
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Hi Mike.
Good to see that you've started your Police Boat build and the blog, I'll be following with great interest ๐๐ I hope my build blog will be helpful but I don't think you'll have any problems with this build.The Vintage Model Works kits are very easy to put together and hopefully the instructions have been revised a bit since my test build. Have you managed to get the running gear for it yet (motor, ESC, RX, Batteries etc) they seem to be in very short supply at the moment? Rob. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Vintage Model Works Thames Police Launch by M Turpin
4 years ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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Hi CB,
Commodore Robbob built the prototype Police Launch a little while ago at the request of VMW. He proposed improvements to the kit and the instructions to VMW and wrote an excellent Blog of his build. You can find it here. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Vintage Model Works Thames Police Launch by M Turpin
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง CB90 ( Commander)
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I found another one on our site, and a video from way back.
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๐ฌ Re: Vintage Model Works Thames Police Launch by M Turpin
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง marky ( Commodore)
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Looking forward to another exciting build.
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๐ฌ Re: The Box
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง mturpin013 ( Admiral)
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So right Rob I will probably plank all appropriate surfaces, I quite enjoy planking
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4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง marky ( Commodore)
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Great tip with the wedges ,look forward to the rest of the build
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๐ฌ Re: The Box
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง robbob ( Admiral)
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Hi Mike.
The change to ply for the box is a good move by VMW and the laser etched planking will save a lot of time for many modelers as planking the inside of a box ain't easy ๐ฎ. The downside is that the heavy grain of the birch ply spoils the effect which is why real planking with a random grain patterns looks so much better. I used sheets of obeche which has a smaller and less pronounced grain pattern and drew the planking lines on for the floor of the box and real obeche planking and caulking for the deck. More time consuming but so much better. ๐ Rob. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: The Box
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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After following your previous builds i am sure this one will be as great.
I bet you will be glad when you get to the more interesting parts. Keep up the good work. Martin555. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: The keel
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง mturpin013 ( Admiral)
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Will do Feet oops! Fleet๐.
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4 years ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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Above all Mike,
SWITCH OFF THAT DAMN STUPID AUTO-CORRECTION!! You know what you want to say, IT doesn't๐ Cheers, Doug ๐ ▲
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๐ฌ Re: The keel
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง mturpin013 ( Admiral)
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No not really. sorry (read before final post)
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๐ฌ Re: The keel
4 years ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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"reviled "!!
Is it gonna be THAT bad Mike?๐ค I'm sure we'll all be a little more polite than that.๐ Hm, maybe not๐ ๐ ▲
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๐ฌ Re: The keel
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง robbob ( Admiral)
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'Reviled'.......really๐ค
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๐ฌ Re: The keel
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง mturpin013 ( Admiral)
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Yes it is all will be revealed soon
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๐ฌ Re: The keel
4 years ago by ๐ญ๐บ MouldBuilder ( Vice Admiral)
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Great start Mike.
Sorry for being a bit thick but is the hull built around this box. Peter. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Adding the bulkhead formers
4 years ago by ๐บ๐ธ figtree7nts ( Admiral)
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Hi Michael,
That's very ingenious of you! Very well thought out! Cheers, Ed ▲
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4 years ago by ๐บ๐ธ Joe727 ( Commander)
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Good of you to post the "paper tube" tip. I did this several times for scratch built models, just used cut up brown paper bags and white glue, works great and cheap like me.
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๐ฌ Re: Adding the bulkhead formers
4 years ago by ๐จ๐ฆ Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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Well done and the only cost is time.
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๐ฌ Re: Adding the bulkhead formers
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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I to find it challenging and interesting to be able to make something out of scraps/what ever i can find.
As everyone knows i just do not have a model making budget and if you have looked at some of my builds you can see that making things by hand for next to nothing can be very rewarding. So i for one will be watching to see what other deviations you come up with. Martin555. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Adding the bulkhead formers
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง mturpin013 ( Admiral)
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Its not as lightweight as paper and of course is very expensive, paper is cheap and for me its all about making a build interesting. There are many things in a build that you can buy but I like a challenge, building some of the available kits where everything comes on a "sprue" and is just glued together isn't for me, however for some its just right - "each to there own" as they say.
So expect some more diversions from the norm in this build. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Adding the bulkhead formers
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง marky ( Commodore)
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If you have a Home store + more near you they have big straws about 8mm diameter and 300mm long there are 20 in the pack for 79p.
Cheers Marky ๐ ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Adding the bulkhead formers
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง overthesea ( Able Seaman)
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Instead of making yourself the tubes, why not use Plastic tubing such as Evergreen. It comes in many different sizes and of course is light in weight.๐
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๐ฌ Re: Adding the bulkhead formers
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง mturpin013 ( Admiral)
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I did consider metal tubes but didn't want to add weight
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๐ฌ Re: Adding the bulkhead formers
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง mturpin013 ( Admiral)
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OK, OK. Hand well slapped.
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๐ฌ Re: Adding the bulkhead formers
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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That is a very clever idea "Light weight conduit."
Excellent. Martin555. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Adding the bulkhead formers
4 years ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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An intricate and time consuming solution Mike.
If it works for you ....๐๐ During the 1st refit of my 1960s built 1/72 destroyer, and upgrading to RC ca 1986, I used 10mm alu tubes port and starboard to separate power and signal wires. Also offers a little extra screening from motor interference๐ Cheers, Doug ๐ ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Adding the bulkhead formers
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง robbob ( Admiral)
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Good idea with the 'cardboard conduits' Mike!
Also....you'll be relieved that I'm not reviled by your revelation......๐ ๐ Rob. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Preparing and fitting the chines
4 years ago by ๐ฟ๐ฆ Ianh ( Commander)
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My 46' Crash tender is also very well cut and has no rectification work done as yet.๐๐๐
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๐ฌ Re: Preparing and fitting the chines
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง robbob ( Admiral)
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Hi Mike.
Looks like VMW have refined the accuracy of the CNC and laser cutting even more since my build and it was pretty good even then ! There's probably little need to overlay the parts on the plan when glueing them together. I like the push pin and elastic band tensioners ๐ Rob. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Adding small detail
4 years ago by ๐ญ๐บ MouldBuilder ( Vice Admiral)
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Looking good Mike. I am looking forward to playing with some wood soon๐
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4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Scratchbuilder ( Vice Admiral)
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Starting to take shape Mike and will no doubt be to the same high standards as you other projects.
Bill ๐ ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Adding small detail
4 years ago by ๐จ๐ฆ Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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I like the work you've done .Rick
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๐ฌ Re: Adding small detail
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง robbob ( Admiral)
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Good progress Mike๐
Twin exhaust outlets eh...that should be interesting๐ Rob. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Rudder/water pick-up fittings
4 years ago by ๐จ๐ฆ Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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I see you like building and soldering nice work Colin.
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4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Skydive130 ( Rear Admiral)
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Nice simple explanation on how to make brass scoop, cheers Mike, will use that process on a future project ๐
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๐ฌ Re: Rudder/water pick-up fittings
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Martin555 ( Fleet Admiral)
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Nice work as usual Mike.
I like the fact that you like to make parts instead of buying them even if they are only a few pounds. Martin555. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Fitting the side skins.
4 years ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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Interesting!
Now the pics show properly, as I had reloaded them!? Site server must have untwisted it's knickers!๐ฎ All's well ... ๐ ๐ ▲
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4 years ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)
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Hi Mike,
Re "Rob I tried to delete this pic but it won't disappear. its gone from the edit page but still appears in published area. " Normal editing didn't work for me either๐ค So I downloaded all except the fuzzy one, deleted all from your post. Then reloaded the pics one by one! All looked well. And then the damn thing reappeared when I looked through them on site. Sorry ๐ Something weird must have happened as you took/saved the photos and now it's confusing the way the site handles them! No idea how or why๐ค Odd thing is, the downloaded photos show perfectly on my PC using Irfan View!? Cheers, Doug ๐ ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Fitting the side skins.
4 years ago by ๐ญ๐บ MouldBuilder ( Vice Admiral)
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So, that`s how you do it properly. It took me five years to fix the skins on my PTB.๐
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๐ฌ Re: Fitting the side skins.
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง robbob ( Admiral)
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Must be the glue you're using ๐คฃ.
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๐ฌ Re: Fitting the side skins.
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง mturpin013 ( Admiral)
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Rob I tried to delete this pic but it won't disappear. its gone from the edit page but still appears in published area.
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๐ฌ Re: Fitting the side skins.
4 years ago by ๐ฟ๐ฆ Ianh ( Commander)
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Never Enough Clamps!
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๐ฌ Re: Fitting the side skins.
4 years ago by ๐ฌ๐ง robbob ( Admiral)
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Very precise and methodical work Mike๐๐
I've found that just heating the ply skins with a heat gun (electric paint stripper) is sufficient to impart a permanent bend in ply skins without wetting or using steam. BTW. one of your 'photos is a bit fuzzy and I'm not sure what it's illustrating ๐ค Rob. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Fitting the side skins.
4 years ago by ๐จ๐ฆ Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)
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Nice job looks good.
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