Some photos of the HDML, as you see it is not to bad a condition, I need to add a ESC - battery and my RX, as for any parts that need replacing or adding I will do that over the year
Fred

I have been looking at the HDML, and it seems not to be in a bad shape, the deck is made of ply, needs sorting out as it overhangs the hull when it should be flash.
Need to add one more ESC as it only has one running two motors.
That is it so far, photos to come when it is daylight.
Fred

Hi Dave
Yes thank you, I can read them O.K.
This will be my second one, that is only because I was given a built hull with a set of plans, I still have the guns from my first build some were in the garage/workshop.
I will start the rebuild if it gets warmer, will post the build when I start.
Fred

You're welcome - hopefully they are clear enough to be of use.
It's a model I have long fancied building, but I really have to control such urges as I have more than enough to keep me going until I'm well over 100 years old!

Hi Dave
Thank you, got them O.K
Fred

Hi Fred,

I have just transferred the article on the HDML to you via We Transfer - you should get an email from them with a link to download the files.
The link will expire in three days time.
Hope they are of use!
Dave

Hi, all that triggered off a memory! At our annual exhibition that year (1984) a good friend had found a plan that no one was building, he sent off for the plans to the Maritime museum and they cost £40 or £50 as they have silver in the print process. He was sitting next to me and we were doing build demos, his of course was the HDML and being a purist he was diagonal planking it.
David Metcalf came into see us he was well known to both of us, and said it looked familiar.

The following day he came in and stood before us and unrolled the Christmas free plan. It was of course the HDML! My friend nearly had an apoplexy as he liked to have exclusive models and I had to stop him taking a hammer to his boat!

He tragically died a few years later and I bought the finished model in Mediterranean camouflage, from his estate. To be honest it had never really sailed well and I had offered to have a look but this was declined.

So I got it home and started testing and found that the centre bearings of each prop shaft were dragging. There being an A frame just before the rudder. A small opening up with a tapered reamer cured this and the 540 motors were replaced with low power Pitman ones and she sails very well on 10 volts at less than an amp for each motor.

The thing he had not told me was she leaked like a sieve! A lot of filling and internal covering cured this. He was a model aircraft man mainly and the guns and various deck items were from thin plastic and super glue.

When I had her just a touch on any item had it flying apart so lots of reconstruction was done, but I used solvent adhesive.
Not run her for some years now, but she was the first one!

Roy

Fred - I have found the magazine and photographed all the pages relating to the HDML. I think they are a bit too large to send by email, so I will use 'we transfer', which means I will upload the images to their server, and then you will receive a link to download them. I have used this several times for transferring large files without any problems.
Please let me knowing this is OK and I'll get them on their way to you.

Hi Oxford - Dave
Thank you that would be just great.
Please do not rush to find the article as it looks as if I will not be starting the rebuild until Feb/March.
again Thank you will D/M you with my email address
Fred

Hi Fred, I do have a copy of Radio Control Boat Modeller September/October 1993, but it is in the loft. I can see if I can find which box it is in, and if I find it, copy the article for you. (copy of my reply in another place)