π¬ Re: My Harbour
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A very Nice harbour you havΓ©, beautifull modelyachts , clean and well presented. You can be a very proud man π
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π¬ Re: My Harbour
2 months ago by π¦πΊ peterd (
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Very impressive. Many years work there.
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π¬ Re: Andrea Gail
2 months ago by π³πΏ jbkiwi (
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Hi Garth, boat looks goodπ Re the video, you may have to upload it to You Tube, then put the link in your next post,- video might be too big to post directly.
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π¬ Re: For Classic RN Destroyer fans
2 months ago by π©πͺ RNinMunich (
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Hi Bill,
HMS Bermuda Colony/Fiji class light cruiser C52. Broken up 1965. Pic 1; Ulysees and Bermuda from the rear end April 1960! Both still in commission. Ulysses was decommissioned in 1963, in reserve until 1966? And finally scrapped in Plymouth in 1970. Pic 2; Bermuda in camouflage underway 1942. Seek and ye shall find! Cheers, Dougπ ▲
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2 months ago by π¬π§ Scratchbuilder (
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Dear All.
Continuing on this thread. I have found two old black and white pictures of HHS Ulysses originally built as a U class destroyer R69.After a distinguished career and being laid up after the war she was converted to a Type 15 anti submarine frigate,new pennant number F17. She was eventually sent to the cutters torch at Davies and Cann next to Laira Bridge near Plymstock in Plymouth in I think 1968/9 where I lived at the time. The first picture shows her alongside at Devonport prior to paying off in 1968. The other photographs (taken by me) show her alongside awaiting the torch. Sorry for the quality pictures but my camera back then was very basic. Sad end for another Greyhound of the seas. I canβt remember the name of the other vessel awaiting scrap.but perhaps somebody may have ideas. Regards Bill. ▲
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π¬ Re: For Classic RN Destroyer fans
2 months ago by π©πͺ RNinMunich (
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Ahaπ‘
HMS Verulam V Class. One of the last of the WW2 destroyer classes based on the War Utility design of the War Emergency Programme. Later rebuilt as a Type 15 frigate. Very nice job Billπ Cheers, Dougπ "We had a real Navy then." And men were men ..... and women were gratefulπ ▲
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π¬ Re: For Classic RN Destroyer fans
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π¬ Re: Slim Nip 2
2 months ago by π¬π§ philcaretaker (
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Hi Roger , all noted. I did put on an adjustable jib rack expecting to have "juggle" positions. With the weather starting to improve hopefully I can spend a bit more time working on the finer points. Someone once said to me , "you can get anything to sail , but its more difficult to get it to sail well" - How very true !!!!.
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π¬ Re: Slim Nip 2
2 months ago by π¬π§ RogerA1 (
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She look really good. If she was mine I would try the following idea. Lower the jib boom closer to the deck, add a bit more camber into the sails and open the slot up between the jib and the main and the jib when the sails are pulled in.
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π¬ Re: Dusseldorf Function Test
2 months ago by π§πͺ hermank (
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Impressive!!! I have no other wordsπππ
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π¬ Re: Graupner Commodore
2 months ago by π¨π¦ Brightwork (
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Dr. John...she will be getting twin rudder and new screws. May even change out the shafts, will see. I guess that's why the original builder put the big black rudder keels on her. I will redo her interior cockpit in mahogany brightwork. I appreciate all the folks support here. It's nice to share.
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2 months ago by π¬π§ johnf (
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Well done Brightwork.. Your kit built Commodore looks in pretty good condition - and in your care should be back on the water soon.
Not many boats have two shafts and props these days. With just one central rudder you may find that it does not like turning at low speed very much. In this case you may consider converting to 2 or 3 rudders and\ or programming your transmitter (if possible) to give asymmetric thrust to help right turns. Good luck! Dr John F. Leeds and Bradford MBC. πππ ▲
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π¬ Re: Graupner Commodore
2 months ago by π¬π§ flaxbybuck (
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Good luck with this renovation. the Commodore is a fine looking boat that deserves to be well presented.π
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π¬ Re: Graupner Commodore
2 months ago by π§πͺ hermank (
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A lot of work to do
I made this model years ago. I would built in 2 rudders instead of one that would increase the manoeuvrability of the model when sailing π ▲
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π¬ Re: Graupner Commodore
2 months ago by π¨π¦ Brightwork (
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π¬ Re: Testing results sofar of the SMIT harber tug
2 months ago by πΊπΈ figtree7nts (
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Hi Albert90,
Your Smit Nederland is superbly built, and I love the sound system! Pity we're so far away from each other? As, I'd love to do some tug boating competition with you? Also, Thanks for pointing out the wrong lighting on my mast! Regards, Ed- ▲
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2 months ago by π¬π§ RonBMK2 (
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Beautiful model, great detail mate.
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π¬ Re: Testing results sofar of the SMIT harber tug
2 months ago by π§πͺ hermank (
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Very popular modelboat as well in Belgium.
Well finishedππ ▲
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π¬ Re: I Found Another Lockdown Video I'd Like To Share
2 months ago by π¬π§ firefighter (
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Hello Luckyduck,
Thank you very much for your reply to my post. Absolutely fascinating that your Mother was a valued member of the NFS in World War II. Many of the firewomen during the Blitz and throughout the war, although they did not perform frontline fire fighting duties were responsible for many tasks. They operated the telephone and radio systems and fire plotting rooms throughout the country many above ground and did suffer casualties from falling bombs. They also transported fire fighting equipment from location to location as needed and often delivered equipment to fire scenes during air raids. And of course we must not forget they also staffed the canteen wagons that provided food and a cup of tea to the firemen at often protracted incidents. When the war first started in 1939 these men, with little to do, were looked upon by some people as those who where avoiding joining the armed services and serving with the British Expeditionary Force fighting in France. These men were looked down on as cowards. When the Blitz started in September of 1940 all that changed. When the war ended, 1027 firemen and over 24 firewomen had lost their lives. Winston Churchill called all that served in the NFS and AFS "Heroes with grimy faces" Greg ▲
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2 months ago by π¬π§ philcaretaker (
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Well done firefighter - very graphic, very poignant and very sad that we still live in a world where such atrocities can happen !.
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π¬ Re: I Found Another Lockdown Video I'd Like To Share
2 months ago by π¬π§ luckyduck (
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I fully agree with you Firefighter - my mother was in the NFS during the blitz, and she kept running an annual re-union for the team she worked with until about 1964 - most of them women. Amazing how women kept so many things working with the men away. Thank you for remembering them.
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π¬ Re: Miss Katherine from Mahone Bay scrap yard to Barryβs Bay
2 months ago by π¬π§ RonBMK2 (
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Just WOW!!
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2 months ago by π³π± Albert90 (
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It looks very good to the original boat, excelent job! π
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π¬ Re: Miss Katherine from Mahone Bay scrap yard to Barryβs Bay
2 months ago by π¬π§ dave976 (
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Great to see detailed pics of the real tug. Your model is a faithful replication and the pics verify this.
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π¬ Re: A Short Video of My N Gauge Model Railway Layout That I Recently Posted
2 months ago by π¬π§ firefighter (
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I now see that the video is showing in the media post. I now what I did wrong.
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2 months ago by π¬π§ firefighter (
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Hello Ron,
With regards to the YouTube link, I am obviously doing something wrong when adding the link to the video but for the life of me I don't know where I have made a mistake. So I have copied below the YouTube link that can be copied and pasted into a browser. ![]() ▲
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π¬ Re: A Short Video of My N Gauge Model Railway Layout That I Recently Posted
2 months ago by π¨π¦ Ronald (
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What is the YouTube link?
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π¬ Re: Control systems
2 months ago by π³πΏ jbkiwi (
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Hi Nick, I use BT music players in a couple of my boats, as well as a remote key fob (433mhz) operated engine sound start relay, and have no problems with either. BT Doesn't have a great range (around 40ft on the water) but if you are just using it for an effect which for close up it should be fine. Bench testing will tell if it will affect your set-up (range test outside etc).
I've used it from my watch to the boat, the small Ruizu player to the boat, the Ruizu player in the boat to the BT board/player, for music and radio - aerial on the boat is functional for the radio, (aerial to Ruizu player to board via BT) all BT board functions (including music from an SD card ) controlled by an ifrared remote- pic 4), from the Ruizu player to a BT speaker in the boat and from Ruizu player in the boat to the BT speaker. No problems so far. JB ▲
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2 months ago by π¬π§ dave976 (
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Hi NickD
Good info from RNinMunich and probably not generally known. I would switch on the Bluetooth before your Tx and all should be ok as the Tx (certainly those of recent manufacture) should avoid using the channels selected by your Bluetooth device. All devices use Frequency Hopping and use a shared map of hop times and frequencies between devices to identify heavily used channels and avoid. This is the binding process. The info is constantly monitored and regularly updated to allow for new transmissions. That being the case both should work without issue but as ToraDog says I would not wish to use the Bluetooth device on a critical control. dave976 ▲
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π¬ Re: Control systems
2 months ago by π¬π§ NickD (
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What's the wiring in the boat for the wi fi with a ESP8266 please
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π¬ Re: Control systems
2 months ago by π©πͺ RNinMunich (
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Hi ToraDog,
Actually Bluetooth also uses 2.4GHz π The range achievable depends on the Power Class of the device and permissable RF power output. Max. power:- Class 3: 1.5mW, Class 2: 2.5mW, Class 1: 100mW, which is the same as the max RF power of 2.4GHz RC transmitters. Thus with Class 1 devices with efficient antennas you should get similar effective range as with a decent 2.4 RC set. With Class 1 devices at both ends (Tx and RX High sensitivity) range of 100+m is achievable. Cheers, Dougπ (Ex radio systems engineerπ) ▲
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π¬ Re: Control systems
3 months ago by πΊπΈ ToraDog (
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Nick,
I have not tried to use Bluetooth as you suggest. It is my understanding that Bluetooth is a very short range system, certainly much shorter than 2.4 ghz. This is not to say that it can not be done, but I would be concerned with maintaining control at range. ▲
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π¬ Re: Control systems
3 months ago by πΊπΈ River Rat (
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Hi Nick, I use a wifi speaker on my riverboat for calliope and bluegrass music and it works well. The way technology is going I would like to try it. I sometimes have a hard time keeping up.... willing to learn... RR
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π¬ Re: First Sunday run at Towne Lake
3 months ago by π¬π§ philcaretaker (
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Pleased to see the video working ok now, and nice to see your gang down at Towne Lake !.
Thanks and well done to the website team also. Cheers Philπβ΅π€ ▲
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3 months ago by πΊπΈ Cashrc (
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Anybody know why the video isnβt working?
Fixed it, found a workaround (I think) ▲
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π¬ Re: First Sunday run at Towne Lake
3 months ago by π¬π§ philcaretaker (
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Not Sure ? - however I think that possibly the webmaster has put in a "direct - direct link" for videos on the website ?
Actually after re-editing some of my own media content, I feel it looks better and must free up resources, though possibly some content may have been lost ?. I`m sure all we be explained. Love the site and thanks to all who strive to keep it going - "sharing and caring". ▲
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π¬ Re: First Sunday run at Towne Lake
3 months ago by πΊπΈ Cashrc (
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Anybody know why the video isnβt working?
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π¬ Re: First Sunday run at Towne Lake
3 months ago by π§πͺ hermank (
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Very well Made video and unfortunately not enough wind to see thΓ© rΓ©al sailing. Wheathher tempΓ©rature deels to be fine
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π¬ Re: Winter returns to Buxton !
3 months ago by π§πͺ hermank (
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What Γ romantic scenery!!!!
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