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Ronald

Fleet Admiral 6 years ago

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Weathervane

Ever wondered what to do with all your model planes stored away in boxes?

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Newby7Fleet Admiral6 years ago
If you put more planes up your back your may fly away.LOL
Rick
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philcaretaker

Commodore 6 years ago

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RC Sailing - BMBC at Buxworth Basin

On Bank Holiday monday 31st August 2020 , Buxton MBC put on a display at Buxworth Basin in the High Peak of Derbyshire.

Ref Wikipedia - Bugsworth Basin is a canal basin at the terminus of the Peak Forest Canal. It is located at Buxworth in the valley of the Black Brook, close to Whaley Bridge. It was once a busy interchange with the Peak Forest Tramway, for the transport of limestone and burnt lime.

FOR MORE PHOTOS SEE:- Boats Clubs & Lakes - Buxton Model Boat Club
https://model-boats.com/places/60518

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RookysailorRear Admiral6 years ago
Lovely period style place for boating, very peaceful, and a great selection of boats and yacht's.👍

Cheers, Pete
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Newby7Fleet Admiral6 years ago
Well done thank you for the post and video.
Rick
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philcaretaker

Commodore 6 years ago

Bionic Bills return to Buxton

Bionic Bill and Brother Ben back in Buxton

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Newby7Fleet Admiral6 years ago
What a wonderful video .Makes me wish I was there.
Rick
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Graham93

Vice Admiral 6 years ago

Music to Row by

Bionic Bill was out rowing on the lake again this morning. He had his 'radio' on 😀. Certainly drew a crowd.👍

Graham93

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Graham93Vice Admiral6 years ago
😂🤣👍
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Graham93Vice Admiral6 years ago
Thanks Cash, Peter,

Glad you like it. It's been great fun to build. Not sure what I'm going to do now it's complete ...
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Graham93

Vice Admiral 6 years ago

Ben goes fishing

Ben went fishing this morning at Buxton Pavilion Gardens. He didn't catch anything ☹️ ..😂🤣

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Graham93Vice Admiral6 years ago
Thanks Ken, glad you like it.

Graham93
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hmsnostalgiaPetty Officer 1st Class6 years ago
My hat off to you, the videos of Bill & Ben are cracking & have brought me a big smile !!, fantastic. 😜
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philcaretaker

Commodore 6 years ago

Bionic Bill and his Bro `

Graham introduced us to Bionic Bill`s brother - Ben. 😊😎⛵

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Graham93Vice Admiral6 years ago
Thanks Ed,

I've been following your 3-D printer blog. I have to say I'm tempted, but I'm not sure I can find the time to learn all the new skills needed.

Graham93
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CashrcAdmiral6 years ago
My word that is nice! I’m impressed, wish I had your skills sir. Nice work on the mechanism and the finish.
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jbkiwi

Fleet Admiral 6 years ago

HARTLEY FLARELINE, NEW PROJECT. JET UNIT SERVOS FITTED

Steering and reversing bucket servos fitted and operating. Final adjustments will be made once re-fitted after hull is finished.

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Martin555Fleet Admiral6 years ago
Nice work Jb,
I am not sure how you will be able to fit rubber bellows to prevent water ingress.

Martin555.
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jbkiwiFleet Admiral6 years ago
Probably not Martin, but I'll figure something out, - perhaps some bituminised cloth made into a tube? Won't need much as the slots will be much smaller when it's all done. Just a bit large due to all the experiments, - plus they are quite high up, and I may be fitting a bilge pump. Was going to buy some boots from Ali Express, but the prices are stupid.

Ali Express is starting to get like HK, now that HK has been going down for a while,- every time you go back to buy the same item from the same seller, the price has gone up 1 or 2$. Everything's double the price it was 2 yrs ago and free shipping has been slowly disappearing! Going to be cheaper to build a real boat soon! Chinese are starting to take advantage I think, now that the govt has background control of A Exp and are probably trying to suck more money out of the sellers and A Exp as a whole, like they do with all large businesses there.
JB
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ToraDog

Commodore 6 years ago

USS Diver

A US Navy ARS ( Auxiliary Rescue Salvage ship), built to 1/48th scale. Twin screw with working radar, lights, anchor, and fire monitor. Built from a bare hull, with a lot of Thanks to Shapeways 3D printed parts. She is shown, at anchor, with a friend USN ATF ( Auxiliary tug Fleet) in the back ground.

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ScratchbuilderVice Admiral6 years ago
Really lovely looking boat.
Just my cup of tea.
Regards Bill.
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ToraDogCommodore6 years ago
Thank you. She was a challenge to build becuse the class changed aft the first three ships were built. All other after the third were completed with one aft mast and several different boom configurations. Interestingly, two of the original design hull went to the RN via Lend Lease and served the Australians. After the war they were sold to a British Columbian Tugboat firm and made historical reputations for themselves.
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GARTH

Commodore 6 years ago

Sterling Dual Cockpit Mahogany runabout

My Airtronics Radio broke down , the aerial got snapped off my bad so converted some of my R/C models to a 2.4 g Hobby King So here's a test run .P/S started to learn how to add a little audio also .

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peterdSub-Lieutenant6 years ago
Great looking boat. Looks well balanced and skipper looks relaxed.
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GARTH

Commodore 6 years ago

Sea Queen at the Harbor

Just another little video of a few model boats down at the Hamilton Harbor

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jbkiwi

Fleet Admiral 6 years ago

Hartley Flareline jet unit mods

Managed to fit the steering servo for the jet unit, works quite well.

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jbkiwi

Fleet Admiral 6 years ago

Another quick vid of the modified jet unit

Same unit, different angle

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Martin555Fleet Admiral6 years ago
There is a lit of movement on the pushrods.
I wonder if it is worth fitting flex cables instead of solid pushrods.

Martin555.
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jbkiwiFleet Admiral6 years ago
Thought about that Martin, as I have plenty of aircraft ones here. Rods are a bit rough as they are not attached to anything on the other side, (just trying the movement)would need to be set to run smoothly,- rods could also be curved to run better. One good advantage of flexible cables is no rust/or need for oil😀. Only thing is, they would be very short and by the time you fit clevises they might only be an inch long! Worth investigating though, once I figure out how to mount the servos. Thought about running long cables from mid hull, but I need to have an engine box at the back as short as poss and they might not curve enough.
JB
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