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reilly4

Warrant Officer 7 years ago

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Hellenic Navy - La Combattante IIIb class Fast Attack Craft

More great photos in this series taken by my friend at Albert Park Lake in Melbourne. These of my P28 - Ensign Simitzopoulos. Great wave patterns. These photos were all poster size in detail. I have had to shrink them to get them posted here. This boat is in my harbour.

The 1/35 scale boat is scratch-built, mainly from Balsawood and marine ply with a fibreglass covering. The guns can elevate and rotate. The radar units both rotate and there are LED navigation lights that I forgot to turn on. There is also a flashing red LED strobe warning system. It needs a little work to get the 4 LEDs a bright brighter.

#boat #guns #LED strobe warning system #LEDs

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RNinMunichFleet Admiral7 years ago
Okey dokey, look forward to the circuit detail👍
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EscrichPetty Officer 2nd Class7 years ago
Please explain me the complete problem and I'll try to help you as much as possible.

Regards:
JMEC
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reilly4

Warrant Officer 7 years ago

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Z-39 German WW2 Destroyer

My scratch-built 1/72 scale Type 1936A (mob) destroyer, photographed by a good friend at Albert Park lake in Melbourne.
It has rotating turrets linked to the gun directors and rotating torpedo tubes, the front 6" guns elevate and there is also a ship's horn.

#guns

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RookysailorRear Admiral7 years ago
Good way of revolving the turret Doug, but I've
taken the easy way by using a servomorph from
Action electronics😀https://www.componentshop.co.uk/p96-servomorph.html
using a couple on my 1/96 USS Kidd destroyer, will post when finished.

Peter😎
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RNinMunichFleet Admiral7 years ago
Hi Rooky,
Bit late getting back to you on this - bin kinda busy🤔
I hear where you're coming from (as our colonial brothers might say. Sorry Ed 😉)
Back then there wern't no Action Electronics / Component Shop so I just did what seemed logical! Worst (and smelly😝) part was making the circuit board.
No PC, CAD or even photo-reactive circuit board back then.

Yep, I know the Servomorph. I've bought one to experiment with on a Plastic Magic project.
To drive the gun turrets on a 1/350 King George V battleship, where there ain't enough room (never mind weight margin) to mess about with cogs and pulleys.
I'm thinking two micro servos, Y lead, or even independent AB and XY turrets.
My German Turnigy re-brand has two pots that I can assign to these!

Many thanks to Colin-H for sending me the KGV kit in a wonderful package of 'stuff' as recompense for renovating and converting his Taycol Supermarine motor.
Was like Christmas all over again 😊
Cheers, Doug 😎
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reilly4

Warrant Officer 8 years ago

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MTB741 Fairmile D

Newer photos of my 1/24 Scale scratchbuilt Fairmile D at Albert Park Lake in Melbourne, Australia. The conditions were good for realistic photos.

#lake #scratch scratch #mtb #albert park #fairmile #fairmile d #built

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jbkiwiFleet Admiral8 years ago
Fantastic detail, great job, looks the part.
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Joburg-sailorPetty Officer 1st Class8 years ago
Don't know how I could have missed this one! Brilliant detail. Something I am trying to emulate.
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reilly4

Warrant Officer 9 years ago

HMS Triumph

Another video from the sub-cam on HMS Triumph at Albert Park Lake in Melbourne, Australia. A Scratchbuilt British Trafalgar class submarine using two engel piston tanks for the ballasting system.

#lake #ballast #submarine #sub #scratch scratch #albert park #video #system #built

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lesliebreameChief Petty Officer 1st Class9 years ago
lovely, but the weed looks a bit of a risk in such a big pond !!!
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reilly4Warrant Officer9 years ago
Yes, Unfortunately the weeds keep increasing. Each time it submerged near the bottom it was stopped by the weeds and surfaced in the same place. I edited these out.
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reilly4

Warrant Officer 9 years ago

HMS Triumph

HMS Triumph - Trafalgar Class Submarine at Albert Park Lake, Melbourne. There is a previous post with this submarine. it is scratch built and uses Engel piston tanks as its diving system. it has been in operation over 30 years. This is the first time it has carried a camera.

#lake #submarine #sub #scratch scratch #albert park #system #camera #built

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lesliebreameChief Petty Officer 1st Class9 years ago
nice video and the sinister music suits !!! lesbreame
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reilly4

Warrant Officer 10 years ago

BPB MTB449 & Vosper MTB385

The British Power Boat MGB 449 belongs to a good friend. The Vosper 73' Type I MTB is scratch-built in 2016 and took 6 months. Both boats are 1/24 scale. The location is Albert Park lake in Melbourne, Australia

#lake #scratch #scratch-built #vosper #albert park #scratch built #power boat #mtb #built

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reilly4

Warrant Officer 10 years ago

Schnellboot & Fairmile D

Both boats are 1/24 scale The E boat belongs to a good friend. it has just had a new camouflage pattern added. The Fairmile D is scratch-built, it took nearly 4 years to build, launched in 2011. The sound effects were added for fun. The location is Albert Park lake in Melbourne, Australia

#build #lake #scratch #scratch-built #albert park #schnellboot #fairmile #scratch built #camouflage #fairmile d #sound effect #scratch build

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andyhynesLeading Seaman10 years ago
Excellent boats. i have scratch built a vosper 510 1/24 scale known as the long boat. Im also building a 73" vosper 379 which has become a bit of a project? its a bit big and i am not looking for trying to sail it in my local pond. last time i tried it i nearly chucked myself in the pond to the delight of some onlookers.
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reilly4Warrant Officer10 years ago
Thank-you. We use car drive belts to assist with launch and retrieval of the boats. They are easy to carry about, maintain their shape in the water and don't slip from under the hulls. these belts are about 900mm long so you won't have to bend far when launching.
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