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1. Chuck🇨🇳

   Chief Petty Officer 1st Class·1 year ago

   Lovely work by all. Mountfleet does make some exceptional kits.

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2. chugalone100🇺🇸Silver

   Commodore·1 year ago

   By the way, this is my shooting studio.
   😎

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3. chugalone100🇺🇸Silver

   Commodore·1 year ago

   Nice looking trawler.
   It looks fine from what I can see.
   But of course, you will polish it up to your own standard.
   Here is my version of a trawler. “Arthur”.
   
   😎

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4. GaryLC🇬🇧Silver

   Captain·1 year ago

   Mountfleet NORTH SEA DRIFTER, kindly look at the rear end and ask yourself how could this possibly haul a trawl net, answer it couldn't. Due to the fact this is a drifter. ( I just might have mentioned this before.)

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5. Wolle🇩🇪Silver

   Rear Admiral·1 year ago

   As Alessandro has already written, if the stern tube is not damaged, I would just replace the shaft. You can also have threads cut in a car repair shop. I'm sure that if you ask nicely, it won't be a problem, even for a small tip.

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6. AlessandroSPQR🇮🇹

   Fleet Admiral·1 year ago

   Ok Stephen, thanks for the photo, but I didn't understand the sentence: "now it is necessary to replace the internal propeller. I would like not to replace the hole, any ideas". What do you mean, "I wish I didn't replace the hole thing."
   I try to think of something (scattered thoughts waiting to understand better).
   1. I would completely redo the propeller shaft, buying a brass tube of the right diameter, cutting it to the right size and threading it. (Do you know how to do threading though?). It's trivial, I know, but for the moment I don't have clear ideas.
   2. A tube passes through the hole in the hull (inside which the propeller axis rotates). Is this hose damaged? Should it be replaced? In this case I have a method that I could illustrate to you but which may not be suitable for your case.

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7. Stephen T🇬🇧Bronze

   Captain·1 year ago

   Prop woes this was the prop from my boat as you can see there is thinning where it leaves the tube its a 4mm prop it thins down to3.50mm ugh

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8. AlessandroSPQR🇮🇹

   Fleet Admiral·1 year ago

   Hi Stephen, sorry but I couldn't understand what the problem is, I would really like to help you but I can't.
   Maybe with some photos or other suggestions I could understand better.

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9. Wolle🇩🇪Silver

   Rear Admiral·1 year ago

   Hello Stephen
   That's a real problem. Do you have any more detailed pictures so we can get an idea of ​​what it looks like? I would be happy if you posted more pictures, because I'm building the Britannia from Mountfleet Models and the ship is pretty much identical.

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10. Stephen T🇬🇧Bronze

    Captain·1 year ago

    All was well until today when the prop jammed upon removal its been a old problem in fact its rubbed away a section of it on the end of the prop tube caused by a bur, now need to replace the prop inner would like not to replace the hole thing any ideas chaps

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11. IanL1🇳🇿

    Midshipman·2 years ago

    That looks really cool.Well done with the swap.

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12. GaryLC🇬🇧Silver

    Captain·2 years ago

    That is without a shadow of doubt a Mountfleet "Danny Boy" North Sea Drifter, you have the two rollers on each side of the hull by the main hatch, plus another two rollers on each side of the main hatch plugged into the deck, for a DRIFT NET. This Drifter was designed to catch herring, and has never seen a Trawl Net in its life,yes there is such a thing as a side trawler but this is not one of them.

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13. Frankiesays1953🇬🇧Bronze

    Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class·2 years ago

    If you search on here first Mountfleet models Danny boy there is a thread from 2021 where a member was building one. Might be some useful info there? LiverBudgie2 is the member concerned. Hope this helps.

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14. Frankiesays1953🇬🇧Bronze

    Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class·2 years ago

    I thought it was a Caldercraft model but it appears it is actually a Mountfleet fleet model. I don’t know when they first started making it though.

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15. Stephen T🇬🇧Bronze

    Captain·2 years ago

    This boat is named after the chap's wife the man who made it was a master of one. Does anyone know when Caldercraft made these, on the subject of dating is there a list of what was made when sort topics for the forum

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16. RNinMunich🇩🇪Bronze

    Fleet Admiral·2 years ago

    'Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
    From glen to glen, and down the mountain side.
    The summer's gone, and all the roses falling,
    It's you, it's you must go and I must bide.'
    
    Looks very well built and in good nick Stephen. Good swap👍
    Sure you'll have a lotta fun with 'Maggie/Danny'.
    Keep us advised on progress please😉
    
    Cheers, Doug😎
    Here a much better rendition of Danny Boy than Lt. Riley's (Star Trek TOS) or 'Two Dads' (Sea Patrol)😁
    How about putting in a sound module Stephen? To play either Danny Boy or Maggie May, depending on how you finally christen her.

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17. Frankiesays1953🇬🇧Bronze

    Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class·2 years ago

    Looks like a Caldercraft “Danny Boy”. There have been a few incarnations of the Lowestoft fishing boat LT72 but none of them with this name. It’s maybe named after a relative of the original builder of the kit. Nice model.

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