Hi JB!
Your Commodore is really cool, I had one in the basement too! Now I have activated them again, but with the old motors. so she has a speed that fits this model.
Greats Mike
Hi John,
Once again lovely photos, was the father and son in the rescue boat. 😁
It is quite ambitious to operate so many things at once, pity about the LiPo.
The jeep looks a bit small compared with the boat it is pulling, have you tried adding some weight to the wheels like rock crawlers do to get more traction?
Some days things just don't go well and you had one of those for sure, all the stuff you have described is stuff I can see myself doing on a bad day, it doesn't hurt to have a bit of a laugh at yourself I think, in those sort of instances.
Yeah I wouldn't like to leave stuff either like you said too many dodgy sods out there, and pinching a chopper stinks. Hopefully some karma catches up with people like that.
I will get back to your previous post about cars soon I hope.
Hi John,
Not quite, might not be the right era. 😁 Yeah they looked quite good props and nozzles.
Wow a bit of check book model making, all dollars and no sense.
No progress on the trawler, after trying some stuff I have had for a long time that is for blackening brass which it does after a very long time but won't blacken solder so my wife, daughter and I went into Melbourne to buy some other chemicals to blacken brass and other metals, couldn't get it anywhere else. Also going to try another lid stile when I get back to it.
Other than working full time, running around because my daughter has been in hospital to have a plate removed from her arm, due to an infection from when they put the plate in around 18 months ago after she badly broke her arm roller skating. Also working on my wife's car, changing front wheel bearings and a drive shaft.
Once again I am with you when it comes to climate change, mind you I don't agree with what man kind is doing on this planet but I also am suspicious of all the hype around climate change and seeing that there will need to be even more mining done to extract other stuff out of the earth I remain skeptical at best.
I hope you manage to get some pond time in around all the yachties, where I sail there is a yacht section where members of the group sail there yachts away from the power boats although there is no real problem sailing near by the yachts it is all pretty layed back.
Hi John,
Sorry for my slack response, been quite busy lately.
The Hartley Voyager look great.
Sounds like you had a really nice boat, that's quite an old motor, mind you the good thing about an old motor is it's relative simplicity.
No real progress since I went back to work. I have been working on the coal bunker covers (see photos) I am trying to work out what to do with the tops of the covers, plans don't show any detail nor does the book. I have had a go at doing a non slip surface (see photo) or something like a series of rings (see photo).
All being well your drive shaft will arrive soon, I find it better to mostly forget about it then things seem to arrive sooner.
Yeah I did see HK AU was shutting soon, I don't really have to get anything at the moment, I guess the market isn't big enough or it has reached saturation. People like me only buy small amounts infrequently and maybe the plan-demic didn't do much for business.
Sounds like things are not easy to get for you having to drive a long way to get to a hobby store, it's not that bad in Melbourne yet there are still a few good hobby stores within a 35 min drive of my place.
$35 NZ is a lot to pay for post as a minimum. I am guessing the Cressida is the Blue/Green ish coloured car in the videos, that's nearly as old as my 1989 Volvo 740 turbo estate, see photo. I would be interested in seeing a photo of your Cressida if you want.
You could be right about HK, boom and bust.
How much is petrol over where you are? It's $2 per liter over here.
One thing that has kept me busy is we just bought a Toyota Corolla my first brand spanker, mind you my daughter will be driving it mainly, see photo.
That's it for me feeling tired easily at the moment, let me know if you have any thoughts on the coal covers.
Hi John,
I will have a look at the rest of the videos soon, NZ is a very picturesque spot.
Good to hear your new boat is coming along. The pump and heat exchanger are a good idea, looks like you are using a peristatic pump for circulating through the motors.
Hopefully the plane was tied down well.
Weather over here is no better coldest start to winter since 1949 so the weather man said.
At least the charger switched off at 4.2 v per cell, although I am sure the experience of the charger wanting to go to 5 amp was not good.
I usually charge at 1c slower is better don't want to stress the battery unless you need charge quickly. Yes you don't want to see the magic smoke.
Chinglish is not all that good in instructions.
No real progress on the trawler since last weekend, I will have to work next Saturday it would seem at the moment further reducing progress.
Hi John,
I am sure you have found similar stuff but I found this and thought it might do the job, not sure how it will enjoy high revolutions but it might be alright.
Yes it was great to get back to work, got a worm welcome which was great also.
Thanks for that, I am pretty happy with how the deck is looking.
I posted an update but the photos don't seem to be working I'll try again later.
An Inrunner should be good.
Sounds like a challenge to make a steerable surface drive should keep you busy for a while. Will be great if you can pull it off.
I would think that a heavy duty cv joint might be available, there are all sorts of upgrade bits you can get.
That's a pretty fancy looking charger, I tend to agree how does the auto function decide what to do.
I have two 4 button chargers from HK they work ok.
Looks like you are well on the way to building the frame. Your jig looks great, should work well.
I watched a couple of your "going for a drive" videos, I am guessing there is no real purpose it is as stated, just going for a drive.
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Hi jb ( not sure of the name , sorry ) - Philcaretaker here, located in Buxton Derbyshire.
I can see you have been suffering from insomnia again !
Loved your jig and the Kiwi ingenuity - so much so that I used your photos and write up to present as a short video share on my "RC Sailing" youtube channel. Obviously all credit is to you and I get no monitory gain at all.
I will upload it - but will remove it if you are not happy with it - but thought your idea so good, that not share with other "Youtubers" as well as "Model Boat Website" members would a shame.
I will send you a couple of screen grabs of the presentation.
Cheers
Phil
