ChrisF
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Scratch building 7 Faireys at a scale of 1:12 and also have 2 built by Dave Milbourn
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5 boatsMy RTR/ARTR Plastic Power Boats
I bought the Club 500 first, ready assembled, off a fellow club member so that I could get used to operatin…
Non-Classic Fairey Builds
These come from the era of classic boats, including the 1960s and 70s and were timber hulled. The Fisherman…
Other Classic Fairey Builds
In addition to the Huntress I'm building all the other classic Faireys at the same scale of 1:12. None of t…
Fairey Huntresses
I mainly scratch build my own models but when Dave Milbourn offered me one of the prototypes he'd built for…
My ARTR Plastic Yachts
I bought the HydroPro Affinity not long after I started the hobby to learn to sail and do some club racing.…
ChrisF’s build blogs
7 blogsMade the bilge keels from two laminations of mahogany sheet to get the correct thickness and then glued them in place. Once this was done…
The hull sides have been painted white and will now be left for a week or more for the paint to harden. Reason I leave it that long is I …
In my quest to get all my Faireys to something like completion I have dusted off this model. The Huntsman 28, whilst well known in full-s…
This build is around the same percentage complete as my Swordsman - the hull is further forward with the bottom and sides being painted b…
A discussion has started on another thread (Bobs,* A Super Rapier*) and this is going to continue so thought it best to start one of its …
Having virtually finished the drawings for a future build, the Bruce Campbell Christina 25, and enjoying a bit of drawing associated with…
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♥ 1 likeRe: build blog@Madwelshman Thanks Will. I had another couple of goes at sanding and repainting the small areas of bumps but in the end decided that it might be due to where the cloth hadn't adhered to the planking properly.…
♥ 2 likesRe: build blog@Avoca More than once our postings have digressed to motorcycles! Here are some of my current fleet.
♥ 2 likesRe: build blog@Avoca Hi, originally I was going to spray paint my Faireys but I don't have anywhere inside so would have to have waited for suitable weather conditions. Unfortunately I kept missing them so decided to brush …♥ 1 likeFairey Fisherman 27When you've sanded the hull ready for painting you always think it is nice and smooth and blemish free. But once you put that first coat of primer on you soon find out that's not the case! Not too bad but a fe…
♥ 13 likesRe: Sprite Plus@chugalone100 Yeah, that's what I did when I got into the hobby about 10 years ago. I read loads of posts on different forums, which became mainly Fairey once I'd got interested in those boats, and made notes …♥ 2 likesRe: Membership payment options...Haven't heard Linux mentioned for a long time. Trouble is that myself and my wife are too tied into Microsoft and associated programs now to want to change, especially as the time required would be extensive. …♥ 2 likesRe: build blog@AlessandroSPQR I think you will find he has left the forum, hence my comment on the other thread.♥ 1 likeRe: Membership payment options...@Avoca That's impressive, it certainly does sound like a hobby and an ongoing mission!♥ 2 likesRe: Membership payment options...@Avoca Because of your job I can fully understand your views on personal and bank data etc., but, and I mean this seriously, it must be very difficult in some ways for daily life? Buying things online etc. Mos…♥ 2 likes