GrahamSmith
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Leading Seaman · 78 pts
Bacup, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Member since Oct 2014
Last online 12 years ago
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All In placeeh????213 viewsKrick Lisa MI've glued the bits of the superstructure together. The front windows were a bit of a b*gger - they didn't fit very well, so I ended up making the centre one out of separate pieces of wood.
♥ 1 like15 comments6,042 viewsOOOOPS!Oh, dear! it turned out that with the servo mounted where it was, the horn was just a tad too high and would catch on the underside of the well deck. So I had to re-site it and attach it with a "snake"
♥ 1 like213 viewsAll In placeHere the motor and steering servo have been mounted properly. The motor is as near in line with the prop shaft as possible. All wood bits have been yacht-varnished before being glued in. The speed controller i…
♥ 1 like213 viewsModificationSince I'm fitting a 540 motor, I needed to mount the motor further forward, and therefore the battery had to go further back.
♥ 1 like213 viewsWorking bitsThis is what the motor and battery mounts are supposed to look like.
♥ 1 like213 viewsRudder mountThe rudder mount is made out of three pieces of wood glued to the tube. in the event, I decided to reinforce it with extra wood.
♥ 1 like223 viewsDetail of coamingHere's how the coaming attaches
♥ 1 like223 viewsCoamingThen the coaming is attached to the inside of the lip (see diagram in next post)
♥ 1 like223 viewsDeck undersideThere's a set of wood strips to fit round the underside of the opening in the deck:
♥ 1 like223 views
♥ 1 like15 comments6,042 viewsOOOOPS!Oh, dear! it turned out that with the servo mounted where it was, the horn was just a tad too high and would catch on the underside of the well deck. So I had to re-site it and attach it with a "snake"♥ 1 like213 viewsAll In placeHere the motor and steering servo have been mounted properly. The motor is as near in line with the prop shaft as possible. All wood bits have been yacht-varnished before being glued in. The speed controller i…♥ 1 like213 viewsModificationSince I'm fitting a 540 motor, I needed to mount the motor further forward, and therefore the battery had to go further back.♥ 1 like213 viewsWorking bitsThis is what the motor and battery mounts are supposed to look like.♥ 1 like213 viewsRudder mountThe rudder mount is made out of three pieces of wood glued to the tube. in the event, I decided to reinforce it with extra wood.♥ 1 like223 viewsDetail of coamingHere's how the coaming attaches♥ 1 like223 viewsCoamingThen the coaming is attached to the inside of the lip (see diagram in next post)♥ 1 like223 viewsDeck undersideThere's a set of wood strips to fit round the underside of the opening in the deck:♥ 1 like223 views