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GrantH 🇬🇧 Basic

Able Seaman  · 34 pts Forest Hill, United Kingdom Member since Mar 2026 Last online 2 days ago
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Forum reply Boat Identification It is definitely not a Soling. 10 293 Forum reply Sealing a horizontal prop shaft Water creep up rudder posts is mainly due to waves higher than the top of the rudder post Commonly occurs when going in reverse and creating a wave at the ster… 11 279 Forum reply Sealing a horizontal prop shaft I don't think you can compare the engineering on a full size naval combat submarine to our models! Any O ring seal must incur friction on the shaft or it is no… 11 280 Forum reply Sealing a horizontal prop shaft This is a virtually impossible problem to cure with shaft seals/grease, assuming, the problem is not leakage around the shaft tube as it exits the hull. The on… 11 271 Blog reply Re: Thames Barge - Veronica I have 3 servos. One for the rudder and a winch for the vangs and another winch for the main sail sheet. The foresail is left loose, it travels across the deck… 17 364 Blog reply Re: Thames Barge - Veronica Sail making is always a problem so work at that one. My only tip is to make absolutely certain that there is no "warping" of the hull shape during construction… 17 389 Forum reply Wood glues Waterproof PVA works well for me but do apply weights to the decking to compress the joint.This increases the bond strength and pushes surplus glue into the jo… 5 240 Blog reply Re: Thames Barge - Veronica I have built this barge and its a lovely model. The video is a bit confusing at times in particular the method of making bowsies which did not make sense to me… 17 532

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