Johnk
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Able Seaman · 49 pts
Cairns QLD 4870, Australia
Member since Feb 2014
Last online 5 years ago
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Dumas Victory tugJay Benford designed tugs like this. Although his plans would be 100 times the cost of a kit, you could find enough information on the Internet to design your own. Do a search for Jay Benford designs or Benfor…
♥ 1 like694 viewsLaser ProjectMy laser is also a Generic Chinese Red and Black, 80 watt with a 750 x 500 bed. I rarely cut anything larger than 450 x 300 purely for convenience. I purchased it as a hobby machine and that's all I currently …♥ 9 likes339 viewsLaser ProjectHi everyone, I haven't posted for a long time, so I thought I'd kick off with an N Scale (2mm foot) waterline model of a Container Ship and Container Gantry I recently built for my model railway club. Everythi…
♥ 9 likes9 replies654 viewsWebsite info on Crash Tenders too blurredI think it's very unfair to accuse the author of blurring the photos intentionally. They're only there to support the article which nobody has even bothered to mention if I'm correct. Those photos are a dime a…1,313 viewsWebsite info on Crash Tenders too blurredIt's actually against the law to claim copyright on another person's works. if the photos and plans on the site weren't taken or drawn by the author, he or she has no claim to copyright. Unless the copyright h…1,240 viewsWebsite info on Crash Tenders too blurredThere's a heap of research material for this boat on the net without worrying about the blurred photos on this site. Here's one link that may help. it's the MkII version I think and the large photos are crysta…1,240 viewsDusseldorf Fire BoatHI Dave, he only reason I suggested putting test ballast on the deck initially was that putting it inside may require removing the deck in places. With the deck missing an inaccurate amount of ballast may be a…1,495 viewsDusseldorf Fire BoatIt looks like a lovely model , pity the photo wasn't three times the size. There's no way this can be determined by a forum post. Every model is different: Current waterline determined by materials used for co…1,495 viewsNordkap - Can't Identify Brass FittingThanks Dave, It's odd that most of the models I've seen that use the brass fittings have a stumpy wooden topmast. Even yours looks like it's made of dowel. The kit is very old, maybe late 70's very early 80's …1,250 viewsNordkap - Can't Identify Brass FittingHI folks, I was given a very old Nordkap kit with non laser cut timber and a separate box of expensive looking brass fittings. A friend Is building the kit for me and there's one brass part we can't Identify. …
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♥ 1 like694 viewsLaser ProjectMy laser is also a Generic Chinese Red and Black, 80 watt with a 750 x 500 bed. I rarely cut anything larger than 450 x 300 purely for convenience. I purchased it as a hobby machine and that's all I currently …♥ 9 likes339 viewsLaser ProjectHi everyone, I haven't posted for a long time, so I thought I'd kick off with an N Scale (2mm foot) waterline model of a Container Ship and Container Gantry I recently built for my model railway club. Everythi…♥ 9 likes9 replies654 viewsWebsite info on Crash Tenders too blurredI think it's very unfair to accuse the author of blurring the photos intentionally. They're only there to support the article which nobody has even bothered to mention if I'm correct. Those photos are a dime a…1,313 viewsWebsite info on Crash Tenders too blurredIt's actually against the law to claim copyright on another person's works. if the photos and plans on the site weren't taken or drawn by the author, he or she has no claim to copyright. Unless the copyright h…1,240 viewsWebsite info on Crash Tenders too blurredThere's a heap of research material for this boat on the net without worrying about the blurred photos on this site. Here's one link that may help. it's the MkII version I think and the large photos are crysta…1,240 viewsDusseldorf Fire BoatHI Dave, he only reason I suggested putting test ballast on the deck initially was that putting it inside may require removing the deck in places. With the deck missing an inaccurate amount of ballast may be a…1,495 viewsDusseldorf Fire BoatIt looks like a lovely model , pity the photo wasn't three times the size. There's no way this can be determined by a forum post. Every model is different: Current waterline determined by materials used for co…1,495 viewsNordkap - Can't Identify Brass FittingThanks Dave, It's odd that most of the models I've seen that use the brass fittings have a stumpy wooden topmast. Even yours looks like it's made of dowel. The kit is very old, maybe late 70's very early 80's …1,250 viewsNordkap - Can't Identify Brass FittingHI folks, I was given a very old Nordkap kit with non laser cut timber and a separate box of expensive looking brass fittings. A friend Is building the kit for me and there's one brass part we can't Identify. …4 replies1,660 views