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Nick Ward New Zealand Basic

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class  · 475 pts Christchurch, New Zealand Member since Oct 2024 Last online 21 hours ago

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Blog reply Re: build blog @chugalone100 - Many thanks for all your positive feedback. All I can say is I thoroughly enjoyed the whole project, and I'm looking forward to adding further … 1 Blog reply Short videos of Sea Urchin maiden voyage. Thanks to Fireboat's efforts, we are now able to upload videos up to 1GB in file size, so here are the two short videos of my Sea Urchins maiden voyage on 16MA… 7 1 Forum reply Re: 64MB file size limitation - will this be increased? @fireboat - many thanks for this, I'll upload those videos now. Keep up the great work you do, rgds Nick. 1 Forum 64MB file size limitation - will this be increased? Hi, just updated my Sea Urchin build blog for the first time since the new website format came into being, but when I tried to upload a couple of short videos,… 1 4 Blog reply FINISHING THE SEA URCHIN 56) 24APRIL2026 - 50:50 Dope/Thinners to seal wood inside and out, cut back between coats until smooth. 57) 3-days - Tissue doped onto hull and trimmed. 3 coat… 7 1 Blog reply Re: Classic Model Power Boats Chris , Just seen the pictures of your Faun on the water - looks similar in style to my Sea Urchin which I've just started to do the sealing & painting on. Loo… 1 370 Blog reply Episode 5 I mentioned earlier that I had made a mistake with the shape of the cabin windscreen former, so... 46) 12APR2026 - a shaped piece of 3/16" balsa was glued to t… 7 131 Blog reply Episode 4 36) & 37) 03APR2026 - battery box for 5-cell AA pack built up over the keel from scrap balsa to fit under the rear deck. 38) Scrap spruce blocks glued in to mo… 7 224 Blog reply Episode 3 So far I'd got the basic shape/frame completed - onto the hull sheeting. As I was using balsa, I chose to upsize the thickness to 3/32 sheet and orientated the… 7 275 Blog reply Re: Classic Model Power Boats Hi Bob, seeing as you've asked explicitly re the rudder assembly on Sea Urchin, I'll give you a sneak preview before getting around to the build blog post itse… 6 708

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