Smiffy
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Leading Seaman · 98 pts
Calne, United Kingdom
Member since Feb 2018
Last online 3 years ago
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Does anybody recognise this?
As I mentioned in an earlier post Sarik Hobbies have a plan for the Grand Banks schooner but buying plans to see if they match could get expensive! I seem to r…
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Does anybody recognise this?
It is on the Sarik website although the pictures aren’t great but the Hull is quite a distinctive shape and definitely very similar - I have the advantage of a…
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Does anybody recognise this?
At first glance it looks like the Grand Banks Schooner (plan no. MM962 from Sarik Hobbies) - at least the rig looks correct for that.
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Lest we Forget
Absolutely-we owe them a great deal of thanks for the safe secure lives that we have now. Today I remember my great uncle, Able Seaman Albert Hunt and all the …
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Vic Smead? Vosper RAF RTTL 2754 Restoration
A video sounds a great idea - looking forward to seeing it. Best of luck with the restoration.
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Vic Smead? Vosper RAF RTTL 2754 Restoration
Very interested to see this boat mentioned as it is one that I began building in the 1960's (until A levels intervened). I had intended to fit it with the wate…
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Fairmile D 1/24 Scale Build
Nothing really to add to the above conversations, but here are three pictures of a superbly detailed MTB variant dog boat that was exhibited at last weekend's …
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Thames Steam Launch "Miranda"
Just in case anybody wondered, I am still alive (!) but have had a very busy couple of months. What with the birth of a 5th grandchild, the baptism of my only …
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wood glue
It claims to be waterproof and I have no reason to doubt that it is. This pic is of my rather old bottle but it still works fine. Smiffy
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wood glue
Hi dennisw - I use both Titebond 3 (green label) and the Aliphatic Sandable Wood Glue which I get from Cornwall Model Boats (not the first plug I have given th…
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