Trident73 🇬🇧 Basic
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Sevenoaks, United Kingdom
Member since Jul 2023
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Member of Cygnets MBC, Maidstone, Kent. Been a model maker for about 40 of my 51 years. Aeromodeller turned model boater 😀
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3 boatsRAF crash tender refurb
Hey folks, I know this subject has been done before but I thought I would share some images of a refurbishm…
Italeri Vosper MTB. Converted to RC
Took a couple of years to figure this one out. Cut part of the deck to make it removable and then inside (b…
Perkasa (SLEC Kit)
Have been making this for the last six months and it was ready for ‘sea trials’ yesterday. The kit is sold …
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2 blogsGraupner Ton 12 Krabbekutter
Last year I was given a well-worn but mostly intact Graupner Ton 12 Krabbekutter kit by a neighbour clearing out his parents old home. I …
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Occre Ulises
Was given the Occre kit of the “Ulises” ocean going tug for Christmas. Started the build this weekend but I reckon it is going to be a bi…
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Glue removal.
I think that depending how big it all is you can put some gel nail varnish remover (gel type contains acetone) on a cotton pad. Wrap that and your fossil into …
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Some good glue
I have done a bit more on the Ton 12. I have re-built the cabin roof from 1.5mm grp sheet and painted it. I stupidly managed to snap the wooden one where the w…
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A bit more completed
I have varnished the deck and wheelhouse, made up some of the other superstructures and built the crab cooker. I have ‘borrowed’ a winch from a now worse for w…
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Starting to look like a boat now….
Deck glued in place. Shell of the main superstructures added.
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Re: Graupner Ton 12 Krabbekutter
Thanks Alessandro for your comments. I came late to model boats as I have always been an RC plane builder and flyer for about 35 years, so that was my first pa…
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Re: Graupner Ton 12 Krabbekutter
Hi Wolle. Those pictures are great! Thanks very much. It is all going well so far although I suspect what I have done so far is the easy bit as I have not yet …
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Graupner Ton 12 Krabbekutter
Last year I was given a well-worn but mostly intact Graupner Ton 12 Krabbekutter kit by a neighbour clearing out his parents old home. I have decided to start …
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Re: Ulises Tug (Occre kit) : Aged 66¼ 🙂
Hiya. Looking good! It is reasonably pointy and made sharper with the addition of the keel strip (in your kit this is in three parts, one of which is ‘u’ shape…
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Re: On the water
Hi Isaac… it was one of these. Only took a week to arrive in the UK from China.
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On the water
Managed to get out and test the Occre Ulisis today. I added one of the super cheap plug and play sound modules that Garth mentioned in his blog post a week or …
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