AndyB2 🇬🇧 Basic
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class · 586 pts
Preston, United Kingdom
Member since Dec 2023
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“Sailing at Fleetwood - Building Katie”
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3 blogsSwallow - the most famous dinghy?
This is a kit from Clyde Model Dockyard of Swallow - from the stories of Swallows and Amazon https://www.clydemodeldockyard.com/shop/p/cl…
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Hansjolle
The Hansa dinghy was introduced in 1947 by Henry Rasmussen and a kit is available from German manufacturers Aeronaut, the hull is 940mm l…
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Thames Barge - Veronica
This is a well know model. I think there used to be an active group of TB modellers, this seems to have been maintained through a Faceboo…
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Re: build blog
@neilw Thanks - that should be a good read, looks like you have made a very detailed model, the rope around the gunwales is a good feature - I'll share the des…
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Re: Lugger Festival 2026
Looks a great event Certainly worth a visit in the future, assuming it keeps running
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Benches and Lockers
Used a card template to make some sides to the benches out of thin ply - to make lockers to house the batteries and receiver. Theses should be glued in place a…
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Re: build blog
@Nickthesteam The parts come out really easy. Held in by very small tabs. Nothing got broken.
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Re: build blog
@Willem your model looks great - well done - the video of the rowing action is particularly impressive - not easy to achieve The original Swallow was a sailing…
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Re: build blog
@Northernflotsam Definitely sailing - I've added a few notes in a previous post about how hopefully this will work
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Planking Complete
The planking is complete - used "superglue" but didn't rush and did it over a couple of days. Some observations : You can never have enough clamps - a variety …
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Re: build blog
@TonyAsh Hi - I have given it some thought and have a plan ! - which includes a detachable keel to add some weight low down. The long keel is a piece of 1/4 by…
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Swallow - the most famous dinghy?
This is a kit from Clyde Model Dockyard of Swallow - from the stories of Swallows and Amazon https://www.clydemodeldockyard.com/shop/p/clinker-boat-model-kit I…
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Sailing at Fleetwood
Link to YouTube video - the first sail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AENF9UBeGWY
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