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💬 Re: Two Sea Queens
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 bobs2 (
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Sorry, I am away in my van at the moment and have sent the picture of my Copy Commander from my iPhone as I have no computer with me.
Whenever I submit anything from my iPhone it comes up as being from bobs2, but it is still me (zooma) 😂
Whenever I submit anything from my iPhone it comes up as being from bobs2, but it is still me (zooma) 😂
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💬 Re: Two Sea Queens
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 bobs2 ( Able Seaman)
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Here is my Copy Commander progress so far.
Built with the used cabin sides donated by Will and the rest cut from new wood using an Aerokits kit plan (bought from eBay)as a guide.
Built with the used cabin sides donated by Will and the rest cut from new wood using an Aerokits kit plan (bought from eBay)as a guide.
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💬 Re: Two Sea Queens
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 bobs2 ( Able Seaman)
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I have a Sea Queen and have almost completed building a Copy Commander using a pair of old delaminating Sea Commander cabin sides that Will gave me some time back.
Both are nice models, but the smaller Commander is a much better size for transporting and regular use.
Both are nice models, but the smaller Commander is a much better size for transporting and regular use.
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💬 Re: Lesro "Arrow"
3 months ago by 🇬🇧 bobs2 ( Able Seaman)
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That looks nice 👍
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📝 Brave Borderer
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 bobs2 ( Able Seaman)
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I bought a set of Vosper KD Perkasa Class 1/24 scale drawings some years ago.
Huge amount of detail.
The plan and side elevations are printed on two separate sheets of drawing paper each 33” deep and 73” long.
Huge amount of detail.
The plan and side elevations are printed on two separate sheets of drawing paper each 33” deep and 73” long.
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📝 Die-Cutting...crushing
10 months ago by 🇬🇧 bobs2 ( Able Seaman)
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I have been restoring an original Stirling Chris Craft Corvette over some time now and found the quality of the plywood to be truly awful.
Every plywood part has had to be replaced with new wood.
The kit plywood actually crumbles and/or delaminates and so making templates from the remains of the original parts was not as simple a task as it should be either.
The balsa wood has actually aged better (!).
The shape of the boat is really nice but the quality of kit looks to have been very poor.
This posting has been made by zooma - not the duplicated “clone” account shown above 👎
Every plywood part has had to be replaced with new wood.
The kit plywood actually crumbles and/or delaminates and so making templates from the remains of the original parts was not as simple a task as it should be either.
The balsa wood has actually aged better (!).
The shape of the boat is really nice but the quality of kit looks to have been very poor.
This posting has been made by zooma - not the duplicated “clone” account shown above 👎
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💬 Re: Trim tabs removed
11 months ago by 🇬🇧 bobs2 ( Able Seaman)
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I am spending a lot more time in our caravan recently taking advantage of the unusually good weather that the north west is currently enjoying- this gives me more time on the Southport lake but no time in my workshop (shed) at home!
The trim tabs were secured onto the stern of Rapier1 by a pair of stainless steel cap head bolts on each side, so these remain fitted but with no current function.
Maybe I could find some pictures of some bathing platforms and design something suitable to fit Rapier1 and secure it using these same caphead bolts?
That could look good and be easily removable as I secured the matching stainless nuts inside the transom when I fitted the trim tabs.🤞
Written by zooma not sure how it has been attributed to bobs2 - have I gained a fake second name?
The trim tabs were secured onto the stern of Rapier1 by a pair of stainless steel cap head bolts on each side, so these remain fitted but with no current function.
Maybe I could find some pictures of some bathing platforms and design something suitable to fit Rapier1 and secure it using these same caphead bolts?
That could look good and be easily removable as I secured the matching stainless nuts inside the transom when I fitted the trim tabs.🤞
Written by zooma not sure how it has been attributed to bobs2 - have I gained a fake second name?
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