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    πŸ“ Death of a member.
    3 days ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    Colin
    Sorry to hear the bad news My condolences

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    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    13 days ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    the enterprise dinghy I crewed in had self bailers, the faster you went the quicker the water went outπŸ‘

    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    13 days ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    You can always make a hole in the bottom to let the water out!🀣

    πŸ’¬ Re: PREPARATION FOR HULL
    1 month ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    I have planked the hull but am trying to improve the results by painting, rubbing down, filling and repeating until satisfied. and the lights are controlled by radio and multi switch to separate the running lights from the room lights

    πŸ“ Led bulb / lights
    2 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    just to let you know my latest build (Finnmarken blog) has in excess of 100 lights ( i am experimenting with the wiring) and at present they are in parallel with a resistor on each deck(5 plus running lights) and are working OK. I would not run in series because if 1 fails I would have a major problem finding the faulty light!

    πŸ“ xmas
    3 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    merry xmas to all my readers
    FELIZ NAVIDAD Y PROSPERO NUEVO ANO

    πŸ“ Wordle of the Day?
    4 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    or is it "yes cur"

    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    4 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    My sailing was dinghy racing and I know the button on top of mast is the highest point, the crows nest is just below the button as the person in the crows nest has to hold onto something!

    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    6 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    should be"JOLLY" not merry
    jolly roger

    πŸ“ Wordle of the Day?
    7 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    got a "You Lost and the answer was" the same as my last line

    πŸ“ tug servo control
    7 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    all the receivers (5)I have got are only 6volts, so suggest try again with receivers getting 6volt supply ( I always have wiring problems but am supported by members of this club)

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    πŸ“ Wordle of the Day?
    7 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    Cashrc,
    How about the sailbagπŸ˜” for a dinghy or bag for offshore firefighting equipment?

    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    8 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    I thought it was Robin Nox Johnson and none of those listed

    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    8 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    Cashrc, the day I got married My bride of 1hr turned to me and said "What is yours is ours and what is ours is mine"! After 57 happy years it is still true,
    Len

    πŸ“ Wordle of the Day?
    8 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    Peter it is quality rather than quantity

    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    9 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    if on a dead run the jib is one side mast and mainsail on the other so no chance of one behind the other

    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    9 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    Concordia hit rocks(sailed to close to island) and capsized, but did not catch fire so either your question or answer are wrong

    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    10 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    I thought tack was turning your boat so that the wind was from the other side ( used when I was a crew on an enterprise dinghy)

    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    10 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    surely some subs can have ballistic missiles and others cruise missilesπŸ˜‡

    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    11 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    you can download the manual for windows 11, only 208 pages but it is continually being updated, good luck😜
    I also use apple and am involved with PIRDA where we recycle donated computers into usable ones and give to worthy causes, eg schools

    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    12 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    not for me PeterπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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    πŸ’¬ Re: Function test
    12 months ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    Peter, congratulations a superb model you should be proud of.
    When are we going to swap?

    πŸ“ Very sad news Martin555
    1 year ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    my sympathy goes to Martins family and a sad loss to this club. His knowledge and help to other club members will be sorely missed. He spent a lot of time on Skype helping me sorting some of the problems I had with my models!
    REST IN PEACE MARTIN

    πŸ’¬ Re: Completion
    1 year ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    swap it for mine?πŸ€”

    πŸ“ Different between leds and lgbts for boat
    1 year ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    Dave,
    if I read this correctly, this is what you want. I have a graupner mc 26 and I have a duo switch so that I can switch my LED running lights and 109 LEDs for lighting!
    I enclose the wiring diagram
    Len, bombero

    πŸ’¬ Re: Final assembly part 1 of ?
    1 year ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    Peter,
    Just remembered!. when you do water test make sure hose from keel to pump is connected(or outlet above water level) when I did mine I found I had buggered the pump and was waiting for replacement and forgot about the pipe and when I did my water test I notice it started to get sluggish and on investigation found at least 1/2 inch of water in the hull, I had just tucked the hose in the hull!!!!!!πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
    Len

    πŸ’¬ Re: Final assembly part 1 of ?
    1 year ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    Well done peter, quality puts mine to shame, hope you enjoy it when in water as it has great speed and manoeuvrability. Put some other boats in the water and do a slalom between them(only kidding)!
    Len

    πŸ“ PREPARATION FOR HULL
    1 year ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    After experimenting on where the electrics go, I have decided to put the battery in the front hold And made up an open ended box for it!The rear end contains the ESC, servo for the rudder and a fuse. As there will not any access between the two ends I have inserted two short tubes( see Photos) through the cutouts of the hull framework for the wires so the wiring can easily accessed if there is any problems. the receiver will be in a space on the first floor deck as will the on/off switches. I have checked the system and can operate the propeller and the rudder, I will be putting in a duo switch so will be able to operate the running lights and lighting separately.
    I am now in the process of planking the hull below the side panels(never done this before as previous boats had plastic of fibreglass hulls) and enclose photo’s of first attempt, I carefully built the bow up not only shaped where it fitted but also had to chamfer the cuts to get a close fit, minor errors will be covered before final painting.

    πŸ“ Different between leds and lgbts for boat
    1 year ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    If you want to see led lights look at the photo taken in my garage of my Finnmarken blog (109 lights)😊
    Len


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    πŸ“ Site issues
    1 year ago by πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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    one and one makes two



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