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📝 Submarines
4 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth (
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I have a hull of HMS Thetis at 1:48 scale. However it has stalled in its construction, mainly due to not being able to get a water-tight compartment made and trying to make the forward planes fold. Like most of my models, I’ve moved on to other projects!
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📝 Question of the Day?
5 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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If they want to compensate surely it should be shorter as in B? No, AI is wrong.
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📝 Question of the Day?
5 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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This required an educated guess which in my case was correct. Yes, they are getting more obscure.
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📝 Games Chest Vanished
5 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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I use an iPad. Question of the Day has vanished from my iPad. It has as much relevance to model boats as the questions. Plainly it is still there because people are commenting on it.
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📝 Games Chest Vanished
5 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi,
As part of my morning routine I open this site and go to Games Chest to find Question of the Day. Today I go and it’s empty, no QofD. What’s happening?
Best wishes
Edward
As part of my morning routine I open this site and go to Games Chest to find Question of the Day. Today I go and it’s empty, no QofD. What’s happening?
Best wishes
Edward
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📝 Question of the Day?
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi Doug,
I just think that there should be some relationship to model boats rather than obscure (and inaccurate) historical facts. And duplications but they have already been commented on.
Having said that I continue to enjoy this site!
Best wishes
Edward
I just think that there should be some relationship to model boats rather than obscure (and inaccurate) historical facts. And duplications but they have already been commented on.
Having said that I continue to enjoy this site!
Best wishes
Edward
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📝 Question of the Day?
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Are these model boating questions???
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📝 Question of the Day?
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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This is crazy. No British submarines were scuttled near Java as far as I can ascertain. I’m stopping doing this game.
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📝 Question of the Day?
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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It could have been C or D as really they are the same thing. I chose C and was lucky.
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📝 Question of the Day?
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Triton was not commissioned until 27 September 1959. I don’t know how she could have gone through the strait in February.
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📝 Prop shaft lubricant
9 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Many of you seem to be using marine grease, at least according to the responses. How do you apply it?
I use an oiling tube fixed to the prop shaft casing but to get grease down could be problematical. Presumably you have to remove the prop shaft and inject it, or am I missing something?
I use an oiling tube fixed to the prop shaft casing but to get grease down could be problematical. Presumably you have to remove the prop shaft and inject it, or am I missing something?
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📝 Prop shaft lubricant
9 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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How do you tell whether fibres are in it? What sort of fibres are they?
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📝 Question of the Day?
10 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi Cash,
Sorry about that. I’ve tried the menu button and it works! Thank you for your help.
I wonder why the layout changed?
Edward
Sorry about that. I’ve tried the menu button and it works! Thank you for your help.
I wonder why the layout changed?
Edward
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📝 Question of the Day?
10 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi Cash,
Thank you for that. I have tried rotating my iPad but it doesn’t do anything to my display.
Edward
Thank you for that. I have tried rotating my iPad but it doesn’t do anything to my display.
Edward
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📝 Question of the Day?
10 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi Garth,
As I said, I use an iPad. There are no option on the left.
Thank you for trying.
As I said, I use an iPad. There are no option on the left.
Thank you for trying.
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📝 Question of the Day?
10 months ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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I use an iPad to look at these posts. Question of the Day used to appear at the top of the Home page but recently it has vanished. What has happened?
I can get it via some else’s post but it isn’t very convenient. Currently I’m up to 88%!
I can get it via some else’s post but it isn’t very convenient. Currently I’m up to 88%!
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💬 Re: Rigging-Screws
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Try eBay. There are numerous left hand taps and dies.
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💬 Re: my workshop
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Looks interesting. What are the floor dimensions and do you have any plans?
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💬 Re: Bilge & Circulating Pump Outflow.
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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I would have thught that they would be lower so as not necessitate cutting the irons. But hey, what do I know!
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📝 sail control ????
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi,
On the weight of the keel, may I suggest that you place it in a filled bath and add weight to it until it floats to the waterline? Then remove the weight and weigh them. I take a small amount of the resultant weight to allow for trimming.
I hope this makes sense.
Best of luck
Edward
On the weight of the keel, may I suggest that you place it in a filled bath and add weight to it until it floats to the waterline? Then remove the weight and weigh them. I take a small amount of the resultant weight to allow for trimming.
I hope this makes sense.
Best of luck
Edward
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📝 Servo issues etc
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi Dave
I've stripped the main sail servos out and I've mislead you all. The arm servo is HiTec HS-765HB and the main sail is a Futaba S5801.
Cheers
Edward
I've stripped the main sail servos out and I've mislead you all. The arm servo is HiTec HS-765HB and the main sail is a Futaba S5801.
Cheers
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📝 Servo issues etc
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi Stephen
I've just measured the model; its 4 foot long pus 15.5 inch bowsprit. It has a 14 inch beam and the draft is about 6 inches plis 4 inches for the bulb keel (detachable)
Cheers
Edward
I've just measured the model; its 4 foot long pus 15.5 inch bowsprit. It has a 14 inch beam and the draft is about 6 inches plis 4 inches for the bulb keel (detachable)
Cheers
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📝 Servo issues etc
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi Dave
I'll try and answer your questions.
Ch1 Jib (arm) & Foresail (drum)via Y adapter
Ch 2 Speed controller; Mtronics Viper Marine 15
Ch 3 Main Sail - Drum
Ch 4 rudder - normal high power servo.
The battery splits via a Y lead to the Mtronics and a bus bar that serves the two drum winches.
All servos are Futaba. I am not aware that Futaba make different drum winches and I've thrown away the boxes. I would have bought the strongest they do at the time.
The tests done so far have been under a No Load state so the current draw should be minimal.
Does this help?
Edward
I'll try and answer your questions.
Ch1 Jib (arm) & Foresail (drum)via Y adapter
Ch 2 Speed controller; Mtronics Viper Marine 15
Ch 3 Main Sail - Drum
Ch 4 rudder - normal high power servo.
The battery splits via a Y lead to the Mtronics and a bus bar that serves the two drum winches.
All servos are Futaba. I am not aware that Futaba make different drum winches and I've thrown away the boxes. I would have bought the strongest they do at the time.
The tests done so far have been under a No Load state so the current draw should be minimal.
Does this help?
Edward
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📝 Servo issues etc
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi Stephen,
The model is about 4 feet long, plus a bow sprit. It has a beam of about 12 inches. The ballast is about 12Kg. Sorry about the range of units - put it down to my age!
Yes, it is an auxiliary motor; a monoperm special if I remember correctly. The speed controller is a Milltronics. I can do some pictures but not now; its bed time here!
The Servomorph P96 is currently unavailable and I'm waiting to hear from Components Shop when they hop to have them.
Edward
The model is about 4 feet long, plus a bow sprit. It has a beam of about 12 inches. The ballast is about 12Kg. Sorry about the range of units - put it down to my age!
Yes, it is an auxiliary motor; a monoperm special if I remember correctly. The speed controller is a Milltronics. I can do some pictures but not now; its bed time here!
The Servomorph P96 is currently unavailable and I'm waiting to hear from Components Shop when they hop to have them.
Edward
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📝 Servo issues etc
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Thanks Garry, I'll give it a try. Will they work with the speed controller too? Edward
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📝 Servo issues etc
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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I am building a twice scale Cariad Bristol Pilot Cutter. I have a Futaba servos for the rudder, main sail (drum), Jib (arm servo) and fore sail (Drum), a Miltronics speed controller and BEC. The Receiver is a FrSky while the Transmitter is a Futaba 6EX-2.4GHz. I have been told that the Transmitter will not work with a FrSky receiver, but it has binded together fine and works on the bench.
The problem I have is the throw of the servos is not sufficient and the speed controller is either on or off and will not go in reverse. There is no graduation of speed.
Last time I used R/C was in the early 1980s and that was with 27MHz. I am currently at a loss how I could improve the servos and any advice would be gratefully received.
The boat is almost ready to go into the water but I need the servos to work correctly.
The problem I have is the throw of the servos is not sufficient and the speed controller is either on or off and will not go in reverse. There is no graduation of speed.
Last time I used R/C was in the early 1980s and that was with 27MHz. I am currently at a loss how I could improve the servos and any advice would be gratefully received.
The boat is almost ready to go into the water but I need the servos to work correctly.
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💬 Re: Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
5 years ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi,
I know that steam locos have a bypass valve on the water feed pipework to allow the partial return of the feedwater. Would one help with your system?
I'm enjoying your blog!
Keep it up
Edward
I know that steam locos have a bypass valve on the water feed pipework to allow the partial return of the feedwater. Would one help with your system?
I'm enjoying your blog!
Keep it up
Edward
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📝 HMS Dido
6 years ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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HMS Dido did indeed start off life with two twin forward turrets but was soon fitted out with three.
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📝 HMS Dido
6 years ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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White Ensign do a 1/700 kit. This could be a bit fiddly but the cost would be relatively modest. Deans Marine used to do a 1/96 semi kit and Fleetscale Marine do a 1/128 semi kit too. Personally, I like the Fleetscale one.
The main difference in HMS Dido to the other ships is the cross-bracing on the foremast and degaussing wires around the hull being exposed. The armorment changed over time too so select the right date!
Good luck with the build and let us know how you are progressing!
The main difference in HMS Dido to the other ships is the cross-bracing on the foremast and degaussing wires around the hull being exposed. The armorment changed over time too so select the right date!
Good luck with the build and let us know how you are progressing!
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📝 Casting a lead bulb keel
6 years ago by 🇬🇧 cenbeth ( Warrant Officer)
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Useful information. I'm not sure where I'd get these powders from though. When I designed the plugs I avoided undercuts and had no need to use the mould more than once but if anybody did need to your advice seems more than sound.
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