cheddarman
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Petty Officer 2nd Class · 191 pts
Culmstock, Devon, United Kingdom
Member since Aug 2024
Last online 2 months ago
Age 88
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Ex Submariner and engineer in the ME Oil industry. Now retired but am volunteer with Ambulance Service as a First Responder.
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2 blogsMM337 Thorneycroft MTB Model Boat Plan
Has anybody built this recently? Just got the plans so any advice/help will be much appreciated. At 86 it's years since I built a model!!
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Has anybody come up with a reliable method of stopping the plastic cap from gluing itself to the glue bottle? Bought two largish bottles …
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Sea (canal) trials of MTB MkIIFinished the MTB MkII and here she is!
Video♥ 9 likesBuilding from plansMark II ready for sea trials, only problem there isn't a lake anywhere near here!!
♥ 2 likes550 viewsRe: PaintingManaged to get the hull paint sorted so is it now a good idea to give the whole thing a coat of some kind of varnish??
♥ 2 likes255 viewsRe: PaintingI have bought some Bartoline TX10 Paint stripper to get back to raw wood. Hope I'll be able to re paint once dried out!!♥ 1 like357 viewsPaintingJust about finished build and come to hull painting. I must have done something wrong here. I stupidly painted the raw wood with a Tamya spray. It looked all right but when I added a second, and third and four…
♥ 9 likes412 viewsBuilding from plansJust about finished cutting out all the bits so thinking ahead. Where the 1/8" 1/4" Spruce Gunwale and Stringers come around the bow, it's quite a sharp turn so will need to "bend" the wood to prevent snapping…♥ 2 likes796 viewsBuilding from plansSome of the pieces are 30"+ long and to accurately transfer them using carbon paper there's lots of room for error me thinks. Bought some wallpaper paste so will photocopy and glue onto the ply. Thanks everybo…♥ 2 likes451 viewsBuilding from plansApart from price, what's the difference between Lite Ply and say Beech ply. Can I use the Lite Ply for the bulkheads etc? Save a heap of money!!♥ 2 likes396 viewsBuilding from plansSo once you've got the plan on the plywood, should you cut nearly up to the lines and then sand the edges, leaving the line intact or should you cut on the line? I guess as long as you do the same on every cut…♥ 2 likes399 viewsBuilding from plansMany thanks guys. I think photo copy is the best way to go although years ago when I did this on a biplane I ended up with two different length wings!!! I think todays printers/copiers are better now so I'll d…♥ 2 likes392 views
Video♥ 9 likesBuilding from plansMark II ready for sea trials, only problem there isn't a lake anywhere near here!!♥ 2 likes550 viewsRe: PaintingManaged to get the hull paint sorted so is it now a good idea to give the whole thing a coat of some kind of varnish??♥ 2 likes255 viewsRe: PaintingI have bought some Bartoline TX10 Paint stripper to get back to raw wood. Hope I'll be able to re paint once dried out!!♥ 1 like357 viewsPaintingJust about finished build and come to hull painting. I must have done something wrong here. I stupidly painted the raw wood with a Tamya spray. It looked all right but when I added a second, and third and four…♥ 9 likes412 viewsBuilding from plansJust about finished cutting out all the bits so thinking ahead. Where the 1/8" 1/4" Spruce Gunwale and Stringers come around the bow, it's quite a sharp turn so will need to "bend" the wood to prevent snapping…♥ 2 likes796 viewsBuilding from plansSome of the pieces are 30"+ long and to accurately transfer them using carbon paper there's lots of room for error me thinks. Bought some wallpaper paste so will photocopy and glue onto the ply. Thanks everybo…♥ 2 likes451 viewsBuilding from plansApart from price, what's the difference between Lite Ply and say Beech ply. Can I use the Lite Ply for the bulkheads etc? Save a heap of money!!♥ 2 likes396 viewsBuilding from plansSo once you've got the plan on the plywood, should you cut nearly up to the lines and then sand the edges, leaving the line intact or should you cut on the line? I guess as long as you do the same on every cut…♥ 2 likes399 viewsBuilding from plansMany thanks guys. I think photo copy is the best way to go although years ago when I did this on a biplane I ended up with two different length wings!!! I think todays printers/copiers are better now so I'll d…♥ 2 likes392 views