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ChrisF Bronze

Admiral · 8,669 pts Warwickshire, Warwickshire, United Kingdom Member since Sep 2016 Last online 4 hours ago

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Scratch building 7 Faireys at a scale of 1:12 and also have 2 built by Dave Milbourn

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My RTR/ARTR Plastic Power Boats

I bought the Club 500 first, ready assembled, off a fellow club member so that I could get used to operatin…

3 6 19 days ago

Non-Classic Fairey Builds

These come from the era of classic boats, including the 1960s and 70s and were timber hulled. The Fisherman…

4 13 10 months ago

Other Classic Fairey Builds

In addition to the Huntress I'm building all the other classic Faireys at the same scale of 1:12. None of t…

6 12 10 months ago

Fairey Huntresses

I mainly scratch build my own models but when Dave Milbourn offered me one of the prototypes he'd built for…

10 10 10 months ago

My ARTR Plastic Yachts

I bought the HydroPro Affinity not long after I started the hobby to learn to sail and do some club racing.…

8 4 12 months ago

ChrisF’s build blogs

7 blogs

Fairey Huntsman 31

This build is around the same percentage complete as my Swordsman - the hull is further forward with the bottom and sides being painted b…

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1 day ago

Fairey Swordsman 33

The hull sides have been painted white and will now be left for a week or more for the paint to harden. Reason I leave it that long is I …

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2 days ago

Solent Spear

A discussion has started on another thread (Bobs,* A Super Rapier*) and this is going to continue so thought it best to start one of its …

8 2 1

5 days ago

Fairey Fisherman 27

Made the bilge keels from two laminations of mahogany sheet to get the correct thickness and then glued them in place. Once this was done…

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8 days ago

Fairey Huntsman 28

In my quest to get all my Faireys to something like completion I have dusted off this model. The Huntsman 28, whilst well known in full-s…

10 4 1

27 days ago

Swordsman Marine Swordsman 37

Having virtually finished the drawings for a future build, the Bruce Campbell Christina 25, and enjoying a bit of drawing associated with…

13 4 4

2 months ago

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Forum reply4 hours agoRe: Calling Electrical/Electronic Experts@AlessandroSPQR I wish it was me taking the notes! To be honest I've dug myself into a bit of a hole with this one! The Swordsman was I think the second model I started to build some years ago and whilst I'd l…♥ 5 likes Build blog comment8 hours agoRe: build blogI know that years ago they didn't have the benefit of the resins and cloth that we do know but I use them on all my builds. Not essential on ply skins but I often use balsa blocks at the bows and at the stern …♥ 3 likes Forum reply9 hours agoRe: Boats I've spotted on the Rhine River@DWBrinkman Sounds as though you had an interesting trip, some blue sky as well. Pity most of the river travel was in the dark but that's the trouble at this time of year over this way, less daylight hours. Va…♥ 8 likes Harbour comment11 hours agoRe: Aerokits Sea Nymph.@zooma That's another good option and a bit smaller at 16" which is virtually the same size as my Faun. I'd build another Faun but plank on frame isn't the quickest and easiest build. Finding suitable outboard…♥ 1 like Harbour comment13 hours agoRe: Aerokits Sea Nymph.@zooma I still want to do something with the small, limited power outboards that I bought for the Faun before I decided to go inboard and that could be a contender. But I wouldn't want to modify a nice kit lik…♥ 1 like Harbour comment15 hours agoRe: Sprite Plus@zooma Oh yes, I'd forgotten about the ball jointed connectors and have used them myself! I have thought about using a servo on it's side before but the swing of the arm meant that I didn't really gain anythin…Harbour comment16 hours agoRe: Aerokits Sea Nymph.@zooma That timber does look good!Harbour comment19 hours agoRe: Sprite Plus@zooma Something I've always thought about with mounting a servo on its side is the arc that the arm makes. How do you deal with that at the rudder arm to allow for the vertical movement?Build blog comment1 day agoRe: build blog@chugalone100 Thanks Julian. No, you haven't missed anything as I didn't log my builds from the start on here. I'll put some info. together for posting. Chris Forum reply1 day agoRe: Calling Electrical/Electronic ExpertsHi David, thanks for the thoughts and observations. Mentioning the cooling, or lack thereof, limiting the performance made me think that the max.capacity of 4S also means that the ESC is operating near it's up…♥ 5 likes

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