ChrisF
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Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Member since Sep 2016
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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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4 boatsNon-Classic Fairey Builds
These come from the era of classic boats, including the 1960s and 70s and were timber hulled. The Fisherman…
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…
Fairey Huntresses
I mainly scratch build my own models but when Dave Milbourn offered me one of the prototypes he'd built for…
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.…
ChrisF’s build blogs
5 blogsWhilst I've got plenty on with my Fairey builds and the unstarted outboard and water-jet projects I can't help but think about future bui…
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 …
This build is around the same percentage complete as my Swordsman - the hull is further forward with the bottom and sides being painted b…
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…
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…