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💬 Re: Fairey Fisherman 27
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It does act as a finger guard to some extent but I think its main job is to help with holding the ply/timber down.
The saw came with a clear plastic box like guard, but that was taken off straightaway! It would make it impossible to cut out very small parts and obscures your view, expecially once covered in saw dust. That I think is for eye protection but I always wear eye protection glasses.
Otherwise I'm with your wife and son!
The saw came with a clear plastic box like guard, but that was taken off straightaway! It would make it impossible to cut out very small parts and obscures your view, expecially once covered in saw dust. That I think is for eye protection but I always wear eye protection glasses.
Otherwise I'm with your wife and son!
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💬 Re: LESRO SPRITE
2 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Looking good Nick. It should go well on a bigger stretch of water.
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📝 Fairey Fisherman 27
3 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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The roof for the forward cabin has been made from bass strip. It is removable and will remain so but it will fixed in place by virtue of the mast being mounted on it. Next job will be fitting the sub-mast that runs between the keel and the underside of the roof.
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💬 Re: Non-Classic Fairey Builds
4 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Yes, you are right Bob, they wouldn't look that much different on the water. But once I've made more progress on existing and planned builds I quite fancy building a little Christina.
The Huntress hull is fairly quick and simple to build using the upside down, building off the deck technique so it's one to consider.
The Huntress hull is fairly quick and simple to build using the upside down, building off the deck technique so it's one to consider.
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📝 Antique compass for a ship from the second half of the 18th century.
4 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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It's nice as well if you can make something out of the same materials as the real item, especially if timber and brass.
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💬 Re: Non-Classic Fairey Builds
4 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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No, I hadn't seen them. They are produced by Campbell Boats, an American company with I think no link with Bruce Campbell of Christina fame.
I do quite like the look of some of the Bruce Campbell Christina's 23/25s using the Huntress hull. The link with Fairey, Dell Quay and Campbell are the Ray Hunt designed deep vee hulls with many of them being produced by Fairey for Dell Quay and Campbell along with their own models.
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I do quite like the look of some of the Bruce Campbell Christina's 23/25s using the Huntress hull. The link with Fairey, Dell Quay and Campbell are the Ray Hunt designed deep vee hulls with many of them being produced by Fairey for Dell Quay and Campbell along with their own models.
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💬 Re: Fairey Fisherman 27
4 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Thanks both.
It's been very satisfying building a couple of plank on frame models. The hulls are very tactile! They can take a long time though, particularly this one being double planked.
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It's been very satisfying building a couple of plank on frame models. The hulls are very tactile! They can take a long time though, particularly this one being double planked.
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📝 Fairey Fisherman 27
4 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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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 I was able to return to the superstructure. Drilled the holes for the portholes and then glued the cabin sides in position.
Made the forward cabin front window and glued in followed by that for the rear cabin. Bolted and screwed the upper support for the drop keel whilst I still had easy access.
Really starting to take shape now but still a long way to go!
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Made the forward cabin front window and glued in followed by that for the rear cabin. Bolted and screwed the upper support for the drop keel whilst I still had easy access.
Really starting to take shape now but still a long way to go!
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💬 Re: Fairey Huntresses
7 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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I bet that was fun Boatshed. We had a few days on and near the Broads a couple of years ago.
Yes, it will certainly go a lot better with a brushless motor and a Lipo. Do you need the template for the windscreen?
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Yes, it will certainly go a lot better with a brushless motor and a Lipo. Do you need the template for the windscreen?
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💬 Re: Classic Model Power Boats
7 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Or Spearfish! 😁
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📝 Future Fairey Projects
7 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Keith - Go into your account and part way down there is a box to close your account. Before you do that it would be good if you can remove your post from this thread - Click Edit on the right of your post and then on the top left there is a waste basket which removes your post. I will then remove mine.
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💬 Re: Classic Model Power Boats
7 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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I'm quite restrained really. 😁 I have three Huntresses but only one each of the other Faireys! But I suppose having a total of nine Faireys does mean I have a bit of a problem! 🤔 😂
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💬 Re: Other Classic Fairey Builds
7 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Hi Sam, to add to what Bob has said, SLEC do a kit of the Huntsman 31 based on the bigger Precedent kit but at 47" is that too big? Sarik Hobbies do drawings and a short kit for a 24" model but I guess that will be too small?
If you can scratch build there are always the old drawings for a 31" model. If you search Sarik for Huntsman 31 it will throw up these drawings and the short kit I mentioned above.
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If you can scratch build there are always the old drawings for a 31" model. If you search Sarik for Huntsman 31 it will throw up these drawings and the short kit I mentioned above.
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💬 Re: Fairey Huntresses
7 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Thanks for your comments Boatshed. Being a small model and space fairly tight I decided to position the steering servo well forward so that the battery could be installed towards the stern. As you can see I used aircraft snakes which meant that the outer sleeve could be gripped by the bellows to make things watertight as the holes for the steering in the transom are fairly low down - no water came in at all during the tests.
The outer sleeve was supported in places along it's length and support brackets are bolted in place in case it ever needs to come out.
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The outer sleeve was supported in places along it's length and support brackets are bolted in place in case it ever needs to come out.
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💬 Re: Fairey Huntresses
8 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Yeah, I was thinking that the larger one would suit your use better. Our lake is quite small with buoys that have magnetic properties! ☹️
The smaller Huntress is fine there and handles well too for a small model.
The smaller Huntress is fine there and handles well too for a small model.
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💬 Re: Other Classic Fairey Builds
9 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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roycv - yes, you are right, it's only the Huntress that was single prop. Some folks have fitted twin motors in the Huntsman and Swordsman but as the drawings and kits were all single motors most have been built that way.
In some ways I wish I'd made my Swordsman twin prop but it was one of my early builds started and I wanted to keep things simple.
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In some ways I wish I'd made my Swordsman twin prop but it was one of my early builds started and I wanted to keep things simple.
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💬 Re: Non-Classic Fairey Builds
9 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Fisherman 27 - This is a motor sailer and was prompted by wanting to build something with sails. The build is only in the early stages at the moment but I'm really enjoying it.
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💬 Re: Non-Classic Fairey Builds
9 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Faun 16 - This was a small river and lake cruiser and used the hull from the Falcon sailing dinghy. Fairey produced them for use with an outboard motor but some owners converted them to inboard and it was a nice example of one of those that inspired my build.
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💬 Re: Non-Classic Fairey Builds
9 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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River Cruiser - As said, this was based on the Huntress hull so was the same length at 23 feet. The freeboard was increased to give more space inside the boat for cruising.
Only the prototype was built which then disappeared.
Only the prototype was built which then disappeared.
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📝 Non-Classic Fairey Builds
9 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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These come from the era of classic boats, including the 1960s and 70s and were timber hulled. The Fisherman 27 could be called a classic as it was a popular boat but I'm talking here in the context of models. I don't know of any of these being built and there certainly weren't any drawings or kits produced unlike with the classics like the Huntsman 31 etc.
These builds were borne out of my desire to build something different but still Faireys and were inspired by photographs found in books, which in the case of the River Cruiser, a small B&W photograph being my only source of information though with the hull being based on the Huntress made things easier.
These builds were borne out of my desire to build something different but still Faireys and were inspired by photographs found in books, which in the case of the River Cruiser, a small B&W photograph being my only source of information though with the hull being based on the Huntress made things easier.
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💬 Re: Other Classic Fairey Builds
10 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Huntsman 31 Aft Cabin - as mentioned above this build started as a Sport, which I think is a lovely looking boat, but finished up as the more usual aft cabin variant.
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💬 Re: Other Classic Fairey Builds
10 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Swordsman 33 - a kit was originally available for this model and drawings from Philip Connolly both for the aft cabin version with the lower roof level with the deck. I preferred the look of the higher roof version where the roof sits just below the level of the coamings exemplified by the lovely looking full-sized boat called Tireur which was my inspiration.
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10 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Huntsman 28 - as well as building to a smaller scale than the Veron kit that was available I modified the design so that the whole superstructure was removable but was still able to maintain the thin coamings.
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📝 Other Classic Fairey Builds
10 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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In addition to the Huntress I'm building all the other classic Faireys at the same scale of 1:12. None of them are finished yet! 😁
The first of these was the Huntsman 28, followed by the Swordsman 33 (raised aft cabin version) and the Huntsman 31 aft cabin version - this started off as the full rear cockpit version called the Sport which was primarily intended for off-shore powerboat racing, but as I'd sold off my big 47" aft cabin version and my number of rear cockpit versions was increasing I decided to convert it to the aft cabin version mid-build.
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The first of these was the Huntsman 28, followed by the Swordsman 33 (raised aft cabin version) and the Huntsman 31 aft cabin version - this started off as the full rear cockpit version called the Sport which was primarily intended for off-shore powerboat racing, but as I'd sold off my big 47" aft cabin version and my number of rear cockpit versions was increasing I decided to convert it to the aft cabin version mid-build.
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💬 Re: Fairey Huntresses
10 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Hi Boatshed.
I'd be very interested in buying one of your Huntsman 31 hulls if you do decide to sell.
As regards my Huntress with stern-drive it is 23" long with the stern-drive adding another couple of inches. With the Huntress being quite a small model I struggled to find a scale looking stern-drive but eventually found a supplier in Germany. Unfortunately they are no longer available so I won't run it too often.
I've still got to finish it but it has undertaken lake trials where it performed very well on 3S. Handles nicely and planes easily. Don't have any video at the moment as I was on my own and it was difficult enough getting photographs!
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I'd be very interested in buying one of your Huntsman 31 hulls if you do decide to sell.
As regards my Huntress with stern-drive it is 23" long with the stern-drive adding another couple of inches. With the Huntress being quite a small model I struggled to find a scale looking stern-drive but eventually found a supplier in Germany. Unfortunately they are no longer available so I won't run it too often.
I've still got to finish it but it has undertaken lake trials where it performed very well on 3S. Handles nicely and planes easily. Don't have any video at the moment as I was on my own and it was difficult enough getting photographs!
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10 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Yes, I agree, that is the one to build and it will be different to the limited kits as well. Only two windows!
The length will be 37 feet excluding the swim platform as that is the length of the Fairey Dagger from which the hull came from. The platform tends to be included when it is more substantial and moulded as part of the hull.
Downside to building a model of a full-sized plastic/fibreglass boat is getting a good paint finish. Spraying would be the way to go.
The length will be 37 feet excluding the swim platform as that is the length of the Fairey Dagger from which the hull came from. The platform tends to be included when it is more substantial and moulded as part of the hull.
Downside to building a model of a full-sized plastic/fibreglass boat is getting a good paint finish. Spraying would be the way to go.
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📝 Future Fairey Projects
10 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Bob, doh, guess which version of the Swordsman 37 I showed a picture of in my first post!
A full cockpit version is certainly easier to build, only one roof and less windows! And they do look very nice. I can draw whichever version you fancy.
Will, when I had my Mk. 2 Spearfish kit I did think about building it into something else but thought the hull too big for a 1:12 build and would have been a shame in some ways as it was a mint kit. I think the hull was a bit flimsy as well until braced compared with the fibreglass Huntsman hull which I think will be easier to modify?
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A full cockpit version is certainly easier to build, only one roof and less windows! And they do look very nice. I can draw whichever version you fancy.
Will, when I had my Mk. 2 Spearfish kit I did think about building it into something else but thought the hull too big for a 1:12 build and would have been a shame in some ways as it was a mint kit. I think the hull was a bit flimsy as well until braced compared with the fibreglass Huntsman hull which I think will be easier to modify?
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📝 Future Fairey Projects
10 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Hi Will, yes, I came across the Swordsman 30 again after saying I'd made a decision on the Spearfish! I'd forgotten about it after considering for my water-jet project but then decided to do something non-Fairey, but having looked at it again!! 🤔 😁
Too many options!
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Too many options!
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10 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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Hi Bob, no, I don't like the Super Swordsman as much and it looks too similar to the Huntsman 31, well in profile, for me to really want to build one. I only really mentioned it because I came across the drawing for it.
The Swordsman 37 you've shown is the full cockpit version of the one you want to build - I've not seen any photos of one though, only the aft cabin versions. Only a couple of the 40 footers were built.
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The Swordsman 37 you've shown is the full cockpit version of the one you want to build - I've not seen any photos of one though, only the aft cabin versions. Only a couple of the 40 footers were built.
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📝 Fairey Huntresses
10 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Rear Admiral)
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I mainly scratch build my own models but when Dave Milbourn offered me one of the prototypes he'd built for testing the drawings for his scale 1:12 model it was too good to miss. This then set me on the course to build all my models to the same scale.
This included a Huntress Long Cabin version which features a stern-drive. Whilst wanting to build the classic well known Faireys I like to build some of their less well known ones as well.
Dave sadly passed away but I was then given the opportunity to obtain the second prototype which was even more detailed.
This included a Huntress Long Cabin version which features a stern-drive. Whilst wanting to build the classic well known Faireys I like to build some of their less well known ones as well.
Dave sadly passed away but I was then given the opportunity to obtain the second prototype which was even more detailed.
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