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Crisis
Trump can’t hold pencil in his ear
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📝 Hospital
6 days ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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Sincere sympathies
Wish you a speedy recovery
Been there myself
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Wish you a speedy recovery
Been there myself
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📝 Question of the Day?
6 days ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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RMS Servia os the correct answer, SS Great Britain was made of iron.
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📝 Question of the Day?
12 days ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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Yes, was asked not long ago, I guess it is still the busiest port
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📝 My daughter’s “spy boat.”
19 days ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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Great model!
I remembers kits with those motors, they are a little small. Kits said "motorized", "electric motor included" they were optimistic about performance.
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I remembers kits with those motors, they are a little small. Kits said "motorized", "electric motor included" they were optimistic about performance.
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📝 Question of the Day?
19 days ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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I like today's explanation.
So, that what makes the Great Barrier Reef great.
So, that what makes the Great Barrier Reef great.
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📝 Who's from Los Angeles? There is the Amerigo Vespucci ship.
20 days ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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1499
Vespucci actually had four ships. Their names were San Antiago, Repertaga, Wegiz, and Girmand. Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian merchant, navigator, and explorer from the city of Florence who sailed on behalf of both Spain and Portugal. It was Columbus that named America after him. Columbus found the new world, but it was Vespucci realized it was the new world.
The U.S. also operates a training ship.
Vespucci actually had four ships. Their names were San Antiago, Repertaga, Wegiz, and Girmand. Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian merchant, navigator, and explorer from the city of Florence who sailed on behalf of both Spain and Portugal. It was Columbus that named America after him. Columbus found the new world, but it was Vespucci realized it was the new world.
The U.S. also operates a training ship.
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📝 Question of the Day?
20 days ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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What no tricycle
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Triceratops, how about a Trident?
Could also be Tritanic
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Triceratops, how about a Trident?
Could also be Tritanic
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📝 My daughter’s “spy boat.”
20 days ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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I don’t have a daughter but I understand your feelings
However before you start construction you might show your daughter some other boats for consideration, how about a Fountain or Cigarette, maybe a nice white Chris craft or a Riva
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However before you start construction you might show your daughter some other boats for consideration, how about a Fountain or Cigarette, maybe a nice white Chris craft or a Riva
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📝 Question of the Day?
21 days ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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I wasn't sure because Titanic wasn't mentioned.
I've been on a replica also, yes pretty small. Bet those pilgrims were happy to land and get off that thing.
I've been on a replica also, yes pretty small. Bet those pilgrims were happy to land and get off that thing.
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22 days ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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Beautiful
Thanks for the rainbow
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Thanks for the rainbow
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💬 Re: Jaws
23 days ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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Great stuff, Jaws is still a popular movie
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Great scene
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📝 My daughter’s “spy boat.”
23 days ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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Wow!
Anybody want to make an R/C one of those?
Anybody want to make an R/C one of those?
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📝 Bending small brass tubing
30 days ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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I use lots of K & S brass in my models. To soften the tubing for bending (aneal) I heat it with a small propane torch. The brass "work hardens" after it is bent. You can also purchase soft tubing from K & S which is very easy to bend, so heating is not necessary. If you are going to paint it anyway you can also purchase K & S aluminum tubing which bends easily.
The water monitor on my Coast Guard boat has some "tricky" bends. This is the only picture I have on hand of it. It is kind of a corkscrew.
The water monitor on my Coast Guard boat has some "tricky" bends. This is the only picture I have on hand of it. It is kind of a corkscrew.
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1 month ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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Nice job on the cat, looks very natural
I didn’t paint that bird, she came like that.
This is the state fish of Hawaii, the name is much bigger than the fish it’s a
humuhumunukunukuapuaa
I didn’t paint that bird, she came like that.
This is the state fish of Hawaii, the name is much bigger than the fish it’s a
humuhumunukunukuapuaa
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1 month ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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We have the same problem around my house Jumpugly. OOh, I see a a big dog in the woods, oops, it's a bear.
These nice birds show up often at my bird feeder, it's a flicker. This one is the female, the male (of course) is much better looking.
These nice birds show up often at my bird feeder, it's a flicker. This one is the female, the male (of course) is much better looking.
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📝 Back at it again
1 month ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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Beautiful boats, great pond
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📝 Question of the Day?
1 month ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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.........more by Edward Lear
I like it
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
BY EDWARD LEAR
I
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!"
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Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?"
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-Tree grows
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.
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"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
I like it
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
BY EDWARD LEAR
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The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!"
II
Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?"
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-Tree grows
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.
III
"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
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1 month ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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1 month ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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Yes. AI is poor linguist, not too good at many things.
If they wanted the answer in Spanish they should have asked the question in Spanish, or asked “what is the Spanish name of the body of water….” Or at least “ what do Cubans and Mexicans call the body of water”.
Next day question could be “what do Cubans and Mexicans call the Irish Sea” ,maybe the Irish Canal?
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If they wanted the answer in Spanish they should have asked the question in Spanish, or asked “what is the Spanish name of the body of water….” Or at least “ what do Cubans and Mexicans call the body of water”.
Next day question could be “what do Cubans and Mexicans call the Irish Sea” ,maybe the Irish Canal?
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📝 Question of the Day?
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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AI got it wrong.
It's the Yucatan Channel, not canal.
It's the Yucatan Channel, not canal.
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📝 Modello RC scala 1/60, di piroscafo armato a goletta, liberamente ispirato alle cannoniere classe US
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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Looks great!
Beautiful craftsmanship and remarkable patience.
Its's really coming together now are there any more major parts to be built? Are you getting near completion?
When will hit the high seas?
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Beautiful craftsmanship and remarkable patience.
Its's really coming together now are there any more major parts to be built? Are you getting near completion?
When will hit the high seas?
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📝 Question of the Day?
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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I agree strongly
What a question.
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What a question.
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📝 Kyosho RC Boats ....
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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Beautiful
Worth restoring and keeping for sure!
Worth restoring and keeping for sure!
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📝 Recovering from cataract surgery
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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I also had lens replacement some years ago. It was pretty easy procedure. Suddenly the whole world looked brighter. I looked around and said, “wow we need to paint this place.” I still need reading glasses, after the operation I just wore “drug store readers” till everything settled down fans I got prescription glasses.
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📝 Easily sand perfect circles
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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I am still recovering from foot surgery and not supposed to walk too much.
Here I am demonstrating my combination belt/disk sander to make a perfect circle. Of course you can make half or partial circles with he same fixture. You can also tilt the table to a nice circle with a chamfered edge
I use this arrangement for many of my smaller bench power tools. It is a tray with handles on either side. The bottom extends out beyond the sides the device can easily be clamped to the bench. This is relatively small inexpensive piece of kit that is handy for many sanding jobs.
To use this fixture drill an 1/8" hole in the center and just spin until you get the diameter you need.
Need more than one piece? It's easy, stick together several pieces with double face tape and sand. Separate and you have as many as you need. Like to have it in say, brass? Same deal, stick brass to wood with double face tape proceed as before.
Here I am demonstrating my combination belt/disk sander to make a perfect circle. Of course you can make half or partial circles with he same fixture. You can also tilt the table to a nice circle with a chamfered edge
I use this arrangement for many of my smaller bench power tools. It is a tray with handles on either side. The bottom extends out beyond the sides the device can easily be clamped to the bench. This is relatively small inexpensive piece of kit that is handy for many sanding jobs.
To use this fixture drill an 1/8" hole in the center and just spin until you get the diameter you need.
Need more than one piece? It's easy, stick together several pieces with double face tape and sand. Separate and you have as many as you need. Like to have it in say, brass? Same deal, stick brass to wood with double face tape proceed as before.
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📝 ESCs
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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Take heart, frustrated is the normal state for most model boat enthusiasts.
Also, it is a common thing for the boat to work perfectly at home on the table and fail as soon as it beyond reach in the pond.
If you don't own one, now might be a good time to invest in an electrical multitester. You don't need anything fancy. They are available on eBay inexpensively and have many uses beyond R/C boats.
Also, it is a common thing for the boat to work perfectly at home on the table and fail as soon as it beyond reach in the pond.
If you don't own one, now might be a good time to invest in an electrical multitester. You don't need anything fancy. They are available on eBay inexpensively and have many uses beyond R/C boats.
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💬 Re: Watercat M12 (Jurmo Class) landing craft
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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Beautiful boat but,
driver is distracted with cell phone and computer
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📝 Sterling Lumba-Lumba
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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Yes, Good idea, definitely needs some railings on upper deck. When I build a model I don’t always adhere to the plans. I make whatever changes I like to please me.
Remember I said I remember building the Lumba Lumba many, many, many, many years ago ago.I looked around and still have the motor that was in it. Anybody remember these motors from Pitman? Ancient history
Remember I said I remember building the Lumba Lumba many, many, many, many years ago ago.I looked around and still have the motor that was in it. Anybody remember these motors from Pitman? Ancient history
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📝 Cutting Wood Into Consistant Thin Strip
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Commodore-H ( Lieutenant)
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I’ve meaning to post this for a long time. I know many people prefer kits but I like to build the whole thing from scratch. Often I need to cut wood into consistent long thin strips, like for planking I do this with either table saw or bandsaw, this technique works for both. I am using a full size table saw but it will as well for a smaller saw.
Using the rip fence in the traditional way doesn’t work too well. It difficult to run thin strips and dangerous.
This simple jig makes it safe and easy, you are actually using the “off cut” Simply cut a piece of wood to an accurate known dimension. Add a small support piece to one end and you are good to go. Set the rip fence to known dimension plus the size of strip you want. In the video I am cutting 1/8 inch thick strips.
Using the rip fence in the traditional way doesn’t work too well. It difficult to run thin strips and dangerous.
This simple jig makes it safe and easy, you are actually using the “off cut” Simply cut a piece of wood to an accurate known dimension. Add a small support piece to one end and you are good to go. Set the rip fence to known dimension plus the size of strip you want. In the video I am cutting 1/8 inch thick strips.
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