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📝 RTTL Mast
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Again many thanks for your kind words but I am feeling guilty that I hijacked rowy22's thread and I apologise to him or her. Sorry.
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📝 RTTL Mast
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 digger ( Able Seaman)
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Just one more showing the sun shade attached to the mast, taken before the internal cockpit detail was added, and a (poor) pic of the gun on the full size boat.
Many thanks for all your kind comments.
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📝 RTTL Mast
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 digger ( Able Seaman)
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Yes you would think so. I have a few photos of the full size boat with the gun mounted and there is no sign of any safety bars. I suspect that the gun was mainly used to intimidate the smugglers in boats. The skipper may have thought that as it would not be used against fast moving aircraft it was pretty safe. The fact that no anti-aircraft gunsight is fitted would tend to support this theory.
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📝 RTTL Mast
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 digger ( Able Seaman)
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Hi all,
Just a few pics of 2755 in tropical colour scheme. Built from Vic Smeed plan.
The Oerlikon was "borrowed" from the navy for anti smuggling duties in the Maldives but as far as I know was never fired in anger!
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Just a few pics of 2755 in tropical colour scheme. Built from Vic Smeed plan.
The Oerlikon was "borrowed" from the navy for anti smuggling duties in the Maldives but as far as I know was never fired in anger!
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7 years ago by 🇬🇧 digger ( Able Seaman)
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My wife is an amateur dressmaker and drags me round haberdashery shops. I'm surprised at the useful stuff that can be found on the accessories shelves...
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💬 Vosper RTTL No 2755
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 digger ( Able Seaman)
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PS. Don't forget to rough up the back of the plasticard with medium wet and dry paper to give a "key" for the glue.
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💬 Vosper RTTL No 2755
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 digger ( Able Seaman)
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I have used Unibond Repair Extreme, not cheap but I suspect nothing short of a hammer and chisel will shift it! Some people use a 2 part epoxy but I prefer something with a bit more flexibility.
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💬 Vosper RTTL No 2755
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 digger ( Able Seaman)
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I mostly build the main structure from thin ply and then skin it with thin plasticard. This double thickness gives a strong, light and neat finish . You can cut all the window and door openings into the plasticard and then glue to the ply backing. Note - use strong glue or it could delaminate in hot sunlight!
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💬 Vosper RTTL No 2755
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 digger ( Able Seaman)
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Sorry, should have said that the Oerlikon and life raft are also commercial parts.
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💬 Vosper RTTL No 2755
10 years ago by 🇬🇧 digger ( Able Seaman)
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HI Damon, I bought the plan in the 1970's and finally got around to building about 5 years ago. Apart from the large vents and the hatches ( modified Mac's Mouldings) all the rest is scratch built, mostly ply and plasticard. Took about 3 years to build. I tried to post some more pics but it seems that you can't add to an existing post.....
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💬 Vosper RTTL No 2755
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 digger ( Able Seaman)
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HI Mike,
Sorry for taking so long to reply but my PC died and am now using Windows 8 - nightmare.... 👎
Not sure of the date of the plan but somewhere in the early 1960's I should think.
Will try to take some more pics and post them shortly.
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Sorry for taking so long to reply but my PC died and am now using Windows 8 - nightmare.... 👎
Not sure of the date of the plan but somewhere in the early 1960's I should think.
Will try to take some more pics and post them shortly.
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📝 Vosper RTTL No 2755
11 years ago by 🇬🇧 digger ( Able Seaman)
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HI All,
Thought you might like to see some pics of my RTTL. 35" long and built from the Vic Smeed plan. She is powered by 2 belt driven 480 motors with 2 speed controllers and 2 7.2 NiMH batteries. Based on the boat stationed in the Maldives in the 1960's.
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Thought you might like to see some pics of my RTTL. 35" long and built from the Vic Smeed plan. She is powered by 2 belt driven 480 motors with 2 speed controllers and 2 7.2 NiMH batteries. Based on the boat stationed in the Maldives in the 1960's.
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💬 what sort of boat.
15 years ago by 🇬🇧 digger ( Able Seaman)
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HI Gerry, as others have already said it is a Vosper Rescue and Target Towing Launch (RTTL). if you would like to see the real thing there is one preserved at the RAF museum at Hendon.
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