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Marblehead
Built in the early 70's and then refurbished during the Covid lockdown
DuncanP
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Aerokits Fireboat
I built it around 1968 and then refurbished the model during the Covid lockdown. Just recently added a working fire monitor.
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Truly
My wife bought me this kit for my 70th and I spent 2 years and 2 months building her to launch date. Since then added a planked cockpit floor. This was my 1st plank on frame build.
DuncanP
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๐ Question of the Day?
3 days ago by
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Hi SimpleSailor,
I agree it is very confusing! I had about 3 weeks at 100% and then I got a couple wrong and my score went down to 93% and for probably the past week it has stayed now at 93%. I know it has been explained that it is the average over the past 30 days but surely it should have started to go back up again!๐๐
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๐ Question of the Day?
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Belated birthday wishes Roy! Glad you had a good day. My Bruma build is not getting much time with all the jobs my wife keeps adding to the list! Also got the 3 grandchildren all week so that will mean another week with no time for modelling! Having said that it is still it is good to see the grandkids and spend time doing things with them. ๐
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๐ฌ Re: CGINGA1V
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Beautiful looking yacht! She looks really great on the water. Worth all the heartache, pondering how and effort to get such a fabulous result. You can just relax now and enjoy the sailing! D๐
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๐ฌ Re: Harro Koebkr
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Looks great!
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๐ฌ Re: CGINGA 1V
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Well done Chris. A beautiful model to be proud of! ๐
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๐ aerobats crash tender
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Hi, I also have a 50+ year old fireboat which was refurbished during lockdown. I've installed a brush less motor with a prodrive 35-42 1000kv motor and a 50amp ESc. She goes really well on a plane but I have to be very careful on tight turns and reduced the throttle back.๐
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๐ 1st layer completed at last
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Finally got some time to work on my model after working on other jobs that needed doing around the home and also a holiday down the Rhine river on a cruise. Weather was good today which enabled me to do the sanding outside and save the mess of dust everywhere in doors! Hopefully the hull is now smooth enough for the second layer of planking. Fingers crossed not too many more interruptions to the build program ! I used for the first time sanding sponges which seemed to work very well. I also did the sanding in a large box lid which kept most of the sanding residue in one place. Unfortunately when I first started sanding I forgot to put the yellow foam supports under the hull and as a consequence it has snapped the plastic tube which will carry the mainsheet off at deck level. It was originally designed to go through the cabin deck which also had the secondary purpose of holding the removable cabin in place. Hey Ho - one step forward and two back!!๐
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๐ Question of the Day?
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Rubbish!0
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๐ฌ Re: CGINGA1V
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Looking Superb!
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๐ฌ Re: CGINGA1V
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Coming along just great. ๐
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๐ Question of the Day?
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Yep same here - undecided and picked Lizard- oops! โน๏ธ
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๐ฌ Re: CGINGA1V
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Sorry to hear you haven't been very well. I hope you are soon back to100% health. Unfortunately it seems to be one of the problems of getting older. Pleased to hear you are back to the modelling. All the very best Duncan
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๐ Question of the Day?
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Really pleased to hear that you are so much better and fit to travel. Have a good flight back to the UK. Looking forward to hearing from you one day when you have started on the Bruma. I know that you have it on a back burner but I'll be interested to follow how you manage the conversion to allow it to also be a sailing craft. I hope the way I've tried to tackle it with some of your advice has been of interest to you? I've finished the first layer of planking and have now applied filler. I will sand it back outside when the weather improves - to save too much dust inside! Been suffering horizontal rain all day today! Best wishes Duncan
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๐ฌ Re: 1st layer nearing completion
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Hi Alessandro, Building has come to a halt whilst the grand children are staying with us. Two reasons. 1) I have had to remove everything from their bedroom/modelling room and 2) they keep me that busy I have no time!!
The only progress is the 1st layer of planking is complete. Next stage is filling and sanding. I want to do the sanding outside to avoid dust in the house so that will also be weather dependant! Will update the build blog before the second layer starts.๐
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๐ฌ Re: 1:4 scale Clinker Dinghy
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Beautiful model - well worthy of a gold award. Looking forward to seeing a sailing video once you get some sails for her!
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๐ City of Sheffield Tyne lifeboat
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Wonderful detail as always. Well done!
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๐ 1st layer nearing completion
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๐ Question of the Day?
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Hiya,Roy,
So sorry to hear of your health problems. I hope you will soon be back to 100% health and back to modelling. At least you were abroad where your son lives, so that must be a great comfort to you all. Take care. Very best wishes.
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๐ Death of a member.
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So sorry to hear your really sad news. Our thoughts are with you and your family at this sad time. I hope your wife has a fast recovery. Sincere condolences to one and all. Take care. Duncan
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๐ Pond Noodle buoyancy
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Planking slowly coming along. Attaching each 7mm strip of limewood with Aliphatic glue. Before fitting I'm spreading the glue the entire length of the strip to waterproof it. I've decided to put strips of Pond Noodle under the flooring to stop any build up of water and also to provide buoyancy if required - hopefully not!! It also provides a suitable scratch free support for the hull when turned upside down as the deck is already complete. It is getting more tricky as I'm now encountering curves in two directions. I'm using a Model craft electric plank bending tool which certainly helps. Unfortunately it is rather time consuming and then I keep having recurring thoughts that I need to do it all again for the second layer! Hopefully with a flat surface to glue to it will be easier - wishful thinking! ๐ Happy Easter to everyone. Cheers D
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๐ Planking
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๐ Planking started
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First few planks attached. Gosh a lot to go and then when finished start again with the second layer! Using Amati planking clamps and also Micromart screw clamps. The latter are expensive to buy in the UK but make the job easier. I'm steeping the planks in boiling water and then using my electric plank bender to form the shape. The Amati planking clamps take a bit of time to assemble so be aware if you are going to buy some! The spring clips help to keep the edges of planks together. I'm coating the inside of the planks completely with Aliphatic glue to waterproof them. Some internal parts of the planks will be impossible to get to later.๐
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๐ Question of the Day?
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I'm using Aliphatic glue which I think is called carpenter's yellow glue. The reason I'm using this is because I've been told it is waterproof and I'm coating fully the internal side of each plank as they are being attached to the frames. It will be very difficult to waterproof later as some parts of planks will be inaccessible. The instructions also advise to do this but they said water the glue down. I've not watered the glue down as an internet post about this type of glue said that the glue doesn't need to be watered down for waterproofing. Disadvantage is that it doesn't go off very quickly like CA. On my Riva build I used the same method except I spotted in-between with CA to hold the plank in place so I didn't spoil the mahogany finish with nail holes! This method worked really well. I will probably use this method on the 2nd layer of planking on my Mantua Bruma. ๐
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๐ Question of the Day?
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The main part of the question is 'the process of bending thin strips of wood to create the curves' in my opinion should have been steam bending - exactly what I'm currently doing on my model! Once the strip is the correct shape I can then use these to start planking the hull. What is this world going to be like if we trust AI to do everything!๐๐
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๐ Link for available sail winches
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Sorry here is the link from my earlier post.
https://www.componentshop.co.uk/55g-sail-winch-servo-4-turns-end-to-end-travel.h |
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๐ Available Sail winch
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Hi Alessandro,
The Component Shop based in the Wales UK has a number of similar sail winches in stock. The one similar to mine with 4 turns - but has metal gears is only ยฃ14.99. They have others available with 1.5 to 6 turns on the drum.
Here is the link and when I just looked they are in stock! It is a very good shop for anything to do with models especially electrical items.
Let us know how you get on. Cheers Duncan.๐
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๐ Winch setup
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Hi Alessandro,
Here is the link to the winch servo that I'm using. Unfortunately they are currently out of stock of this particular model. They also sell one that is more expensive with metal gears.
https://howesmodels.co.uk/product/4-turn-standard-size-drum-winch-servo/?mot_tci |
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๐ Question of the Day?
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Didn't stay at 90% for long! Got yesterdays wrong which dropped me to 87%. Today's was Ok (had it before I think) but still I am 87%! ๐
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๐ Winch setup
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Hi Alessandro,
In reply to your question I got the winch servo from Howes Models in the UK. It is a King Max 4 turn sail winch and it only cost ยฃ9.99!
The reason I have done all the layout of the equipment as it is easier to plan and line up when you can see through the hull. Lining up the motors and the prop shafts is also much easier when you can see through the hull sides. In addition, fitting the plastic leader tubes and the small corner winches would have been impossible without being able to put your hands through the sides of the hull. The motors I will leave in place and cover with plastic bags for the remainder of the build. Now that I have the position of the servos I will remove these until later.
I used a similar method when building my Riva Aquarama because once the sides are on access to the fixing of the rudders is near impossible! It worked well. I have also done a build blog of how I did the Riva model called Amati Riva Aquarama. Hope this is helpful. ๐ As you probably realise that this is not a standard build of the Mantua Bruma as I'm trying to make a version that will also carry sails rather than just be motor powered. For this reason a lot of time is pondering how to accomplish things and the small amount of space doesn't help - but it is a challenge! The build blog is also slow because I have trouble at times with painful hands - a price for getting old!! ๐
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๐ Winch setup finally decided
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After a lot of deliberation I think I have finally decided on the layout of the winch and lines etc. The corner pulleys are on elastic cord to enable it to take up some possible slack. The plastic tubes will take the sail sheets out to the deck area. The next problem is where to put the receiver, splitter and the two ESCs. I'm thinking of making a box to mount them under the middle cabin roof to contain all these electrics. All the setup of the corner winch pulleys needed to be done before planking otherwise it would have been very difficult - if not impossible. ๐
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