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💬 Re: Caldercraft LT72 trawler
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 (
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If you search on here first Mountfleet models Danny boy there is a thread from 2021 where a member was building one. Might be some useful info there? LiverBudgie2 is the member concerned. Hope this helps.
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💬 Re: Caldercraft LT72 trawler
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I thought it was a Caldercraft model but it appears it is actually a Mountfleet fleet model. I don’t know when they first started making it though.
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💬 Re: Caldercraft LT72 trawler
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Looks like a Caldercraft “Danny Boy”. There have been a few incarnations of the Lowestoft fishing boat LT72 but none of them with this name. It’s maybe named after a relative of the original builder of the kit. Nice model.
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📝 Sourcing Lead Shot in UK
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Thanks for the advice gents, sorry for the tardy response but I didn’t get an email notification. I have sourced the lead shot and the reason I needed that rather than sheet lead is that the yacht I’m building comes with a 5kg keel insert weight which needs to be bedded in round the sides with a further kg of shot then set in resin.
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📝 Sourcing Lead Shot in UK
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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There’s very little choice on EBay and Amazon and what is there is expensive. I’ve managed to source 5kg of 2mm loose shot from Folkestone Engineering Ltd who supply to the shotgun trade. £33 including delivery. www.feskent.co.uk 01303 894 611 if anybody else needs any. Thanks for your advice gents.
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📝 Sourcing Lead Shot in UK
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Does anybody know of a UK lead shot supplier where I can purchase small lead shot for ballast? I need 5kg.
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📝 HMS Coventry
3 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I’m not able to do this Ratty but is there a time-scale and where in the country do you reside?
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📝 “Karoline” Dutch potato/fishing boat, billings boat kit, help please.
3 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Is it for display or do the sails need to work via RC?
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💬 Re: Aquarius
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Nice yacht. I like the colour too.
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📝 Lowestoft Maritime Museum
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Being a Lowestoft ex-Pat the museum is one of my favourite places. Incidentally I saw this photo today of a steam trawler returning from a fishing trip coming through the pier heads - looks a dangerous occupation.
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📝 FPV Experience
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I looked at this briefly a couple of weeks back to see what was available but although you can get cheap waterproof remote controlled cameras they mostly seem to be limited by Bluetooth being the mode of communication which has a limited range of approx 30 feet. So I’d be keen to see what others have found too.
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💬 Re: Lydia Eva restoration
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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One thing that stands out to me is that your model seems to have the superstructure back to front with the funnel forward of the bridge.
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💬 Re: Lydia Eva restoration
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Here’s a picture of a model of Lydia Eve but it’s not easy to see the rigging as there are other steam trawlers behind. The forward mast is used as a derrick so is down most of the time. I’ve attached a couple more which may be of help.
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📝 Saling at Crowborough MBC
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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The lifeboat is my favourite.
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💬 Re: H.A.Kits Thames Slipper launch chase boat
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Brilliant film, so realistic.
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📝 Comtesse Robbe sail boat
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Auxiliary motors in the real thing are traditionally a bit pathetic but there’s no reason why yours should be. As you say, it sounds a bit overkill but you can restrict the speed by adjusting the end points on your tx?
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📝 Lydia Eva restoration
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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There should be another video here
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📝 Lydia Eva restoration
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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If you’re ever near Gt Yarmouth she’s usually moored up by the bridge and open to the public. The Lowestoft Maritime museum has lots of similar scale model steam trawlers on display with all the natural paraphernalia carried on the decks back in those days.
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📝 Lydia Eva restoration
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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My text after the Lydia Eva link seems to be missing. The Calder craft model “Danny Boy” is virtually identical to Lydia, you may be able to get plans from them? I have the model but no plans.
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📝 Lydia Eva restoration
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Have you tried asking the trust?
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📝 Cricut Joy
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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What materials are you thinking of cutting? I believe the Joy only cuts paper and vinyl which is great for lettering. I think you’ll need a bigger machine for cutting board though.
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📝 Renaming boat!. Unlucky or superstitious
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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It’s a superstition largely ignored. I was reading a thread about it the other day. Apparently it’s ok to rename a boat but if it’s a ship then all trace of the old name should be removed. Having said that I’ve seen lots of ships with the previous name in welded letters painted over with the hull colour and the new name in white over the top.
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📝 Drifter Trawler Boat Formidable LT100
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I don’t know where you live but if you are ever near Lowestoft I believe there is a model of LT 100 in the Maritime Museum along with lots of other very similar steam trawlers. Here’s a picture that just catches the funnel.
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💬 Re: INGA IV
9 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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My Inga is still in its box in the boat shed as yet unmade. If mine ends up looking half as good as that I’ll be well pleased.
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💬 Re: 1949 40' Chris Craft Challenger
9 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Lovely job.
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📝 RTTL 2755 today at the pond
10 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Very smart looking boat.
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💬 Re: Filming "Dinghy Dan"
10 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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It looks real doesn’t it?
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💬 Re: 1:4 scale Clinker Dinghy
10 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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What a lovely build.
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💬 Re: Al Kubar 2
10 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Good evening, my Smit Nederland is of a similar size, I fitted a pair of high torque 555 motors (about a tenner each) powered by a 12v lead acid battery which cost about £12 and runs forever. I opted to use twin Hobby Wing Esc’s (about £15 each as I recall) 60 amp. I opted for tank steering so each of the sticks on my FlySky FS transmitter controls a motor. As only one of the sticks “centres” I purchased a centring kit for the other stick (a couple of quid) which means that if I let the controls go both sticks centre in the “neutral” position. The tug has slightly faster than scale speed and will turn in its own length. For navigation and spot lamps I used prewired 3v LED’s which have their own prewired resistors. I ran a single lead from the battery to a wago connector fixed underneath the superstructure into which all the lights are connected, it worked well but I got fed up with the long trailing lead from the top half to the bottom half of the boat so I did away with the trailing lead and replaced it with a switched 9v battery holder which is Velcro’d to the inside of the superstructure which makes things tidier. I switch the lights on by simply reaching inside but I’m contemplating fitting a micro switch so I can control the lights remotely using a spare switch on the tx. I’m a complete novice at this but hope this helps.
PS the battery is heavy and helps with the ballast and can be charged without removing from the hull.
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John H
PS the battery is heavy and helps with the ballast and can be charged without removing from the hull.
Cheers
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💬 Re: Topaz 60" J class yacht
10 months ago by 🇬🇧 Frankiesays1953 ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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That is the best looking yacht I’ve seen to date and sails so well on virtually no wind.
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