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💬 Re: Epoxy…..a lot of epoxy
6 days ago by 🇬🇧 Fred (
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Hi Cashrc
I must say you are doing a great job on this.
I had one some time back that I got off a club member that was in need of a refurb, it was when I started to remove the paint that I found that he had used sellotape to fix the leaks in the hull, also to fill the large gap that he made by not lining up the hull side right. I do like that Aeronaut has put into place locations so that you can have lights.
I sold it in the end back to the club as a club boat
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I must say you are doing a great job on this.
I had one some time back that I got off a club member that was in need of a refurb, it was when I started to remove the paint that I found that he had used sellotape to fix the leaks in the hull, also to fill the large gap that he made by not lining up the hull side right. I do like that Aeronaut has put into place locations so that you can have lights.
I sold it in the end back to the club as a club boat
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📝 Going round in circles
8 days ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hi Roy
It looks as if they have been and done an update on the system, I have just had to log in again this time it only took three attempts, have you tried to contact them?
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It looks as if they have been and done an update on the system, I have just had to log in again this time it only took three attempts, have you tried to contact them?
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📝 Re Tug boat rigging
10 days ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hi Stephen
I am now thinking that the best thing for you is to contact Mount Fleet, they are the one's who can answer all your questions.
https://www.mountfleetmodels.co.uk
I am now thinking that the best thing for you is to contact Mount Fleet, they are the one's who can answer all your questions.
https://www.mountfleetmodels.co.uk
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📝 Re Tug boat rigging
11 days ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hi Stephen
Near the top of the mast you may find a hoop with some eye's on it, this is were the rigging would go, if not you could use 1mm split pins and fix the rigging to them, the items in photo 2 are turnbuckles these are fixed to the deck via a bracket again I have used split pins for this, they are used to tension the mast rigging, the rigging would have been wire rope and it would have been black due to it being painted with a tar mix, also the rear mast would also be black due to the soot from the smoke stack.
The rigging would have been fixed to the mast ring and turnbuckles with a "D" shackle.
Hope that this of some help
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Near the top of the mast you may find a hoop with some eye's on it, this is were the rigging would go, if not you could use 1mm split pins and fix the rigging to them, the items in photo 2 are turnbuckles these are fixed to the deck via a bracket again I have used split pins for this, they are used to tension the mast rigging, the rigging would have been wire rope and it would have been black due to it being painted with a tar mix, also the rear mast would also be black due to the soot from the smoke stack.
The rigging would have been fixed to the mast ring and turnbuckles with a "D" shackle.
Hope that this of some help
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💬 Re: Cruiser tug boat
13 days ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hi Stephen
this is a Mount Fleet Models kit.
this is a Mount Fleet Models kit.
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💬 Re: Caldercraft Imara by Caldercraft
13 days ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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This may be of some interest
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This may be of some interest
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📝 Saling at Crowborough MBC
13 days ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Some photos from our Bring a Boat Day.
Some of us had a go at sailing yes the stick and string, I got half way around and called it a day,
Some of us had a go at sailing yes the stick and string, I got half way around and called it a day,
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💬 Re: Deck
17 days ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hi Doogle
That is a nice clean layout you have done, not the rats nest like mine, one thing I would say is that you may like to change the battery connectors to say an XT60 or a Deans connector, I have found them to be a lot better than the Tamiya one's.
Fred
That is a nice clean layout you have done, not the rats nest like mine, one thing I would say is that you may like to change the battery connectors to say an XT60 or a Deans connector, I have found them to be a lot better than the Tamiya one's.
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💬 Re: Two steps forward
18 days ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hi Doogle
I don't know if you would be interested, I have used a mixer in mine, the one that I used was from Forge Electronics, at a cost of £30, I have found that this one works the best for me.
I don't know if you would be interested, I have used a mixer in mine, the one that I used was from Forge Electronics, at a cost of £30, I have found that this one works the best for me.
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💬 Re: Back again after a break.
23 days ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hope that this may be of some help
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💬 Re: Yard Sale Find
23 days ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hi Garth
Looking at your photo.s I think you have a VIC Puffer, a VIC is a Victualling Inshore Craft, and was a type of auxiliary vessel built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. The VIC was modelled on the Clyde puffer, have a look at VIC 32.
As for not having a flat bottom this could be down to the master mold not being made with a flat bottom.
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Looking at your photo.s I think you have a VIC Puffer, a VIC is a Victualling Inshore Craft, and was a type of auxiliary vessel built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. The VIC was modelled on the Clyde puffer, have a look at VIC 32.
As for not having a flat bottom this could be down to the master mold not being made with a flat bottom.
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💬 Re: Yard Sale Find
23 days ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Garth, I think in the early day's of the Puffer they was built to be used on the cannels of Scotland, so they needed to have a flat bottom hull, also a flat bottom hold would be a lot easer to fill and remove any cargo, later you would see them move to trips around the cost of Scotland and later still they started to make longer sea trips, a flat bottom is OK for the cargo but is not a good idea for the open sea.
If a Puffer was beached the owner would have charged extra to do so, as if the Puffer was not beached right it could end up with a broken back.
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P/S this is my little Puffer
If a Puffer was beached the owner would have charged extra to do so, as if the Puffer was not beached right it could end up with a broken back.
Fred
P/S this is my little Puffer
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📝 Bending small brass tubing
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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As Stotty1111 said you must anneal it first.
I have filled the tube with water then freeze it, used a set of bending springs, used a pipe bending tool that is used for car brakes pipe, also used brake pipe as this is sofe copper it can be bent by hand but will not take a tight bend.
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As Stotty1111 said you must anneal it first.
I have filled the tube with water then freeze it, used a set of bending springs, used a pipe bending tool that is used for car brakes pipe, also used brake pipe as this is sofe copper it can be bent by hand but will not take a tight bend.
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💬 Re: Let there be light
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Just going off topic for a moment, this is my Calipso, going to start swapping out the old grain of wheats for LED's
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💬 Re: Let there be light
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hi Doogle
That is looking good, as for the lights yes you can work the lights from a T/X, I use a RC Remote Controlled AUX on/Off Electronic Switch JST Male & Female Cables UK that I got off ebay for £4.20, eBay item number:386898806536, or you can find them on the Component shop under Action switches.
Hope that this is of some help
That is looking good, as for the lights yes you can work the lights from a T/X, I use a RC Remote Controlled AUX on/Off Electronic Switch JST Male & Female Cables UK that I got off ebay for £4.20, eBay item number:386898806536, or you can find them on the Component shop under Action switches.
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📝 Saling at Crowborough MBC
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Good Morning One & All
Hermank have a great regatta today I hope that the weather stays fine for you.
LewZ I think the crew of the Rother L/B did not do a good job of cleaning her after the last shout, I think that she has been in storage as this was it's first time Andrew had taken her out on the water, he may have not done as good a job on the cleaning.
Fred
Hermank have a great regatta today I hope that the weather stays fine for you.
LewZ I think the crew of the Rother L/B did not do a good job of cleaning her after the last shout, I think that she has been in storage as this was it's first time Andrew had taken her out on the water, he may have not done as good a job on the cleaning.
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📝 Saling at Crowborough MBC
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hi One and All
just some photos from today (22/06/2024) taken at Centenary Boating Lake, Crowborough Leisure Centre
just some photos from today (22/06/2024) taken at Centenary Boating Lake, Crowborough Leisure Centre
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📝 Deans marine city of ely
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Stephen T
I have the old plans and book of instructions, for the Robert E Peary, I would think that my be the same for your boat. if its any help I could copy the parts that you need.
I have been working on mine for the last nine years, I just do some now and again.
Fred
I have the old plans and book of instructions, for the Robert E Peary, I would think that my be the same for your boat. if its any help I could copy the parts that you need.
I have been working on mine for the last nine years, I just do some now and again.
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📝 The all new Citroen 2CV or the poor man's Rolls Royce
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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I took a short term job for a battery company, one of the first car's that I had to fit a new battery to was a CV2, by the way the battery was a 007, any way as I was fitting the battery the wing/side panel caved inwards, that's it I am out of a job, but no as I pulled away from the car it all just all sprung back into shape.
Short term job ended in two years.
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Short term job ended in two years.
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💬 Re: Deck Paint
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hi Rockbag
You could try your local car paint supplier, I would say that most industrial plant that is green is Brunswick Green, this may be just to dark for what you are looking for.
I have in the past used Express paints of Portsmouth.
Fred
You could try your local car paint supplier, I would say that most industrial plant that is green is Brunswick Green, this may be just to dark for what you are looking for.
I have in the past used Express paints of Portsmouth.
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💬 Re: Thank You
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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That is a very nice looking fishing Boat, and the lights set it off very nice.
Now that is a pond, do you sit on the side with a beer, with just a 40MHz Transmitter and say that you are sailing a sub?
Fred
That is a very nice looking fishing Boat, and the lights set it off very nice.
Now that is a pond, do you sit on the side with a beer, with just a 40MHz Transmitter and say that you are sailing a sub?
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📝 A suitable glue?????????????
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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I also go along with the roughing up the hull surface, I have used a product called "stick like shit" it's made by Evo-Stik, you can get in the likes of B&Q - Scerwfix and others.
I have used it to fix the wood deck frame of the Lady "T"
Fred
I have used it to fix the wood deck frame of the Lady "T"
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💬 Re: Thank You
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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AlessandroSPQR, thank you, as for the lights they are small SMD LED's pre wired from AliExpress.
I use them now for most of my boats
Fred
I use them now for most of my boats
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📝 Thank You
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Thank you to you all for you nice comments,
AlessandroSPQR sorry but I was unable to do a video of the first wetting, as I was on my own at the time.
LewZ that is a shame that your park closes when it is dark, for me there nothing like a boat with lights at dusk, the photo is of my Joffre and yes the lights are on the bright side as some of the members have trouble seeing in day light let alone at dusk.
Wolle thank you for your comment,
Fred
AlessandroSPQR sorry but I was unable to do a video of the first wetting, as I was on my own at the time.
LewZ that is a shame that your park closes when it is dark, for me there nothing like a boat with lights at dusk, the photo is of my Joffre and yes the lights are on the bright side as some of the members have trouble seeing in day light let alone at dusk.
Wolle thank you for your comment,
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📝 Wet Time
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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So today (01/06/2024) she has got her bottom wet, just a small leak to fix.
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📝 Cricut Joy
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hi Frankiesays1953
Thank you for your reply, I have now been looking at the Joy Xtra in the spec for this machine it says that over 50 compatible materials. They include paper, cardstock, cutaway cards, foil poster board, iron-on, glitter iron-on, printable iron-on, Infusible Ink transfer sheets, photo paper, laser copy paper, foil paper, printable sticker paper, foil acetate, vinyl, chalkboard vinyl, holographic vinyl and more.
My main reason for getting a cutter is to make the name board for my boats, as I have trouble getting the right font in some of the off the shelf items, so it would be more vinyl that board.
Fred
Thank you for your reply, I have now been looking at the Joy Xtra in the spec for this machine it says that over 50 compatible materials. They include paper, cardstock, cutaway cards, foil poster board, iron-on, glitter iron-on, printable iron-on, Infusible Ink transfer sheets, photo paper, laser copy paper, foil paper, printable sticker paper, foil acetate, vinyl, chalkboard vinyl, holographic vinyl and more.
My main reason for getting a cutter is to make the name board for my boats, as I have trouble getting the right font in some of the off the shelf items, so it would be more vinyl that board.
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📝 How do I bend plywood
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hi Raggie
You could try a wet towel and a steam iron over some formers.
Soak it in the bath then try bending it around an old paint tin.
Try a hot air gun again around an old paint tin.
Fred
You could try a wet towel and a steam iron over some formers.
Soak it in the bath then try bending it around an old paint tin.
Try a hot air gun again around an old paint tin.
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📝 Cricut Joy
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hi One & All
I am thinking of getting a Cricut Joy, the thing is I only need a cutter to cut out name board's so I feel that due to it's small size this would be the ideal one for me, has any one used one or have any comments with regards to this machine.
Fred
I am thinking of getting a Cricut Joy, the thing is I only need a cutter to cut out name board's so I feel that due to it's small size this would be the ideal one for me, has any one used one or have any comments with regards to this machine.
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📝 Simulating Modern Diesel Smoke
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hi Lew
Have a look at this it may be what you are looking for
Have a look at this it may be what you are looking for
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📝 Simulating Modern Diesel Smoke
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant Commander)
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RodC as LawZ said black smoke is the holy grail, as to your post (2/4) to wiring your sg the heating element should work no mater which wire goes to the pos or neg, as for the motor it is the same as any motor we use.
The HL SG's use a 7.4 volt system.
The smoke oil I use is just High Quality Smoke & Fog Machine Liquid from eBay, some times I may mix it with some glycerin.
Fred
RodC as LawZ said black smoke is the holy grail, as to your post (2/4) to wiring your sg the heating element should work no mater which wire goes to the pos or neg, as for the motor it is the same as any motor we use.
The HL SG's use a 7.4 volt system.
The smoke oil I use is just High Quality Smoke & Fog Machine Liquid from eBay, some times I may mix it with some glycerin.
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