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Wacht am Rhein
I got this boat back in 1996 from Deans Marine.
Scale is 1/32
Length is 965mm
Beam is 180mm
The model is of an 1893 Rhein Tug.
She has a glass fibre hull with a detailed moulded hull. the deck housings are in Vacformed plastic and 1mm sheet plastic, and the fittings are in white metal, the ships boat on mine is resin cast.
Today's models have laser cut decks and deck housings, fittings are in light alloy.
All in all she is a good model to make, and like all Deans kit's there is room to make her your own.
Fred
2 years ago
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Tsekoa 2
Model Slipway Canadian "Tsekoa 2". used for dock - buoys and other maintenance work on the Pacific cost of Canada.
Fred
4 years ago
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(Tug Boat) R.N.L.I. Concept Tug
This started out as a Seaport Dickie Harbour Tug, that came with a 40Mhz radio system, ESC and a small water pump.
So the first thing was to remove the 40Mhz system and replace it with a new 2.4 alone with a replacement ESC, I also removed the water pump.
It was now time to think how I was going to repaint her, as the club had been invited to out local R.N.L.I. station I came to the decision that I would make her into a R.N.L.I Concept Tug. (Motor: 540) (ESC: ESC from Chiner) (5/10)
Fred
5 years ago
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(Tug Boat) H.M.S. Attentif W68
I think that this is a Assurance class Tug of world war two vintage,
It has tank steering, sound unit and a water vapor smoke unit,
H.M.S ATTENTIF W68
French Naval Tug.
Allocated SNO Portland for towing Bombardons.
Built 1938 Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux.
L114.75โ. B27.75โ. 672grt. 1000ihp 3cylTE steam engine.
Armament 1x20mm AA, 2xMG.
1938 Delivered to French Navy.
19-6-1940 Arrived Plymouth.
3-7-1940 Seized and Req by RN.
9-1940 Based Devonport.
0-1940 Based at Aberdeen.
1-1941 Based at Milford Haven.
2-1941 โ 1942 Based Aberdeen .
1942 โ 1944 Based at Harwich.
5-1944 - 1945 Based Portsmouth.
6-1944 Towed 30ton crane 1206 Cardiff to Plymouth.
5-6-1945 Released from Overlord tug pool.
7-8-1945 Returned to French Navy, pennant A671.
1946-7 Renamed Locmine.
6-3-1964 Laid up at Brest.
The Bombardons were large 200 ft (61 m) by 25 ft (7.6 m) cross-shaped floating breakwaters fabricated in steel that were anchored outside the main breakwaters that consisted of Gooseberries (scuttled ships) and Phoenixes (concrete caissons). 24 bombardon units, attached to one another with hemp ropes, would create a 1 mi (1.6 km) breakwater. During the storms at the end 1944 some Bombardons broke up and sank while others parted their anchors and drifted down onto the harbours, possibly causing more damage (5/10)
Fred
5 years ago
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(Other) Calypso
A Billing's model of the Calypso, this is the ship that Jacques Yves Cousteau, sailed in his T.V show "The Under Water World of Jacques Cousteau" (Motor: 545) (10/10)
Fred
6 years ago
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๐ Speed controller
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Hi Doogle
That an old Bob's board, if I was you I would clean it and put it on display, and put a new ESC in the boat.
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๐ Navigation lights
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This is one of my Tug's, I used 0402 size SMD for all the lights. here is a like to a resistor calculator that I have used that worked for me.
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๐ Navigation lights
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This chart will help with the size of the resistor, as for the the type of lamp holder all I used was an off the shelf lamp fitting that I got from Cornwell Models, and fitted the SMD's that I posted in answer 9 into the body, don't forget you can get all sizes of prewired SMD's
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๐ Navigation lights
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I have LED's in one of my boat that have been in use for the last four years and still going strong, it has been said that a LED's can last up to 5,000hrs, I am now starting to replace the grain of rice with LED's and SMD's, I have just ordered some pre wired SMD's from Aliexpress, 40 (1206) SMD's for ยฃ7.69
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001975757258.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order |
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๐ Filler
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I use a product called Dolphin Glaze, my local body shop put me onto it, its a bit on the expensive side
Dolphin Glaze
The Dolphin Glaze is a fine finishing glaze designed to eliminate pinholes and surface imperfections prior to painting. Its self-levelling formulation gives a smooth, ultra-fine finish which requires minimal sanding.
It is a two-component chemical liquid used for the final skimming of a polyester body filler putty repair or direct application onto minor imperfections on bodywork before overpainting. Also ideal for skimming over finished body filler, it offers high adhesion to galvanized, zinc-coated steel, cured paint and most plastics.
Aluminium, galvanised and zinc-coated substrates degrease and abrade with P120 paper. Do not apply over etch primer. Original paint surfaces (except for thermoplastic acrylics) โ degrease and abrade with P180 grit paper. GRP โ degrease and abrade with P80 grit paper.
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๐ Mini Steam/Smoke Generator from Denes Design
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Hi Dainesh
Could I ask what is the size of the unit and cost?
Thanking you for your help
Fred
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๐ Question of the Day?
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The first true system was set up by Jacques Cousteau, around about the end of the war. SCUBA was coined by Christian J. Lambertsen in a patent submitted in 1952, and is the trad name of a diving equipment company in the USA I had to look up the part about Lambertsen, in my old dive manual from when I took my advance dive exame.
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๐ Question of the Day?
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Scratchbuilder
I am in Peacehaven
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๐ Question of the Day?
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Todays question was an easy one for me as the line runs through the village.
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๐ Lesro Pilot Boat - bow finishing
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I know that this not the Pilot boat, but I have been building the "E" Class Lifeboat, that has a laminated balsa bow it is a lot more easer than try to make it with ply
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๐ MMM Lady "T"
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I know just were you are coming from, I have a hull & plans for the Seaforth Clansman, I got them back in 1991 I went and picked them up from the old offices of Model Boats in Hemel Hempstead, they are still sitting on the shelf, one day I will get round to building her.
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๐ MMM Lady "T"
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Hi One & All
So today FaceBook informed me that it has been six years since I started the build on my Lady "T", what it did not say was that I have had the hull since June 1998,
Think I must try harder.
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๐ Quick Update
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Hi One & All
Sorry about the lack of updates on this build, have had two RNLI open days to attend and I got side tracked by this, a Heng Long 1/16 T72 tank.
Any way it's now back to the "E" Class
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๐ฌ Re: Near disaster
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Hi Doogle
I don't know how much room you have to play with in your boat, I have been using a smoke unit designed for 1.16 tank in mine, if you are happy to wait you could get one off AliExpress for about ยฃ4 + P/P they will run off 7.4v and give you smoke for most of the day only using a few drops of oil.
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๐ Deck Houesing
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First all the missing parts arrived in good time, so on with the deck.
I started with the removal of the parts to make the engine cover, this went well all the parts fitted with out any trimming, to fix them together I used "Mitre Adhesive", this is a supper glue that is for wood with a kicker and drys in 10 seconds, now the eagle eyed of you will see that I fixed the engine cover the wrong way round, (photo one) next item to be made was the rear crew seat (photo two) I have used some right angel to get it all square.
Fred
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๐ Finishing Balsa boat
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Hi River Rat
Here is a article from Model Boats. hope that it helps
obtain a pair of fine denier ladies tights. Cut off one leg, cut off the foot and push the hull through. Paint or varnish one coat and allow to dry. sand off at deck level. The hull can then be finished with paint and varnish until the weave disappears. Lightly sand and finish as with any other wood.
The only drawback with this method is when the model has a deep keep. In this case it is best to fix an obeche keel externally, after the hull has been finished, as above.
Fred
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๐ Finishing Balsa boat
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In the day's when Nelson had both eye's, I used to use the girlfriends old stockings and dope, it worked well then and I still use it today ( not the girlfriends stockings, the wife would not like it)
You pull the stocking/tights over the hull from the stern to the bow until it is tight, tie off the the stockings/tights then apply the dope to the hull "DO THIS OUT DOORS" when dry remove any waste. apply another coat of dope then when dry you can then paint the hull.
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๐ Action Electronics P94 Dual ESC Mixer
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Hi AtreliusModels
I have used the P94 and the Mtroniks wtail, the wtail went into the bin alone with the esc's, as for the P94 I do like, as I have been unable to get a new one I have gone for a Forge Electronics rudder mixer at ยฃ30.00, only thing wrong with it is it takes a bit of time to set it up correctly, when it is set up it works fine, Mtroniks esc do not like it so I have used the Hobbywing 1060 esc and they work fine.
Fred
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๐ J P Models
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Hi One & All
While I was waiting for part of the hull to dry I had a look at making the deck, as I was laying out the parts I found the the three biscuits that lock parts of the deck together were missing, I sent an email of to J P asking if they could send me some replacements, that was at 20.22 on Friday, today at 10.05 I received an email from J P saying that the parts will be in the post tonight.
Now that is excellent service, some other could take note.
Fred
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๐ Hull
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Yesterday (15/06/2023) I got the 6" x M2 shaft and the 25mm M2 prop from Sussex Models, photo one is them now fitted and drying, photo two is the bow profiling blocks, in a day or two I hope start sanding them into shape.
Fred
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๐ E Class Keel fitted
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Not much done today, fitten the shaft supports and fitted the keel,
I am having to soak the Chine stringer and the Gunwale to get them to fit the hull.
Fred
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๐ Hull Frames
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Today I have started to fix the hull frames, I am using some right angel machined aluminum to help keep them upright to the deck, with all the frames in place I tried a dry fit of the keel just to see if all the frames were in line with each other.
This is the glue that I am using, it is a slow setting glue that takes two hours to set and a full twenty-four hours to fully set.
Fred
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๐ Mast lights
4 months ago by
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How about having a go at making your own, all you need is some brass tubing that you lights will go into, then file out a slot, solder a top onto the tube, and you now have a mast light, a lot cheaper than getting some from a retailer.
Fred
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๐ Are Motorized RC Scale Model Boats Hazardous?
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The Swiss Cottage MBC's lake are in the grounds of a Public House (Pub) we only run electric boats and sail boats, so no problem with noise, we do have an understanding that any fast electric boats can only go onto the water when every sail boat is off the water, that works well for us.
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๐ What's in the Box
4 months ago by
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Hi One & All
So here we go, my log on the building of the E Class lifeboat.
This is what you get in the box for ยฃ66.50. as you can see it is well packed,
Photo 1 is just the outside of the box, 2 the contents, 3 - 4 parts of the hull and deck, 5 is the parts for the stand, 6 are for the rear deck housing, 7 - 8 are supports and starring consel, 9 are the frames, 10 is the keel, 11 the resin crew and the small resin parts to finish the consel and last we have the exters that you need to purchase.(ESC still in the other boat)
Now on with the build, I will try not to take the next Millennium to finish this one.
Fred
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๐ E Class Lifeboat or "How not to build the model"
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Yesterday I took that big leap and I got myself the The Wooden Model Boat Company Thames Lifeboat Kit 400mm, along with some other parts from Sussex Models in Worthing,
Kit ยฃ66.50 - 280 motor ยฃ7.00 - Small rudder ยฃ4.56 - S/S shaft ยฃ7.19 Total of ยฃ86.24, I still have to get a 30mm brass prop, as for the ESC I have one in the spares box that will be O.K.
So look out for my "How not to build this model๐.
Fred
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๐ Question of the Day?
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Hi One & All
So I have got todays question wrong, in fact I read the question wrong, if it was the skipper then it would be illegal to propel the vessel when your blood alcohol level is over the 0.08% limit.
Fred
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๐ R.N.L.I. E class Lifeboat
4 months ago by
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Hi RogerA1
Thank you for your comment, I have found in the past that a lot of the phots just do not go were all the equipment is stored, the link that I have posted does give me an idea just how the boat that the model is based on looks, also gives me how the main control board looks.
Thanks for your impout.
Fred
P/S when I get the workbench sorted I will take photos of the build.
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๐ R.N.L.I. E class Lifeboat
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Hi One & All
I have been doing some research on this class of live boat and I cam across the site, it looks as if I will be anle to get most of the info that I am going to need.
Fred
https://www.haraldjoergens.com/panoramas/rnli-e-class |
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๐ R.N.L.I. E class Lifeboat
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Hi One & All
Just a quick call out, is any one living in Chatham Kent?
The thing is I am after any photos/info on the E class lifeboat that is in the dockyard, the arear that I am interested in is the seating of the Cox and crew, along with the gantry and any equipment locations.
Thanking you for any help you can give.
Fred
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