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💬 Re: Spencer's pool Burlington
4 days ago by GARTH (
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The model builder just sent me this info HMCS BAFFIN Western Isles Class Admiralty MS/AS Trawler Built in Collingwood, Ontario in 1941 Served out of Halifax, NS during the war Sold out of service 1945.
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💬 Re: Running some club boats at Spencer's pool in BURLINGTON
4 days ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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WIKIPEDIA has a great write up about this style of boat .But there isn't any explanation about how it got it's name . Maybe Ontario Canada had alligators 100 years ago & we ate them all up & Great with a beaver burger to .
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💬 Re: Spencer's pool Burlington
5 days ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Thanks for the history lesson & now that you named the ship I'm sure the builder did call the ship H.M.S. Baffin Thank you .
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📝 Spencer's pool Burlington
5 days ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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This model is one of our club members he told me it's name but I forgot . She may be a sub hunter WW2.She is a scratch build with a lot of detail & I like the looks of her.
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📝 Running some club boats at Spencer's pool in BURLINGTON
5 days ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Alligator boats were a type of amphibious vehicle used in the forestry industry throughout Ontario, Quebec, the Maritime provinces of Canada and the northern United States from the mid-19th century to the beginning of the 20th century
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📝 Confederation Marine Modelers
1 month ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Ran our club's Balloon buster models last weekend at Hamilton's Steam Museum. It's been 2 years since the last time the club attended Boat's in the museum's park. Great weekend
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📝 Mini R/C African Queen at Hamilton steam museum
1 month ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Last weekend had a chance to run The Mini African Queen Model. Went well ⛵
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📝 Zwarte Zee Portholes
1 month ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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O/K everyone is right looks better with hull portholes. Long story short after I retired from Stelco 15 years ago I cleaned out my lockers. Because I was a Maintenance Electrician, I had a lot of odds & ends to take home & I also remember I had taken these small rivets home. So, they will make great portholes. The Photo with the rivets isn't finished yet the rivets will all need to be set straight on the hull .
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💬 Re: African Queen
2 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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If you look closely, you may spot one green fake gas bottle and we can't forget that because they became torpedoes in the movie used to sink the German patrol ship.
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📝 Zwarte Zee
2 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Thanks for all the suggestions on portholes. I also have two full plans. The model I have is the 30-inch Zee wooden kit which is a kit #NR8009 the other plan is a 34-inch plan # NR592 I think. I'll go to our neighborhood Fabric land store & look for some gourmets to use as portholes. Because it's a wooden kit, most of the structural parts can be made with plastic or wood. The 34-inch had two props. The plan method of build shows a drawing that shows two props.
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📝 Zwarte Zee
2 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Because I don't think my friend that I got this model from has the fitting kit I have decided to fill in the port holes. I did a little searching online & portholes are too expensive & I can't find plastic ones online either. So today I decided to make the Funnel from some scrap wood & that's the fun with building model boats It's not the greatest looking funnel, but I made it to look like the plans. I did a decent job on it, I think. A fitting kit would be nice but most of the fittings can be handmade. Filled in porthole holes also.
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💬 Re: ZWARTE ZEE
2 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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I just have to send a message to the seller to see if he has the fitting kit even if it's not complete
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📝 African Queen
2 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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She's all set to go sailing at Our May 29 weekend at the Hamilton Steam Museum Our club Confederation Marine modellers haven't had a show here for 2 years so fingers crossed no more lock downs this year . But we still have to be carefull & keep getting booster shots & masks indoors for a little bit more .
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📝 ZWARTE ZEE
2 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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I just can't stop myself Our club had a swap & sell meeting on Tuesday And I spotted this uncompleted tug the Zwarte Zee for $ 30 Canadian no tax. She is missing a lot of parts & may take a while to build .The first thing I thought about was all the port holes that it will need . Buy them or maybe use something else to fill the holes . The first thing I started was the stern area so put a plastic plate over the hole & I'll need to have a way to get to the rudder area.
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📝 No Name boat
2 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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After a little video of the H.Sw.Visby I tested out my no name R/C boat over the winter change motor coulping & receiver . So she need a little test run at the Hamilton Bay Leander dock seemed o/k to me so looking forward to a summer of model boat sailing . The kids must have been off due to Earth Day & here in Canada Covid restriction have been mostly over .Thank goodness .
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📝 H.Sw.Visby
2 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Down to the Bay today for a little shake down try out for Rowans Stealth R/C model boat
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📝 African Queen
3 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Just a little update on my R/C project of the 16 inch African Queen .It works motor runs rudder turns right way also still a lot of fine tuning inside hull & a bath tube test needed but I'm confident she will sail in a tiny pond one day.P/S put a little video on Media Gallery just to prove it works ! 😆.
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📝 African Queen Test Motor Rudder Receiver & Battery
3 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Just a little more fine tuning before model will be ready for a tiny pond .Its only 16 inch from bow to stern .
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📝 African Queen
3 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Today here in southern Ontario fall weather today rain & a little snow so worked on African Queen got lucky ask a fellow in our club if he had a small prop & stuffing box .He said he would look & if he found anything he would bring it to our March Club Meeting . I was pleasantly suprised as he found one . A model boat club is great as we can get things that other members may have . The only way to put motor in was to build up the hull bottom then make a pit to put motor in & away we go . It's a little crude but a little elbow grease will fix that up .
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📝 African Queen
3 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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My son gave me a flat bottom sail boat that he found on the street on garbage day . I wondered how I would fix it as the masts had been broken off it sat on the work bench for about 6 months finally decided to make a R/C African Queen out of this flat bottom sail boat .It's only 14 inch's so to put all the electronics in it will be a bit of challange ! The prop & rudder will have to be placed first so thats a beginning . Built a fake boiler & a fake steam engine from internet photo's I think there not to shabby .
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📝 Dumas Harbor Tug
4 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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I can't find my original built Blog. It's been a while since I posted anything & we all know why . With all the stuff happening right now had to get my mind of it and finish up the Dumas U.S. Army 74' ST Tug. It's always a task to find a good spot for a on off switch so I had some P/B switch's & the model had imitation man hole covers so I glued a switch under the deck and glued top of cover onto switch Wala done . We just need some warm weather and some open water for a tug boat run. maybe by end of May as Snow on the way Friday & Saturday . I find that the 2300 MAH 1.2 volt NIMH rechargeable battery's that can be put in a 6 holder battery box for 7.2 Volt battery pack work well for small model boats good running time also .
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📝 H.M.S. Saber
5 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Haven't posted in a while was waiting on a 1/72 scale 40mm Bofors gun from e-bay & I found a 1/76 scale model kit 40mm gun , truck & tractor . Haven't built a plastic model in years & the parts on a 1/76 scale model are real tiny & If a part falls on the floor it's a real challenge to find it . My little R/C model is scratch so a lot of thought needs to go into placement of switch's ,servos, speed controls , battery's , receivers ,etc. Still waiting on stanchions that I order from a hobby store in California placed order Jan.11 2022 arrived in Canada Jan.25 2022 & is sitting in Canada customs or maybe it has been at Canada Post & not delivered yet or maybe my neighbor has it . My model isn't great but it's a good way to pass time in this day & age .
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💬 Re: H.M.S. Saber fast patrol boat.
5 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Thank you fixed photo problem today .
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📝 H.M.S. Saber
5 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Haven't posted in a while running gear in & a little paint applied seems my Photos aren't downloading . Seems that things change all the time with a computer .And I got another problem can't figure out how to delete a message from 4 months ago .Man am I dumb & getting more dumb all the time. For some unknown reason my photos from my I-Phone wouldn't load so retook with wife's I-Pad & it worked now
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📝 H.M.S. Saber fast patrol boat.
5 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Haven't posted for a while & forgot my blog title so started another . The last few weeks we have had snow storms ,weather alerts for cold weather , it will get down to -18C not sure wind chill will be here in Ontario Canada . Any way got all the electrical stuff installed & tub tested . I know it's not the best build but it might be better after I put the railings on & I ordered a 40 mm Bofor's model kit 1/72 scale that hasn't arrived yet . Fixed photo problem I used my wife's I-Pad for photo seems my I-Phone ain't working properly .
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📝 Tiny H.M.S. Scimitar
6 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Good Morning to all & in 16 Hours it will be 2022 so every one Have a Happy New Year & stay safe out there. Did a little work on my build blog & have decided to rename model H.M.S.Sabre . She is 18 inch's in length & will have a Graupner Speed 600 - 7.2 volt . I also upgraded the stuffing box & motor shaft to a 4mm . Raised the cabin 1/4 inch & put the 2 doorways in .It's a little crude but will get better as time goes by I hope .I will try to use 1.2 volt rechargeable batteries in a 6 pack holder for 7.2 volts with 2300 milli. amp. hr. rating.
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📝 Tiny H.M.S Scimitar
6 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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I know the builder of the great looking H.M.S. Scimitar He is a also a great builder I've seen that model in action this summer & mention to Rowen that I'd like to build one it has been on my mind for a while because I had a Toys r Us plastic model speed boat the I found & didn't like . So long story short started to build a imitation H.M.S. Scimitar . After seeing the finished photo's I had a better look of it so started the boat build .Mine will not be anything like Rowen's & she won't be as fast but out in the water it may look O/K Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas & Every One a Happy New year .
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📝 Getting e-mails on two wed pages
6 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Thank you will try that ASAP.
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📝 Getting e-mails on two wed pages
6 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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I made a boo-boo on my computer I'm getting mail on my live account & my G- mail account . & when I log in to Model Boats a popup keeps to go to Google account . I wish I'd answered all the questions on both e-mail accounts maybe I would have won . Would only like to get mail on my Live account please .
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📝 Dumas U.S. Harbor tug
7 months ago by GARTH ( Lieutenant)
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Haven't posted progress in a while . I was upset with kit hardware for motor shaft & prop kit came with a 1/8 prop shaft & a 2 blade nylon propeller that look a wee bit silly . So removed propeller shaft & installed a 4mm shaft & stuffing boxtube had a 40 mm 3 blade propeller & changed the motor shaft coupling to a flex unit & installed the rudder servo too .Next time I have a bath I will be doing sea trials for model weight distribution.
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