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    Highlander Clyde Puffer,(Mountfleet.)
    Highlander is a Mountfleet kit and as the boiler and steam engine are both at the rear end, this leads to some problems regarding the layout of the steam plant, and the fact that the steam engine is in front of the boiler as opposed to behind. With the engine situated amidships a chain drive is required with shafts and bearings to the short prop shaft. As explained and shown with photographs in the build blog. The boiler is 3" x 6" and the engine is Cheddar 1/2" bore twin piston valve.
    GaryLC
    2 years ago
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    The Anteo my very first ever steam powered tug.
    My very first steam-boat back in the 70s, the Anteo by Panart probably the best kit ever, a plank on frame hull with lots of brass fittings. I fitted a Maxwell Hemmings Caton Steam plant and I was smitten, that was the first of many and still going strong. My only regret was somewhat butchering the engine housing in order to fit the valves and pipework. One of these days I might build another and make a much better job of it, hopefully. Check out my harbour for the rest of my small fleet of steam-powered working boats. The Anteo looking very realistic on the water, and the start of a love affair with steam and all it has to offer
    GaryLC
    4 years ago
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    Marian Belle' Tug Mobile Marine Kit.
    A Mobile Marine tug kit, modified to take a steam plant, TVR1A-BB steam engine, 3 1/2" diameter x 6" length boiler. 4 channel for forward / reverse. speed control, steering and gas cutoff valve. Around 2 years to complete.
    GaryLC
    4 years ago
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    Marian Belle' Empire Class Tug
    Finally completed on 5th April, I must be slowing down with age. Despite the weight of the installed steam plant, it requires more weight to sit more realistically on the water.
    GaryLC
    6 years ago
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    Marian Belle' Empire class tug (Mobile Marine.)
    This model has been on the go for the last three years and is now finally almost complete, this one as per the others is powered by a TVR1ABB steam engine and a 3 1/2" diameter x 6" gas fired boiler.
    GaryLC
    6 years ago
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    (Other) Lady Ayla and Elena.
    Clinker built open launches built to show off the boiler, steam engine and complex plumbing. (Motor: The Caton piston valve) (ESC: servo controlled) (9/10)
    GaryLC
    6 years ago
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    (Other) Lady Marian
    This Drifter was a Marvon Models Kit and was incredible value for the money, a double planked plank on frame hull, and detailed instructions and good quality timber and fittings. As the engine was a four-stroke and silenced, plus the fact it was ticking over at very few revs, it made less noise than your average electric motor. Plus we were not trying too hard to save the planet in those good old days. (Motor: OS. 6.5cc Marine 4 stroke.) (ESC: servo controlled) (10/10)
    GaryLC
    6 years ago
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    (Tug Boat) Anteo Harbour Tug
    My first ever Tug about fifty years ago, and my very first steam engine hence the super-structure looks a little hacked about, especially the engine housing with globe valves stuck out here and there. this was and still is an amazing kit from Panart, a plank on frame double skinned hull, and all the fittings were brass to a very high quality, (note the anchor winch all brass and it works. The engine and boiler was from Maxwell Hemmings one of the very few manufacturers at the time. (Motor: Piston Valve Twin Cylinder) (ESC: Servo controlled) (10/10)
    GaryLC
    6 years ago
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    (Other) Lady Ayla
    I decided to build an open steam-boat to have the boiler and piston valve engine on show, all that polished copper and brass should be on show and not hidden away, this hull is clinker-built to my own design. (Motor: Maxwell Hemmings Caton) (ESC: servo controlled) (9/10)
    GaryLC
    6 years ago
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    (Working Vessel) Danny Boy
    An almost scale version of the real thing, with a gas fired boiler driving a Tvr1 bb, 1/2" bore, twin cylinder, slide valve engine. this utilises an attenuator valve using boiler pressure to conserve both gas and steam pressure. (ESC: Servo controlled) (10/10)
    GaryLC
    6 years ago
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    (Other) Topaz
    A Victorian/Edwardian steam launch from the 1800s as sailed on Lake Windermere, this is very similar to a launch called Branksome, which it was copied from. (Motor: Cheddar slide valve) (ESC: servo controlled) (8/10)
    GaryLC
    6 years ago
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    (Working Vessel) Danny Boy
    A great looking boat, and a good subject to add realistic detail. Looks really good on the water running on steam, very realistic, not the easiest hull to fit a steam engine and boiler into due to small superstructure, definitely well worth the effort. As well as removing the super structure, I also can remove a portion of the deck for good access to the steam plant, and to remove the complete steam plant if necessary. (Motor: TVRA1BB) (ESC: Mountfleet) (10/10)
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    10 years ago
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    Highlander Clyde Puffer.
    Having thought about doing a blog on this build for some time I have finally decided to give it a go and see how I get on. First and foremost this is a kit by Mountfleet, and it really does leave a little to be desired as in the quality of the fiberglass mouldings and the white metal fittings. It is not by any stretch of the imagination the company it used to be before the major fire they suffered some years ago. I have always liked the Clyde Puffers as great little working boats full of character and nostalgia, plus there is still one or two still working around the Islands on the west coast of Scotland. I think they are more involved these days with tourists and sightseers than carrying freight, although I dare say they still carry some occasionally. My personal preference is to build working boats from the 30s and 40s that were powered by steam engines. The reason I have left it this long is the very unconventional layout with the boiler and steam engine both at the back end of the boat. Then I had this idea with regard to using sprockets chains and shafts, not forgetting the bearings, to run the propshaft around the boiler and position the engine in front of the boiler. I think you will need to check the photos to see where I am coming from on that one. These first photos are from the kit brochure and I think the weathering has been somewhat over-done. It looks like it needs a good wash down. Any comments or suggestions I will gladly take on board, as I am making this up as I go and I am hoping this works out, time will tell. Regards, Gary.
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    2 years ago
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    📝 Orca with a full crew looking for jaws. ( filmed in slo-mo)
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    I just had to reply and congratulate you on a really fine and detailed build, it certainly looks very convincing and authentic. I love the lengths you have gone to, plus the first Jaws was the most convincing, see if you can get hold of that sound track from the film. Regards, Gary.

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    💬 Re: Model engineers lathe
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    A fine bit of engineering, despite age I am still very much on a learning curve. This is for Zooma, your ex Super Seven is nicely settled in and working fine. It fits in really well since I modified my workshop with a small extension. Looking good for a 1958 lathe. Regards, Gary.

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    💬 Re: Mountfleet LT72 trawler
    5 days ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Mountfleet NORTH SEA DRIFTER, kindly look at the rear end and ask yourself how could this possibly haul a trawl net, answer it couldn't. Due to the fact this is a drifter. ( I just might have mentioned this before.)

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    📝 Fishing nets
    1 month ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Hi Pete, Joe Brown, (Bless Him,) a really nice down to earth guy, and an excellent very talented musician. His one and only hit record, A picture of you, his excellent rendition of, Sea of heart break, and not forgetting, All things bright and beautiful, played finger style on a twelve string. The good old days gone forever, more is the pity. My knowledge on Fishing nets is not up to much, so I will give that a miss, although I do appreciate the differences between a Drift Net and a Trawl net, as mentioned in previous posts. Regards, Gary.

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    📝 She said yes.
    1 month ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    To Colin H. Please check out your private messages, as there is one there waiting for you. I know these things as I sent it weeks ago.

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    📝 She said yes.
    1 month ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Congratulations, and very best wishes to both of you. try out a compatibility check, buy her a small boat starter kit and see what happens.

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    📝 Fishing nets
    1 month ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    I don't think Joe Brown and The Bruvvers, would be be very happy to hear that statement. The man you are looking for is the Skiffle King Lonnie Donnigan.

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    💬 Re: Caldercraft LT72 trawler
    2 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    That is without a shadow of doubt a Mountfleet "Danny Boy" North Sea Drifter, you have the two rollers on each side of the hull by the main hatch, plus another two rollers on each side of the main hatch plugged into the deck, for a DRIFT NET. This Drifter was designed to catch herring, and has never seen a Trawl Net in its life,yes there is such a thing as a side trawler but this is not one of them.

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    💬 Re: Caldercraft LT Maggie May Lowestoft Trawler
    2 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Hi Wolle, yes I very much agree that the Britannia Pilot boat, is very much a converted North Sea Drifter, (Danny Boy.) With a superstructure built over the main hatch. Regards, Gary. (I have a few photos of the build, the power source is a steam engine, shoe horned into the narrow hull.)

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    💬 Re: Caldercraft LT Maggie May Lowestoft Trawler
    2 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Hi Stephen, sorry, and I hope you don't mind, but what you have there is a North Sea Drifter, which has never pulled a trawl net in it's life. It used a drift net and fished for herring. Lowestoft with it's LT registration did have the largest fishing fleet on the North East coast. A nice looking boat you have there with lots of fine detail. Regards, Gary.

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    📝 Message for Colin H.
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    Hi Colin, you have a a private message, I know these things as I sent it?

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    📝 Sourcing Lead Shot in UK
    2 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Hi Frankie, with regard to your request for lead shot for ballast, I am sure by now you are aware of the fact this is a very expensive road to go down. So why not consider rolls of lead flashing as an alternative, a two meter roll by four inch width will not break the bank, and is easy to fit and press into the shape you require, and fasten with a squirt of silicon mastic. Either Screwfix or a decent builders yard should be able to supply the goods. Hopefully a solution to your problem. Regards, Gary. (PS, easy enough to cut with a good pair of tin snips, or also available from Screwfix?)

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    📝 Mini steel drive chain and sprockets required.
    4 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Thanks Doug, much appreciated and just what I was looking for and couldn't find. I am pretty sure that I can make that work for me.
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    📝 Mini steel drive chain and sprockets required.
    4 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Could anyone out there in the ether possibly steer me in the right direction to find some mini steel chain and sprockets, as used for the drive chain in I/C nitro model cars, the sprockets to have a hub centre of 3 - 4mm for drive shafts of the same size. Although of course the centres could be drilled out to suit. I am hoping that the good old US of A. can deliver the goods for me, as there seems to be nothing in the U/K. In my searches so far. I am in the process of building a Lady Jane open steam launch by Maxwell Hemmings, and the prop shaft when parallel is, or will be about an inch lower than the steam engine. Hoping you can help me. Regards, Gary.

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    📝 Question. What is special about this model in your opinion?
    5 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Everything, the sheer complexity of the components, and the ability to assemble them correctly. Not forgetting the ability to control it in the air, and take it home in the same condition which it arrived in at the air field. ( One piece, as opposed to several. )

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    💬 Re: Brushless motor sync problems
    7 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Hi there, and having read your problem, although electric motors is not my strong point I would like to offer you my opinion on what happened and why. First off as you mention the boat was behaving quite normally and all was well, then a strange noise from the boat and a reduction in speed as it limped home with little or no power. I think your fuse holders were the cause of the problem, and I think the vibration loosened the fuse termination screws sufficiently to cause a very high resistance joint, which heated up the terminations enough to melt the fuse holders. The fact the fuses didn't blow means the rating is set far too high, and you were lucky nothing burned and the motor and escapement unharmed. So you could invest in porcelain fuses that will definitely, fix the problem on a long term lasting basis. Happy boating, regards, Gary.

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    📝 “Dozer Photos”
    8 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    A great little work boat, and I love the double set of sharp teeth on the prow front end. Wrongly moored to a wooden jetty, it could nibble through the wood work and escape in the night. Regards, Gary.

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    📝 A suitable glue?????????????
    8 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    A big thank you for all the helpful posts I received, and very much appreciated. Thinking back and checking out my open launch and avatar, I realised I didn't actually use planks I used sheet veneer, and I think I used evostik. In checking out evostik on amazon I was some what amused to find on the advertising label evostik sticks like sh*t. (As in to the preverbal blanket?) I also managed to find numerous Bob Smith Industries BSI CA glue, numerous sorts which is a little confusing when you are getting on a bit. So please could I have a little more help on that one. Regards, Gary.

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    📝 A suitable glue?????????????
    8 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Fellow Modelers could you kindly recommend a suitable glue for planking the inside of an open launch fiberglass hull. It has been a long while since I have done this and I can't remember what I used at the time. These days there is so many new adhesives some better than others. I need something that is not instantaneous, to give me time to manipulate the planks into the correct position. Here's hoping you can help me out with this problem, which I will very much appreciate. Regards, Gary.

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    📝 Drifter Trawler Boat Formidable LT100
    8 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Hi Mike, not quite a MH Formidable LT100, but quite close a Mountfleet Dannyboy, LT53, with TVR 1A engine, and 3 1/2" Dia. boiler. Regards, Gary.

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    📝 Drifter Trawler Boat Formidable LT100
    8 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Hi Mike, I have tried to send you this, it does give some details on formidable LT100, hoping you can open and read the files, if not I will print them and send it to you via normal post. regards, Gary.

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    💬 Re: Puffer update
    9 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    I also did not want a control rod running across the rear deck and my solution was this. Plus you could use a smaller servo this one is standard size, it works really well and fits in with the chain from the ships wheel. Regards, Gary.

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    📝 City of Sheffield Tyne lifeboat
    10 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Absolutely spot on, a really great build with all the extra minute detail, giving it that realism and authenticity look.

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    📝 Death of a member.
    10 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Dearest Colin, so very sad and devastated to hear your tragic news, my heart goes out to you. So very very sorry to hear of this terrible turn of events. My condolences to you and your family. Gary.

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    📝 Full Steam Ahead
    10 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Hi Mike, first and foremost congratulations and a long wait for your finally arrived Steam Plant bits. I am guessing that your boiler is 3 1/2" in diameter, and am concerned with regards to the weight factor in a 36" ish open hull. I would definitely suggest a floatation test with all the gear in the hull plus water in the boiler. Having just tried this myself the same boiler with a TVR1A engine the results were quite frightening, and am contemplating raising the hull height 1" to create more draft and a bit of a safety margin. I have a nice unused three cylinder oscillating engine if you are interested. Regards, Gary.

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    💬 Re: Successful in drilling
    11 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    It took me a minute or so to figure out what I was looking at, and then I got it. It's a Wavey Gravy Boat, ah Bisto.

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    💬 Re: Racing Sparrow
    11 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    An incredible very professional paint job, looks like the gel coat on a glass fiber hull, and a very clean-looking go-faster stripe. One very smart-looking yacht, well done.

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    📝 My Latest TVR1A Ready for its first Steam Trial.
    11 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    I bought this recently from eBay, and they are getting more and more expensive as they are now not available from their original source Graham Industries. I have added the flywheel, and the wet sump box under the base plate, plus the customised cylinder head covers, yes the 2mm allen screw bolt does look a bit strange, because I used the original cover screwed to the new cover for drilling. (As seen in the fore ground.) This was a good method as only 0.5mm from the six securing bolt holes to the edge of the cylinder. Handy for getting oil into the bores for storing. Regards,Gary.

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    💬 Re: Gravy boat
    11 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    BISTO would be more suitable.

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    📝 Steam powerplant size
    12 months ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC ( Captain)
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    Hi Mike, please note the forward/reverse servo in photo three on the TVR 1ABB, I have and use several of these engines. Regards, Gary.

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