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    πŸ’¬ All In place
    9 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    eh????

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    πŸ“ Krick Lisa M
    9 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    I've glued the bits of the superstructure together. The front windows were a bit of a b*gger - they didn't fit very well, so I ended up making the centre one out of separate pieces of wood.

    πŸ“ OOOOPS!
    9 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    Oh, dear! it turned out that with the servo mounted where it was, the horn was just a tad too high and would catch on the underside of the well deck. So I had to re-site it and attach it with a "snake"

    πŸ“ All In place
    9 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    Here the motor and steering servo have been mounted properly. The motor is as near in line with the prop shaft as possible.
    All wood bits have been yacht-varnished before being glued in.
    The speed controller is a Mtroniks Viper 20.

    πŸ“ Modification
    9 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    Since I'm fitting a 540 motor, I needed to mount the motor further forward, and therefore the battery had to go further back.

    πŸ“ Working bits
    9 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    This is what the motor and battery mounts are supposed to look like.

    πŸ“ Rudder mount
    9 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    The rudder mount is made out of three pieces of wood glued to the tube. in the event, I decided to reinforce it with extra wood.

    πŸ“ Detail of coaming
    9 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    Here's how the coaming attaches

    πŸ“ Coaming
    9 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    Then the coaming is attached to the inside of the lip (see diagram in next post)

    πŸ“ Deck underside
    9 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    There's a set of wood strips to fit round the underside of the opening in the deck:

    πŸ“ Hull and deck
    9 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    The deck sits nicely in the "shelf"

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    πŸ“ Hull trimmed 2
    9 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    Then the scary bit - cutting off the excess.

    πŸ“ Hull trimmed
    9 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    The hull was marked for trimming down - there's an awful lot of excess, so I'll keep it to reinforce the inside of the hull later.

    πŸ“ Instructions
    10 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    First things first - the kit was bought from the German shop Staufenbiel,

    http://www.modellhobby.de/?shop=k_staufenb_e
    πŸ“ First things first
    10 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    Well, it's a start! That's the stand built, and the hull marked for the prop shaft and rudder tube.
    If anyone else needs the English version of the instructions, contact me!

    πŸ’¬ Krick Lisa M
    10 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    First things first - the kit was bought from the German shop Staufenbiel,

    http://www.modellhobby.de/?shop=k_staufenb_e
    πŸ“ Krick Lisa M
    10 years ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GrahamSmith ( Leading Seaman)
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    This is a kit that I have recently bought from Germany. I am returning to model boat building after a long period of model railway activity.
    The "Lisa M" is a very attractive small motor cruiser in 1/25th scale, and I am looking forward to a satisfying build.



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