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📝 How do you draw bulkheads etc, from a 2 view plan?
7 months ago by Hugh (
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Those drawings are in 3rd angle projection. Ist angle used to be used in the UK, and sometimes called English projection.
You need to draw, i.e. copy those views, Front and Plan , on to some drawing paper, then project an end view. Difficult to explain without showing you. Have you a drawing board and instruments ?
You need to draw, i.e. copy those views, Front and Plan , on to some drawing paper, then project an end view. Difficult to explain without showing you. Have you a drawing board and instruments ?
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📝 How do you draw bulkheads etc, from a 2 view plan?
7 months ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Are you talking about 3rd angle projection?
Cheers,
Hugh😎
Cheers,
Hugh😎
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📝 Newbbie needing advice
10 months ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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I use Aquadhere, which is a waterproof PVA type glue. I also use epoxy resin for some bits.
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💬 Re: Hartley cabin boat on trailer
1 year ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Very realistic! A pity the shadow of the giant, and his car, was in the video. 👍
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📝 New Smoke Generators
2 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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My SG 1 works well, and looks good, in my Clyde Puffer. However, only works on 14v--- not the 6 to 7v recommended
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📝 MFA 919D series geared electric motors
3 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Can anyone tell me if these motors need to have their gears oiled/lubricated?
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📝 Hints and Tips.
3 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Use my set of forceps all the time. Got mine from my Dad who was a doctor
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💬 Re: Offshore meeting 2019 , Hamburg Germany
3 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Amazing detail! Any interior shots?
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💬 Re: Offshore meeting 2019 , Hamburg Germany
3 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Wow! Humbling!
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📝 Hints and Tips.
3 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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They are self adhesive.
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📝 SS Colonsay
3 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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My scratch built Clyde Puffer. Just tested the lights.
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📝 SS Colonsay Clyde Puffer
3 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Just tested my navigation lights. This is my scratch-built Clyde Puffer, 3' long, and made of ply and timber
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📝 SS Colonsay Clyde Puffer
3 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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😎iMy scratch built Puffer, made out of plywood and wood.
Have just finished putting in the navigation lights.
Have just finished putting in the navigation lights.
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📝 Building blog
3 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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😎iMy scratch built Puffer, made out of plywood and wood.
Have just finished putting in the navigation lights.
Have just finished putting in the navigation lights.
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📝 Puzzled
3 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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I was a sub lieutenant, but have been demoted to leading seaman? Is that because I went AWOL?
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3 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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😎iMy scratch built Puffer, made out of plywood and wood.
Have just finished putting in the navigation lights.
Have just finished putting in the navigation lights.
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📝 A Birthday Wish!
4 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Belated happy birthday Ed.
Yes, grandchildren are great. My 71st birthday today and waiting for a phone call from my son.
Cheers Hugh
Yes, grandchildren are great. My 71st birthday today and waiting for a phone call from my son.
Cheers Hugh
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📝 Bristol pilot cutter mascotte
4 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Good tip Hammer. Will try that.
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📝 Quote from A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
4 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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💬 HS Simitzopoulos P28
5 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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I also like your attention to detail. Your radar masts turn and, your flag flies in the breeze!
Cheers Hugh
Cheers Hugh
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💬 HS Simitzopoulos P28
5 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Love the way she looks in the water. My father in law was an officer in the Hellenic navy, and the name of your ship grabbed my attention.Great! Love it!
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📝 Clyde Puffer
5 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Hi Alan,
I, too, am building a Clyde Puffer. Mine is scratch built ,and same scale as yours. I have installed a 6:1 brushed electric motor. I wanted scale speed . The shaft length was 11" from memory.
Interested in how you get on. Clyde puffers were lovely ships.
Cheers Hugh
I, too, am building a Clyde Puffer. Mine is scratch built ,and same scale as yours. I have installed a 6:1 brushed electric motor. I wanted scale speed . The shaft length was 11" from memory.
Interested in how you get on. Clyde puffers were lovely ships.
Cheers Hugh
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📝 Warning
5 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Japanese safety boots are the go then?
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📝 How many is to Many
5 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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I have two working,one almost there and another scratch built coming up, plus 5 static models. We are strange folk, but must have something in common to be building and sailing them.
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📝 Futaba Attack 2ER
5 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Thanks to all of you who gave me some advice. I found out that The crystal on the transmitter was missing. it was in the box, so plug in and great joy! Tears of happiness. I bought this set years ago in Dorchester, Dorset on a trip to see my parents. I think it is a bit cheaper to buy here, but I will compare next back in the UK.
Cheers, and thanks again guys, much appreciated.Hughie😎
Cheers, and thanks again guys, much appreciated.Hughie😎
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📝 Futaba Attack 2ER
5 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Hi Dave
Thanks for your reply. No, I didn't try the RC before the aerial got broken. Yes, I have stripped the wire and twisted them together, but haven' t soldered them as yet. I haven't put the battery plug in the servos or vice versa.I will try what you suggest and let you know how I got on.
Cheers
Hughie👍
Thanks for your reply. No, I didn't try the RC before the aerial got broken. Yes, I have stripped the wire and twisted them together, but haven' t soldered them as yet. I haven't put the battery plug in the servos or vice versa.I will try what you suggest and let you know how I got on.
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📝 Futaba Attack 2ER
5 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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I have installed a Futaba Attack 2ER receiver plus 2 servos in my fireboat. Both lights are 'on' on the transmitter, and there is the correct voltage coming from the battery supply to the receiver. When I plug in the servo ,the servo moves a bit. However, the transmitter has no effect on the servos. I have checked and rechecked the connections. The aerial was cut, but I have joined the parts together temporarily. Can anyone give me any advice?
Cheers Hughie
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📝 Futaba antenna
5 years ago by Hugh ( Master Seaman)
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Thanks Yax,
I thought of doing that, but lacked confidence.
Cheers,
Hughie👍
I thought of doing that, but lacked confidence.
Cheers,
Hughie👍
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