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💬 Re: Academy Titanic 1/400
4 days ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 (
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From what I can see from the pictures I would be inclined to remove the prop tailshafs altgether and make new ones with the appropriate shafts etc. Leave the centre shaf as static to revolve freely when the boat is moving. Its amazing what you can make by moulding and fairing etc. You may need to repaint the bottom but thats no big deal. The rudder is a bit more difficult and once again I would do the same as with the shafts tubes. Hope this helps. Cheers Ian
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📝 Fairey huntsman
6 days ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi Chris, Yes, on both parts. Then once you apply a little heat the solder will melt and run togther. In some cases you not need to add any more solder to the joint. Sorry if I didn't make myself clearer in the fist instance. Cheers Ian
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📝 Fairey huntsman
8 days ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Looks great and fits the part well. With soldering I have learnt that pre-tinning the mating parts makes for the final solder job so much easier. As I said before make up some sort of support to hold it together so all you need to worry about is soldering the joint and not have it moving around. Good luck. Cheers Ian
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📝 Easter greetings
10 days ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Happy Easter to all from Auckland, New Zealand. Enjoy this special occasion and maybe find time to work on your model. I certainly have with the canopy on my Venice water taxi. Photos to follow at some stage. Cheers Ian
Ps - Not sure if I should salute all you higher ranking officers who have commented ahead of me, but I suppose we are all in the 'same boat' so please accept my salute.
Ps - Not sure if I should salute all you higher ranking officers who have commented ahead of me, but I suppose we are all in the 'same boat' so please accept my salute.
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💬 Re: THE RAVEN
15 days ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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That looks so cool. I would be interested in the plans and power plant like where did you purchase etc. I need another project now I have just about finished the Venice water taxi. A great palce to run boats as well. My email is i.langley.mustang@gmail.com Cheers Ian 👍👍👍👍👍
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💬 Re: 1/12th scale Waveney lifeboat
16 days ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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It looks well balanced, great stuff.
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📝 Fairey huntsman ladder
17 days ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Making jigs for this sort of work pays off. well done Cheers Ian
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📝 Finally back along with the "Harvest Queen"
28 days ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Great news with the all clear. Always a big worry so now you can start to enjoy life again. May a wee drop will help as well. Your mighty craft looks fantastic and I love where you are sailing it. Cheers Ian
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💬 Re: Venice water taxi
28 days ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Chris, Your build looks great as well and I like the way you fitted in out inside. I had to keep it all in the rear engine space so it was all a bit tight. Good fun lining up the drive on the stern unit to get it correct, Cheers Ian
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💬 Re: Venice water taxi
28 days ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi Willem, Looks very good and well put together. Where did you get the driver from as I would one fopr my VWT. I have looked everywhere but to no avail. Regarding Chris's comment about the stern leg. I have used the same one and it siezed up up soon after water trial. When I went to the supplier I was told the warranty doesn't exist due to the Ukrane war as that is where the units were made and the business is no more. Disassembled and rebuilt with lubricant and now it spins freely. but yet to do full sea trial.
Willem keep us posted on your progress. I have attached a couple of photos of mine so far. Cheers Ian
Willem keep us posted on your progress. I have attached a couple of photos of mine so far. Cheers Ian
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💬 Re: Found these at an Estate Sale today......
30 days ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Very nice looking craft, well done with your purchase.
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📝 Fairey huntsman windscreen frame
1 month ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Its looking good and very fiddly work. I am working on the canopy on my Venice water taxi and I recently machined 4 .036 thousands dia pins to pivot the canopy frame which is 2 mm dia brass rod. Needed to use a very sharp HSS tool to machine them. Photos to follow at some stage. Thinking outside the square as to what material to use is also a challenge. I needed 2 stainless air scoops for the vents on my engine cover so I bought 2 SS teaspoons and cut about 12 mm off the spoon end. Perfect is what I would say. Cheers Ian
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📝 Model Boat Spam
1 month ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Nothing here in New Zealand - yet? Cheers Ian
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📝 Here I go again
1 month ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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That will be an interesting build and I am sure your cat will try to help if its anything like my cat. Cheers Ian
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💬 Re: Sailing on Warminster lake
1 month ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Yachts always seem to get in the way. Great video. Cheers Ian
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💬 Re: Wallasey Model Boat Society Videos
2 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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What a fantastic video and so well put together. I wish we had a facility like that close by me in Auckland. The night shots were great and to see the tugs working took it to another level. Love all the models and the way they performed. Cheers Ian. 👍👍👍👍
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💬 Re: Jimwilder Tug diesel sound generator
2 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Sounds very authentic. Does it increase in sound as you open the throttle? That would be cool if it did. I need one for a v8 for my model of Thunderbolt. Do you know if one is offered? Cheers Ian.
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📝 Solder
2 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi, your soldering job looks great, well done. What I have found with soldering, as with brazing etc as well, is cleanlyness of the components is paramount. Also, if you tin both parts, put in place, and apply the heat it will flow nicely. Not sure on the age of solder so I suppose if it doesn't work when all parts are clean then it looks like a bin job. Cheers Ian
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💬 Re: Model Slipway Tsekoa restoration
2 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi, I think the cheaper option would be ok, Have a look on Temu as they may have bits you could buy that would suffice. Cheers Ian
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📝 Full right rudder lock
2 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi, I would check to see all the linkages are free and move easily. If thats OK then it must be electrical/sending signal etc. I have very little knowledge on this but maybe just start by replacing some of the components. Good luck. Cheers Ian
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💬 Re: Billings St Canute
3 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Depending on what timber it is, I suggest hold over a boiling kettle or pot and hold the bending tension on it as you pass it over the hot steam. If successful you will feel the timber start to bend as it heats. Otherwise laminate from thinner strips and do it over a former with rad you want. Good luck. Ian
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💬 Re: Model engineers lathe
3 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Thanks for your nice comments and no I didn't cut the teeth on the Myford as they were done by an specialist gear cutting company. I just made the blanks. However, I did hand make the 21 tooth gear for the special thread I had to cut and I hand filed the shape of the tooth after drilling and sawing away the bulk of the waste material. The teeth weren't perfect but it was the 21 teeth that was most important. I have since 3D printed a gear and its on the lathe now as part of the feed gear train. If any of you Myford owners would like one just let me know. For some threads you need 2 x 21 tooth gears so I had to hand make another before I bought my 3D printer. Cheers Ian
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💬 Re: Model engineers lathe
3 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Another satisfied Myford owner (past). Sounds like you have a lot of much larger stuff these days. I was used to large machines as well during and soon after my apprenticeship working for the Union Steamship Co here in NZ as often the jobs were large. But it doesn't matter how large or small the machines/jobs are, the principle is still the same. Cheers Ian
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💬 Re: Re: Model engineers lathe
3 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi Peter, thanks for you nice comment. A tool maker in the aircraft industry would have been very interesting. What parts were you make tooling for and were they press tools or plastic molding tools? I always used to admire toolmakers in plastic industry as they would spend hours polishing the dies with diamond paste etc to bring up the mirror finish. As a machinist, I don't think I would have the patience. Cheers Ian
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📝 Model engineers lathe
3 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Good day to you all. You may recall a number of comments being made and asked about model engineering lathes, I think it was late last year 2024.
I said when I get time I will put something together so here it is.
I have a Myford Super 7 and I think it was built in 1952. Myford have the information, so if you know the serial number, you can easily trace it. It has been used and has a couple of dongs here and there but is still very accurate and parts off like a dream, using HSS. Due to its size it would struggle with carbide. These lathes have bronze split bearings in the headstock which makes them very rigid which reflect in the machining ability of the lathe. Lathes with roller bearings in the headstock tend to lack the same stability, hence the issues with part off. I machined 4 sets of bevel gears out of ali-bronze for the steering mechanism on the William C Daldy (old steam tug here in Auckland, google daldy.com) with a bore of 1-1/4 inches finished true and parallel. The OD of the gears was close to 3.5 inches. The lathe handled the job well and it took me 40 hours to machine all 8 pieces. I also made myself a fixed steady out of 6061 aluminiun, which you can see from the pictures. The OD was too large to fit over the saddle so I had to use a boring bar to turn and part off, from the ID and OD. I can highly recommend a Myford machine as they are excellent quality, but as anything which is good quality you pay for it. I had to make a 21 tooth gear for a special thread so I turned the blank up and hand cut the teeth. It did the job perfectly. If you have any questions please add to the conversation. Cheers Ian and happy modelling.
I said when I get time I will put something together so here it is.
I have a Myford Super 7 and I think it was built in 1952. Myford have the information, so if you know the serial number, you can easily trace it. It has been used and has a couple of dongs here and there but is still very accurate and parts off like a dream, using HSS. Due to its size it would struggle with carbide. These lathes have bronze split bearings in the headstock which makes them very rigid which reflect in the machining ability of the lathe. Lathes with roller bearings in the headstock tend to lack the same stability, hence the issues with part off. I machined 4 sets of bevel gears out of ali-bronze for the steering mechanism on the William C Daldy (old steam tug here in Auckland, google daldy.com) with a bore of 1-1/4 inches finished true and parallel. The OD of the gears was close to 3.5 inches. The lathe handled the job well and it took me 40 hours to machine all 8 pieces. I also made myself a fixed steady out of 6061 aluminiun, which you can see from the pictures. The OD was too large to fit over the saddle so I had to use a boring bar to turn and part off, from the ID and OD. I can highly recommend a Myford machine as they are excellent quality, but as anything which is good quality you pay for it. I had to make a 21 tooth gear for a special thread so I turned the blank up and hand cut the teeth. It did the job perfectly. If you have any questions please add to the conversation. Cheers Ian and happy modelling.
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💬 Re: Big Chill Pontoon Boat 1:8 - 3D Printed
3 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Wow that looks great. Where did you get the outboard gears and shafts from? Its given me a new inspiration to get back to 3D printing. Cheers Ian
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3 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi from New Zealand. What size mahogany strips are you looking for? I am coming to NY in March and I could bring it up if it's not too much. That's of course if you live in the area as the US is a biiiiiiggggg country. Cheers Ian
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4 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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That looks cool and as it happens I am looking for another project. I have a 3D printer so would it be possible to forward the files to me or maybe I can buy? My email is -
i.langley.mustang@gmail.com Thanks Ian
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💬 Re: The build of one of Glen L's boats - a model of Thunderbolt
4 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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Thanks, yes I was lucky with the Chev (although I am a Ford Mustang man) I had no option but to buy it. The scale size was perfect. I will be interested to see how it sits in the water with the engine mod I mentioned so I will keep you posted. Cheers Ian
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📝 The build of one of Glen L's boats - a model of Thunderbolt
4 months ago by 🇳🇿 IanL1 ( Warrant Officer)
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As promised, attached are a series of photos showing the build of Thunderbolt. Its about a 1/10 scale size taken off the original plans used to build the full size which we did back in the sixties. I have included some photos of the full size version, but sadly over time, they have deteriorated slightly so the clarity is not 100%. I have a few issues getting the balance right so it will get up on the plane. Reluctantly I have removed the V drive with the electric motor now driving directly onto the shaft but as yet I haven't tested it. The dummy engine is close to the scale size of the boat so I was lucky to find it. If you go the Glen L's website and search under Gallery (I think it is) Thunderboat, you will find more photos I uploaded of the build etc. Anyway I hope you enjoy the photos as I got quite a kick out of building it. I notice the photos haven't come out in the order I wanted but they are all titled so I am sure you will follow OK. Cheers and keep modelling. Ian
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