jostro65
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Master Seaman · 147 pts
Greenock, Inverclyde, United Kingdom
Member since May 2025
Last online 2 hours ago
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Scale modeller mostly, RC experience is limited to pre-built cars/planes/drones.
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With age comes experience, with more age comes forgetting what you knew!
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Re: British Toy Boats.
Toys/models? I think those in the know can tell the difference and that's what matters. I did build some balsa model planes in my younger days, from plans and …
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Re: thinking aloud
@BOB27600 cracking looking bit of work there!
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Re: thinking aloud
I've printed these 2 over the past month using PetG, PLA and TPU on a cheap ANYCUBIC KOBRA X. Both models found on makerworld, (thanks to the uploaders there!)…
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Re: thinking aloud
Hi Col, 3d printing is great isn't it, 1 minute it's all good, so easy, then for what seems like no reason, things just don't work. It's so much trial and erro…
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Re: Been viewing for some time. So I thought I had better make a posting
Yeah Lew that's a nice bit of kit and something I can only dream of having! I have a small, open bed-slinger type so very restricted on the materials i can use…
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Re: Been viewing for some time. So I thought I had better make a posting
@ColRay. yeah I also stuck to pla with intention of plenty of varnish coats to help keep it dry inside. I don't have the facility to use ABS which is what a fe…
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Re: Been viewing for some time. So I thought I had better make a posting
@ColRay Hi Col, what filament are you using, and are you using the same material for the complete build?
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Re: Been viewing for some time. So I thought I had better make a posting
Hi Col, interesting to see yet another member looking at more use of 3d for the larger parts rather than for detailing. After reading a post recently I decided…
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Re: build blog
Cheating you say . Maybe they said that when moving from steam to IC, then from IC to leccy....Could also say building from a kit rather than scratch is same. …
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Re: HMCS Snowberry - Revell 1/72 basic kit RC Conversion
Just an incredible piece of work. I have just started this kit, same scale, not intended for conversion. There's just no way I can see it ending anywhere close…
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