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📝 Antwerp
5 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Such a shame that I missed the opportunity.
If I ever go again I’ll look you up 😊
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📝 Antwerp
5 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Back in the 70’s I lived for about 6 months on the left bank in the appartement tower block. I wish I had known them that there was a model boat club nearby. I thought Antwerp was a lovely city.
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💬 Re: Bluebird of Chelsea
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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📝 Accidents happen.
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Sorry to hear about your accident. I hope you are back to full, normal operation soon.
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💬 Re: VOYAGER
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Beautiful model
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💬 Re: Launch update part II
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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That’s a really lovely looking launch. Obviously some good skills going into its build. 👍
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💬 Re: Yet to be named launch
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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What a lovely looking traditional launch 👍
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💬 Re: Bluebird of Chelsea
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Good work. It’s looking great 👍
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💬 Re: Hallet SK Drag boat
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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That looks and sounds awesome 👏
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💬 Re: Hallet SK Drag boat
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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A fine example of old school candy and flake. I don’t have the skills so stick to solid colour rattle cans 😊
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💬 Re: Maiden voyage
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Fabulous. An imaginative model excellently executed. 😁👍
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💬 Re: Piccadilly (Sailboat, 50/800 class)
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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I guess that must have been Frank Parsons of Nylet?
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📝 Egrete - Progress
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thanks cdnfurball, but I’m not that good; I cheated. The brass stanchions are factory made and I just soldered the brass wire to them.
There is a bit of a knack to it though. I put plumbers white flux on the rail before sliding the stanchion into the correct place and then a little bit more over the ball and onto the rail.
I use normal electrical solder with resin core but instead of getting the work to temperature and then bringing the solder to the joint I pick up a blob of solder on the 30W iron and just press it to the ball.
The solder from the iron almost instantly flows onto the work pieces and generally no blobs, unless I’ve put too much solder on the iron.
Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy 😉
There is a bit of a knack to it though. I put plumbers white flux on the rail before sliding the stanchion into the correct place and then a little bit more over the ball and onto the rail.
I use normal electrical solder with resin core but instead of getting the work to temperature and then bringing the solder to the joint I pick up a blob of solder on the 30W iron and just press it to the ball.
The solder from the iron almost instantly flows onto the work pieces and generally no blobs, unless I’ve put too much solder on the iron.
Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy 😉
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📝 Egrete - Progress
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Here’s a little more progress on the Egrete. I’ve finished making the railings around the bulwarks, painted them and they are now fixed in place.
This allows me to clear my bench briefly to check over my new IOM Malteser ready for some sailing on Saturday.
This allows me to clear my bench briefly to check over my new IOM Malteser ready for some sailing on Saturday.
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📝 Egrete - Progress
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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The last time I mentioned any progress was when I’d hit the bridge raising/lowering working to my satisfaction and added navigation lights I think.
As that was a few months ago I thought it was about time to post another progress report.
This time I’ve been adding deck features and working on railings.
Most of the deck ‘furniture’ had been fitted now and some progress had been made with railings. These have proved a bit tricky but are coming along.
I made the port and starboard railings by drawing them out on cartridge paper, cutting and laying out the parts over the drawing and soldering them over my plan.
I used resin cored solder but also little dabs of white plumbers resin at each joint. I cleaned up any blobby bits of solder and exposed rail ends with needle files and scrubbed them gently with soapy water before drying and spray painting.
The stern railings were a little tricky as they had to avoid bollards, etc. so I drilled the deck edge and assembled the railings in situ and then soldered them in place. I’m not happy that some of the stanchions are not quite vertical but I’m sure, by the time they are painted and fixed in position they’ll look OK.
A fellow sailor I know once told me that he builds to 5 metre scale. I was puzzled but he explained that if the finished item looked good from 5 metres then it was OK 😂
I hope the pictures are OK
As that was a few months ago I thought it was about time to post another progress report.
This time I’ve been adding deck features and working on railings.
Most of the deck ‘furniture’ had been fitted now and some progress had been made with railings. These have proved a bit tricky but are coming along.
I made the port and starboard railings by drawing them out on cartridge paper, cutting and laying out the parts over the drawing and soldering them over my plan.
I used resin cored solder but also little dabs of white plumbers resin at each joint. I cleaned up any blobby bits of solder and exposed rail ends with needle files and scrubbed them gently with soapy water before drying and spray painting.
The stern railings were a little tricky as they had to avoid bollards, etc. so I drilled the deck edge and assembled the railings in situ and then soldered them in place. I’m not happy that some of the stanchions are not quite vertical but I’m sure, by the time they are painted and fixed in position they’ll look OK.
A fellow sailor I know once told me that he builds to 5 metre scale. I was puzzled but he explained that if the finished item looked good from 5 metres then it was OK 😂
I hope the pictures are OK
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💬 Re: Comtesse
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Hi AndyN,
Sometimes I like to stroll and other times I like to run 😊
I like wooden boats too, in fact I’ve raced some very nice wooden boats such as the old Triple Crown and Nimbus; and also bimbled about with them. These days I can afford to have the choice thank goodness. Kind regards Brian
Sometimes I like to stroll and other times I like to run 😊
I like wooden boats too, in fact I’ve raced some very nice wooden boats such as the old Triple Crown and Nimbus; and also bimbled about with them. These days I can afford to have the choice thank goodness. Kind regards Brian
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💬 Re: Finishing the hull
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Such a pity that the materials let you down and caused so much more effort. Looking good now though: a lovely looking boat 👍
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💬 Re: Comtesse
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Nice Ron 👍
BTW I don’t race for medals, cups, etc. I only race at club level with friends. It’s friendly racing but I find it helps to improve skills while also having a laugh 😊
BTW I don’t race for medals, cups, etc. I only race at club level with friends. It’s friendly racing but I find it helps to improve skills while also having a laugh 😊
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💬 Re: Comtesse
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Hi HappyHaggis,
I was lucky enough to stumble across this on fb marketplace whilst looking for something else 😁
Brian
I was lucky enough to stumble across this on fb marketplace whilst looking for something else 😁
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📝 IOM Malteser - Dude Alert!
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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I have not done any sailboat racing for 15 years or so but have decided that this year I shall hone my skills. My chosen boat is an IOM Malteser called Dude Alert!
I did not choose the name: it was already registered with it 😂
I did not choose the name: it was already registered with it 😂
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📝 Comtesse
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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A new addition to my harbour: a Robbe Comtesse. I hope i shall find this more relaxing to sail than my DF65 😊
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💬 Re: Russian towboat barge project
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Cool 👍
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💬 Re: Hallet SK Drag boat
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Lovely bow flare and stern tumblehome. That’s a fine looking hull.
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💬 Re: Egrete
9 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thank you Doug. Here are a few photos of the mechanics, inside and out.
Just a standard servo for the mechanics and a 2nd channel driven from my RadioMaster TX16S tranny to switch the Amber lights on before movement starts and to switch off again when finished via a single channel electronics switch.
Brian
Just a standard servo for the mechanics and a 2nd channel driven from my RadioMaster TX16S tranny to switch the Amber lights on before movement starts and to switch off again when finished via a single channel electronics switch.
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💬 Re: Egrete
9 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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OK, i can view the video in YouTube so let’s see if this link to it works …
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💬 Re: Egrete
9 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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The video seems to be in my YouTube library but ‘in limbo’
Perhaps, because I marked it as child safe, it’s waiting for some kind of approval before it can be accessed 🤔
I’ll keep an eye on it and as soon as I can view it in YouTube I’ll post a link.
Brian
Perhaps, because I marked it as child safe, it’s waiting for some kind of approval before it can be accessed 🤔
I’ll keep an eye on it and as soon as I can view it in YouTube I’ll post a link.
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💬 Re: Egrete
9 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Hi Doug,
Thanks for the quick response. As soon as I posted my plea for help I realised that I was asking others to do what I should have done anyway and searched the forum for previous advice.
I found a previous post from you, I think, and am now in the process of trying to upload the short clip to YouTube 😂
I have not made it public but hopefully it will work from a link in a new post.
Watch this space 😉
Regards
Brian
Thanks for the quick response. As soon as I posted my plea for help I realised that I was asking others to do what I should have done anyway and searched the forum for previous advice.
I found a previous post from you, I think, and am now in the process of trying to upload the short clip to YouTube 😂
I have not made it public but hopefully it will work from a link in a new post.
Watch this space 😉
Regards
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💬 Re: Egrete
9 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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A couple of months ago, wow was it only such a short time ago that I joined?
Anyway, CB90 suggested that a video would be in order of the bridge operation on my Egrete.
Hopefully, the attached vid might work: let’s see 🤞
Well, that does not seem to have worked. Do I have to upload my vid to YouTube and then add a link here?
Some advice would be very welcome. Thanks
Brian
Anyway, CB90 suggested that a video would be in order of the bridge operation on my Egrete.
Hopefully, the attached vid might work: let’s see 🤞
Well, that does not seem to have worked. Do I have to upload my vid to YouTube and then add a link here?
Some advice would be very welcome. Thanks
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📝 Free Christmas Prize Draw!
9 months ago by 🇬🇧 MotoPilot ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Well done Stephen on putting this quiz together. It’s been fun and I’ve learned that I didn’t know as much about boats and sailing as I do now. Many thanks and a Happy New Year to you.
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