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I cannot promise to finish one project before starting another. I know, I tried.

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I am a retired UK toolmaker of nearly 50 years. I sold my business and moved to Hungary with my Hungarian wife.

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Dusseldorf

I have finally finished the Krick Dusseldorf. I am very happy with the results. I have done a few modifications along the way and added a few colours. There are 16 working functions including three lighting circuits, anchor, radar, monitors and a crane. I have really enjoyed making this one even though it has taken four years. Peter.

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2 years ago

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Police Launch.

This launch has taken me three years to build. It is not a difficult model to make but after about six months of building I moved it to my house in Hungary to complete on my holiday. Unfortunately I was a little too confident on how much time the other half would allow me to work on her. I have now retired here so two years later, I have finally finished her, almost. Peter.

MouldBuilder

3 years ago

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Pilot Boat.

I have really enjoyed building this little boat. The painting, as always, I found a challenge. I am really pleased with the performance and the finished result. It has taken me around six months to build only being able to fit time in around a busy work schedule. Looking forward to the next one now.

MouldBuilder

6 years ago

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(Racing Boat) Genesis

I bought this boat to give me some running time whilst I complete a major overhaul of my Patrol Torpedo Boat and build my Police Launch kit. I plan to try it for the first time next week in my local river. I would like to thank Doug (RNinMunich) for all his help to get the boat connected electrically as I have not used brushless before and needed to complete quickly. The boat is on it`s way Doug. Note. it is faster than 24km/h. Ran out of options. The instructions say 55km/h. (Motor: 3674 2074KV) (ESC: Hoddyking 125A Water Cooled) (9/10)

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7 years ago

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Patrol Torpedo Boat

I built the boat many years ago. I am about to embark on a full refurbishment. I intend to re-paint and add all new guns and deck items. (Motor: MFA Marlin) (ESC: Futaba) (6/10) The refit will include the motor being replaced with a brushless unit with a suitable replacement ESC.

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7 years ago

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RO-Marin Najade Motor Yacht

This is a model originally produced by Robbe but has now been reintroduced by Krick. I have read the instructions from start to finish. I will repeat that for those dis-believers. I have read the instructions from start to finish. It appears to be a relatively easy build with a little interest in the handrails. I am sure there will be plenty to stumble on along the way. I wanted a model that was completely different to Dusseldorf which is highly technical using 16 channels to operate. This model only uses two. I might add a couple as I go to add a little more interest. The model looks of a high standard of quality. My model came complete with the brushless motor and cooling coil. I cannot find this anywhere else on the web. The motor is enormous. If it performs like it looks, I think I had better add a pair of wings to the boat. I have made a start on the model by making the stand. In true form, Krick had produced quite a nice stand but had no chance of surviving the build without falling apart. It is made up of two nicely vac formed ends with plywood glued to each side. I constructed the stand as instructed and when the glue had dried, I drilled additional holes in each corner and added SS nuts bolts and washers. It looks and feels a lot stronger now. I probably will not do much on this one for a few weeks as I want to finish the Police Launch and progress the Dusseldorf to a point where the majority of the painting is complete before the good weather disappears.

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2 years ago

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Big Blue 2, (Under licence).

I was talking to Martin yesterday, our third in command, (Steven being First Sea Lord as he has the site switch), about the making of Big Blue 2. Although we had a hard negotiation regarding a production licence, he has kindly allowed me to make a similar item as long as I show the build here. I purchased a barrel from ebay yesterday which cost me £15. Fortunately, the seller was only eight miles away which made collection quite easy. I have several pictures for reference so all should go reasonably well but if any members have improvement ideas, I am all ears and I will have further discussions with Martin to see if these infringe on his almost registered design. (He has to ask the wife). I will start soon but due to a pending trip, it might take a while. Peter.

MouldBuilder

4 years ago

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Revell Gato Class Submarine Conversion.

I am about to start the most ambitious project to date. This one will be running alongside the three others currently on the go, The Police Boat which is nearly completed, The Dusseldorf Fire Boat which is well underway and the PTB upgrade. My intention is to change this Revell model into a static dive radio controlled Submarine. I am lucky that Martin555 has agreed to help whenever I get stuck which will be invaluable since he has already almost completed the same. I started by purchasing the model from Amazon for less than £50. I have also purchased the water tight tube for the electronics. I will make the end caps and sealed internal plugs from some 80mm diameter nylon I had at work. It will now come in handy that I am a toolmaker and have a considerable array of machines at my disposal. I will turn the plugs next week and find suitable o rings. I have started to prepare the hull. There is an enormous amount of work required to adjust the standard kit. A lot of cutting and drilling. I have prepared the split lines and glued in the alignment pegs. I have ordered suitable shafts and propellers from the USA. They should be here in a couple of weeks. Next job is to stick the two halves together and start the cutting.

MouldBuilder

5 years ago

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RoMarin/Krick Dusseldorf Fire Boat.

I have been looking forward to starting this build for some time. It looks like this will be an interesting model to build but mainly I look forward to setting up the 16 channels required to give full function to all of the special features. The Dusseldorf is one of three identical boats built for use in the Ruhr area of Germany. The boats are equipped for disaster situations, (they must have known I was going to build it). They can be used for ship fires, oil leaks or as a port facility at risk of explosion. The fire monitors, radar, boat crane, lighting and anchor winch will all be working if I can sort out the controls. The fire monitors are of particular interest because if I get things right, they will swivel, lift and lower and shoot water. We will see. As stated in the instructions, I read most of them to see how things looked. I got bored at page six so forgot that bit. The next stage was to check the contents against the bill of materials. There must be 1000 pieces. I checked the large pieces and gave the rest a miss also. Not a good start I hear you cry. You will get used to it. I proceeded to remove the stand parts and lightly sanded off the connection remains. I assembled it using super glue but I will strengthen the inner corners with Epoxy later. I stuck some draft excluder tape to all of the edges which contact the hull for safety. Next stage was to trim off the excess material at deck level of the Hull. With 1.5mm thick ABS this is quite a job especially considering that the boat measures around 2.8 Metres all around. I used a Stanley knife to remove the bulk of the material followed by different sized files to trim to size. This process takes a lot of care so that not too much material is removed. The hull has a rather crude sort of line to work to but I think I will put more reliance on my eye and a two foot steel rule. I still have a little filing of the edges to do before I will be completely happy as this edge will be visible on the completed model. According to the instructions my next stage is to fit the rudders, motors and prop shafts. A job for next week.

MouldBuilder

7 months ago

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Pilot Boat

Winter approaches again so what better than a new project,.......to go along with the other two yet to be completed. I have excuses. Honest!! This new one is a bit different again. No wood at all this time. It is the Aero-naut Pilot Boat. I thought it didn`t look too much of a task but I think I will have to re-assess as it is tricky in parts. I have assembled the hull frame, which although the parts are rather loose fitting until glued went ok. I have, however, stumbled slightly on the next stage, to fit the hull skins. The instructions suggest to cellotape them in place prior to glueing. Not as easy as it sounds as considerable bending of the parts is required to get them to fit, too much for the tape. Does anybody know of an easier approach please. The ABS is extremely difficult to hold in position when trying to tape it, which incidently, does not hold anyway. Should I warm up the skins or will this distort them and give a rippled finish. Any help here would be appreciated. I will continue with the refurbishment of the Patrol Torpedo Boat for now as I have been trying to manipulate the sides of the Pilot boat into place for hours, no, days!!.

MouldBuilder

6 years ago

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Krick Police Launch

I have just started to build the Police Launch that I have had for a while. Work commitments have left me with little time lately but hopefully I can get a good run on this one for a while. I hope to finish it by late July which just leaves me enough time to send it to Hungary so that I can test it. The kit is said to be good for a beginner. This would be good as many years ago I built a Patrol Torpedo Boat which took me five years. I am currently restoring this one as well but I think that will take most of this year to complete. I have started by buying the speed controller. The motor is a 400 brushed. Probably not going to be too difficult to keep up with this one. The kit itself is not too bad considering the price, but I do feel that the ABS vacuum formed hull could be of a slightly better quality. Also I am finding the ply wood to be rather brittle. Does anybody have an idea for a good filler to use to fill the chips which will take to acrylic paint. I have prepared the hull and added the propeller shaft and rudder holes. Care taken here to avoid splits in the plastic. Cellotape on both sides before drilling helps. I have assembled the internal parts which hold the motor, battery and rudder and also fitted the prop shaft. I will start on the deck and superstructure next. An additional note about the kit. The instructions are reasonable but they are in black and white which is not helpful considering they are photograph based with text. I found a PDF on the web which is in full colour. Why don`t Krick supply this. Surely not that expensive.

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3 years ago

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Renovating my Aerokits Patrol Torpedo Boat.

Started the long job of sanding down today. I think this is going to take a while. During last week I spent the time removing all of the deck parts still attached. The motor, rc gear, rudder, batteries and prop shaft have also been removed leaving the basic hull and decking superstructures. I have visited my local model shop today to see if I can sort out the paint. I have decided on acrylic but the cans are so small that I would need loads. I also cannot find a suitable red for the hull bottom. I am looking for matt. I was also considering making the main colour Pacific Green or similar. I have found Navy Grey which might have to do. If anybody can help with where to source suitable paint in reasonable quantity I would be grateful. I have purchased the sanding sealer and primer. I was considering air brushing the whole project but not so sure now. Any thoughts? I have taken pictures of the progress so far. A lot of sanding still awaits me. I purchased two Mk 17 gun carriages for the tubs. I cannot believe it but they fit perfectly. A picture of these is also below. One last question for now. Should I brush paint, air brush or spray can. The boat is 40" long. Another long day of sanding tomorrow but with greater care as I am tackling the skins. I remember how thin these were when I originally constructed the model.

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This question must have been asked 3 times now. How can I get it wrong every time! By the way, Hungary is still here as far aes I know but still missing from the list above. This happened last time there was a score process change.🤗

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I hear complaints that scores have gone down since the change, but has Hungary 🇭🇺 left the planet!😐🤔

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I think it is a great idea to pay this tribute to Martin. I did not meet him personally either but was fortunate enough to have had numerous Skype sessions with him, the last only days before he left us. I can say that he was much more than a good bloke. He was the best bloke. He would never turn down a request for help. His humour, well, spend a couple of hours with him on Skype and you were made up for the week. A thoroughly great bloke. RIP Martin.

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Happy Christmas to you all from here near Budapest. Relatively mild here for the time of year but we did have a very light scattering of snow on Monday.
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And another Roy.😃

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I made this one a few years ago Cash. I found fitting the skins quite tricky. Lots of swearing and moaning (from the wife about my swearing and moaning) but finally getting there. I find Stablit Express a really good glue for this with CA to hold it in place whilst the two part set. Looks good .

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Great news Colin. May I also say that your picture is probably the best I have seen of the Aurora.
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I hope the light is starting to shine at the end of this horribly nasty and long tunnel Colin.

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Another being that the other three were sunk either during, or just before the First World War.

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The answer to today’s question is the only possible wrong answer. A war grave cannot be a “popular” dive site.

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For reference, here is a picture of the swim platform on my boat.

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Please can some kind person send me a picture of a crows nest above the top of a mast. Thanks.🤔

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I hope that life gets back to some sort of normality soon Colin.
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I’m with Dave. I stand a slightly better chance of getting a correct answer second time around. 😬

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The Government here are threatening me with deportation to Rwanda unless I buck my ideas up and improve my standing in the world quiz. Apparently there are lots of spare flights going for some reason or other.😬

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Same old question which raises the same response. Are you in front of the boat facing the bow or on the boat facing the bow.🤔

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37 degrees C here every day so not yet.😴
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Hi Colin.
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The Final Countdown is the name of the film with the aircraft carrier. I think it is a really good film. Right up my street.

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You could watch it on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and imagine you are in a time bounce.

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There is another good film with Kirk Douglas, I think, who is the captain of an aircraft carrier of modern day transported back to 1941 and the attack on Pearl Harbor during a strange storm. I enjoyed this one also. I have it in DVD somewhere.
I have 12.01 on region one DVD also.

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Ah. I see what you mean. The video does rotate because it appears that the boss didn’t quite get the instruction to keep the phone upright whilst filming.
I have attached my detail sheet JB. There are pauses in action as I try to find the correct switch etc for the different functions.
One other problem I did have was operating the crane. The left to right is on the same lever as the throttle and I kept adjusting the e speed by accident. Not sure how to solve that one. Not sure how to rotate the photo.

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Hi Lew.
I have seen your length addition which you pictured on this blog earlier. Quite a task.
I have put a full wiring diagram in the blog in pdf format if that helps. You can find it about half way through.
I found them and have added here.
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It looks like the video attacked to the post ok.
I forgot to add another small problem. I have to alter the drive to the anchor as it slips too easily at present.😊

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The first trial on the river took place today. I was reasonably pleased but there are a few alterations needed.
The first is to add some ballast weights. They are required on the port side and at the bow. The batteries are quite heavy so I was not too surprised.
The small boat on the stern also needs some weight. There was only a light breeze today but the small boat kept blowing off of the deck. I have just noticed that I have lost both of the oars during the test. I was happy with the way they turned out as well. Never mind. Teaches me a lesson. If they do not function, stick them down!!
The rudders caused me some problems. The servo needs reversing but I did not know how at that moment. I will have to check the instructions. Yes, I did say that JB and Steve. Now, where are they?
The Port light was flickering a bit but behaved itself once the boat was retrieved.
I have a few corrections to make but I was generally very pleased with the results. The water jets were better than I expected but the monitor rise and fall needs a little improvement.
I will perform the second trial once I have dealt with these issues, probably in 2027.
The video of the trial might be found on this link, but if not, I will add in the Media Gallery later.

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