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Vosper MTB 379

This model was built with the occasional help of my grandson. It was constructed from plan

mturpin013

1 year ago

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RIVER POLICE LAUNCH circa 1950

METROPOLITAN POLICE THAMES DIVISION RIVER POLICE LAUNCH circa 1950 MODEL BUILT BY MICHAEL P TURPIN 2021 TO 1:12 SCALE FROM VINTAGE MODEL WORKS KIT At this scale, the model represents a launch measuring 30ft in length and 8ft 9” in the beam. It is one of the standard types as built by Tough Brothers of Teddington, employing the partially diagonal planking system which produces a lightweight but strong hull. The engine was of sufficient power to provide an efficient speed of 12 knots in the tidal waters in which it operates. The cabin and seating has been designed such that it is possible to keep an all-around look out whilst on patrol, as well as an open stern area capable for carrying equipment and the recovery of bodies from the water. Operating from their headquarters at Wapping, London the River Police are responsible for law and order on the river. Previous to 1964, they patrolled the Thames from Erith to Teddington but subsequently this range was changed to cover from Dartford Creek to Staines. The model has some construction differences. The hull is ply-sheeted and not planked, and has a box construction for the main internal space. The deck is planked using walnut, as are all its wooden fittings. All metalwork and above-deck fittings are scratch built, the spotlight illuminates and the mast head carries flashing red & blue lights. Power - Turnigy 3548 840KV out-runner brushless motor. Electronic Speed Controller – Hobbywing Quicrun 16BL 30 water cooled. Brass propeller -55 mm 3 blades. Battery pack - Turnigy 2200mAh 3S 25C Lipo Pack. Radio –Flysky FS-I6X 10 channel. Main power switch is the steering wheel and has a dash board which is illuminated. The battery pack, which powers the main motor and the lights through a voltage reduction unit, is housed below the front panel Receiver, ESC and steering servo are all housed beneath the rear seat and back bulkhead.

mturpin013

2 years ago

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Freeman 22

The Freeman 22 was a luxurious cabin cruiser built for the holiday trade. It was moulded in glass fibre in a choice of colours and had an insulated superstructure, with a double berth and two single berths. It was powered by an in-board petrol engine. Length - 22ft Beam - 7ft 6ins Draft - 2ft Cruising speed - 8–9 knots Weight - 26cwt Engine - Ford 105 E watermota with a 2:1 reduction gear on a flexible drive The model of the Freeman 22 was a free plan given in the Model Boat magazine and was a project for my grandson who actively worked on all aspects of the build, the parts were all cut using a fret saw and trimmed with a sander and then built up on a building board. The hull is sheeted in ply as is the deck and superstructure. The hull was fibre glassed for additional strength and then painted using acrylic paints. Length – 23" Beam - 7" Power – MFA Como 457RE540/1 brushed motor Electronic Speed Controller – Viper Marine 15 Brass propeller 30 mm 3 blade Battery pack – NiMh 9.6 V 5000 mAH Radio - Turnigy Mini CH5 D/R

mturpin013

2 years ago

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Crash Tender

A 3 year build It has a lot of working detail - Fire monitors, spot light/rotates, cabin lights, cantilever cabin roof, detailed cabin interior, smoke unit a little more detail:- Hobbywing Seaking 120A-V3 Speed Controller Turnigy Aerodrive SK3 - 5045-660KV Brushless Outrunner Motor Hobbywing Boat ESC Programming Card 9.6v 50000 mah Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) Battery Packs x 2 Later replaced for longer run time by Turnigy High Capacity 5200mAh 4S 12C LiHV Pack w/XT60 x 1

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3 years ago

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Freeman 22 Norfolk broads’ cruiser

This little boat was done for my 5yr old grandson alongside doing my crash tender. Its from a free plan issued in Model Boat magazine.

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4 years ago

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The Marlin Cabin Cruiser (Vintage Model Works)

01 Introduction Again after the finishing of the Vintage Model Works Police Boat I decided to have a go at their latest offering which is a 36 inch Marlin Cabin Cruiser This model was originally an important model release for Vernon, being the first of its kits that was really large enough to take the bulky radio control gear of the day. It appeared in 1953 at 72s/11d (£94 today) and was reviewed in the November Model Maker who found the design, with its rounded cabin and open front cockpit, the 'nicest looking power boat yet kitted'. It was for 1cc to 5cc diesel power or a large electric motor such as the 12V Taycol Super marine.

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1 month ago

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INGA IV

This is a sailing ketch called “Inga IV”. It is German kit of a sailing ketch which is now out of production. The model is approx 52″ in total height and 43″ from bow to stern. It has a traditional full length keel and almost sails itself when on the lake. All decks and superstructure are plywood with much of it being mahogany veneered and coated with many layers of varnish.” I have just purchased an Inga IV which is in reasonable condition, however it looks as if its not been touched for a great number of years so I intend to repair and replace fittings and wood as required. This is a picture from the web

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5 months ago

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Vosper MTB379

As did another member on the site succumb to the charm of a grandson, I too have fallen for it, again. The first one was a cabin cruiser but apparently it really doesn’t go fast enough despite an engine transplant and a bigger prop and larger capacity battery. So “what would you like” –“a Motor Torpedo Boat please grandad” Enter the Vosper MTB379. My grandson trawled the plans service web sites and eventually settled on a 23”Vosper MTB, the plans were purchased and duly arrived a couple of days later, 3 sheets in all giving enough detail to build a nice example of the type. My grandson was keen to be involved in all aspects of the build but as always with an 8 year old he expected things to happen somewhat faster than a human being could manage. The first job was to prepare a building board with appropriate brackets and 90 degree supports to ensure a symmetrical build. Next comes the transfer the bulkhead patterns onto the wood I find the easiest way to do this is to scan the bulkhead parts onto A4 sheets single sticky labels, these are easily applied to the wood and very easy to remove after cutting out the shape of each part. The plans call for a number of the construction parts to be in balsa, however I’m not really keen on working in balsa so I decided to use “light ply” instead and using some thinner sections to compensate for any weight difference. We worked on cutting out the paper plans together and placing them on the ply. Then next comes the "constant supervision" part – using the scroll saw, he has used it before and became quite good, keeping a straight line in the most part, the saw has a protective guard around the blade and a pressure foot so is really quite easy to use although any lack of concentration can lead to an interesting profile. The novelty doesn’t last long and it’s time for him to go home until next week leaving me to complete the task ready for next weeks instalment. However its really important to get youngsters interested in the hobby and so far he has proved to be interested and quite good at it.

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1 year ago

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Planking the side panels

On the real boat the side panels are actually the inside faces of the planked hull and are angled at about 45 degrees, so to try and simulate this I decided to plank some side panels to fit down the sides of the lower deck, Once again I used some 0.8 mm ply as a backing. The backing sheets were cut to the shape of the box side which is tapered towards the stern, next I cut lengths of plank at random to mix the different shades and the ends are cut to 45 degrees so they can be set against the bottom edge when gluing, these are then laid on the backing sheet in position ready for gluing. The backing ply is stuck to the building matt (which in turn is stuck to the building board) with double sided tape, this will stop the sheet warping when the glue is drying, it also allows me to fasten a piece of wood along the bottom edge to push each plank against and also to rest the angled “ply pusher” (see picture) against it to ensure each plank is at 45 degrees and is pushed up against the corking. I work from a full length plank first to give a firm piece to push subsequent planks against, I will work from this plank to the right and then finish planks to the left. The process is quite repetitive – spread an area with glue just in front of the last plank then lay a strip of black card against that last plank making sure its covered in glue, then take the next plank and lay in the glue and using the angled “ply pusher” push the plank securely home, then remove any excess glue and repeat the process. This whole process takes about an hour to place all the planks in place, the side piece is then left to fully dry and the second side is prepared ready to glue. Since the sides are planked with walnut timber its only right that the end sections are treated in the same manner to give a consistent look. For this I had already purchased some walnut veneer which I used on the motor housing. Pieces where cut to size for each end then the surfaces were coated with aliphatic glue and the veneer pushed against each end and pressed home using “ply springs” (bendy ply sticks)against a flat board. Once the ends are set I can then cut out the various apertures that were previously cut out for the wires, pipe ducts and fuse holders, these are carefully cut using taper cutters and small files. There is a video clip showing my process, please forgive the background music and heavy breathing, it sounds like I'm on my last legs, it must be a very sensitive microphone on the camera

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2 years ago

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Vintage Model Works Thames Police Launch by M Turpin

Check all parts are present I decided my next build would be from Vintage Model Works as I was pleased with my last build - the 46" Crash Tender, which I have to say hasn't seen water yet due to the dreaded virus. What a delight opening a new kit, that slightly smokey smell of laser cut ply and balsa wood. The parts are listed in order of material type, balsa/ply/white metal. A quick count of each section confirmed all the parts were present and correct. The plan caused some concern as I didn’t have a wall big enough to pin it up. So first I decided to tape the two sheets together, I observed that at the overlap point some of the text was on one sheet and not on the other so when taped together some text was lost, but this was easily remedied by cutting a rather irregular cut line during the joining process. Issue overcome, now to solve the wall issue. The border around the plan was generous to say the least so I removed this making the sheet more manageable (I still ended up folding a corner along the ceiling. The instruction sheet supplied has I believe been updated from the original as written by Phil Smith, and at first read looks quite comprehensive, however your never sure of a set of instruction being read and making sense without your hands on the pieces and a bottle of glue in hand (it’s about getting in “The Zone”) so on with the build. * The picture is borrowed from a museum item

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2 years ago

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The Vosper 46” RAF Crash Tender Kit By Vintage Model Works

Just a small introduction, I am a retired engineer, trained as a toolmaker and practiced this in various forms for 20 plus years before going into Lecturing in engineering for 13 years then finally working on development of NVQs and VRQs for an Engineering Awarding Body. As far as My model making experience I did a little as a youngster helping my dad to build the 36 inch Crash tender and then doing some model aircraft but that was 50 years ago. I then became hooked on building a kit car which has occupied me for many years changing things and maintaining it as a recreational vehicle. This brings me up to date and instead of restoring a classic car I decided to get back to model making and this is the start of the 46 Crash Tender. So here we go Out of the box and the contents checked off, a minor anomaly on the parts numbering but soon sorted by VMW. I have spent some time in kitting out a new work station in what used to be my office until I retired. I now have two workshops one upstairs and one in the basement. How good is that? One of the of the first things was to construct a substantial building board that would give a perfectly flat base and a grid that could ensure bulkheads are square to the keel an parallel with each other also the same aspects in the vertical axis. I lined out the base board with parallel lines spaced at 25 mm and then from the centre-line at 90 degrees I marked the bulkhead positions.

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2 years ago

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📝 YMBC York Model Boat Club Regatta 11:00 - 16:00

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Regatta starts at 10:00 and goes on until 4:00 on Sunday 21st May
All are welcome to sail their boats, and we have club boats that you can have a go with.
Laytham Park Lake, YO42 4PS The post code gets you very near but coming from Foggathorpe go through Laytham about another half mile and the lake is on your left

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Hi JB that really looks good you should be pleased with the result

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The cabin is best constructed on the body of the boat weather you are having it fixed or detachable, in my case I went for detachable. This presents additional problems if you want to have illumination in and on the cabin. In my previous model – The (Vintage Model Works Police Boat) I also had illumination on the removable cabin and this is achieved by using 2.5 mm bullet connectors, the socket is epoxied into the deck and the pins are epoxied into the cabin.
The cabin needs navigation lights, internal lights and a mast light this means I need 4 connections one will be a negative with 3 lives the 3 lights will be wired through RC switches. There are two pins at the front and two in the rear section of the cabin.
Now that’s sorted we can start to build the wooden parts of the cabin, first to be glued are the five pieces that form the periphery of the cabin sides, these have been strengthened with 4x4 framework glued to each piece.
Now the sides are set we can assemble the roof first gluing a centre spare in place to ensure we have a curved roof.
You may have noticed that the deck is in the process of been varnished, and looks a bit rough at this point. We have given two coats rubbing down between, we will have a further four coats to apply before an acceptable “depth and smoothness” is achieved.

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Have you tried sand blasting before painting?

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Sorry, but what is a balloon buster? its a type I've never heard of is it one of these?
Picture please😜

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The gauges are just pictures copied from internet, I then just use Microsoft Word to arrange them in the positions I want.
Then print them and finally laminate

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📝 19 Bow protector

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As you will all be aware, the most vulnerable part of any craft is the bow and is often the area that gets damaged resulting in difficult repairs. This was something that happened to one of my boats --(carrying it down a flight of stairs).
To minimise the possibility of damage I fabricated a cover made from brass sheet that follows the profile of the bow and over onto the deck area, this will have an illuminated bow light built into this protector. The piece is made from two fabricated parts, which will be silver soldered together, polished and finally epoxied to the bow. The final picture I will save until assembly.

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📝 18 Dash board

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The internal cabin has a compartment, which serves as a battery cover (page 15) and a visual dashboard with dials and steering wheel. I wanted to add some detail and interest on the boat so the dashboard is to be illuminated. The body of the unit is made from 6mm black Perspex, there are 9 dials to be illuminated with different colour LEDs. They will all be powered by 6V so they all need to have different resisters wired in then they will all be terminated to a single terminal block to which 6V can be applied. The holes drilled for each LED will be countersunk to the same diameter of each dial on the laminated paper picture; this countersink was then painted with a mirror finish pen to enhance the illumination.
The holes are transferred to the wooden cabinet to allow the wires to pass through.

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📝 What Radio do you use?

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I have 4 sets of Flysky FS-i6x using the extended number of channels (10) and they have been without fault and they are reasonably priced

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📝 Favourite homemade tool

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Simple devise for marking the cutting line when removing excess ply after skinning.
The peace of wood runs along the edge making contact with the chine and marking with the pencil the exact line to cut along
(sorry the pics are a bit out of focus I wasn't intending publishing them)

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📝 Battery Box and Receiver Cover

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Pictures are worth a thousand words 👍

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Regatta starts at 11:0 and goes on until 4:00 on Sunday 23rd Apr
All are welcome to sail their boats.

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Hi Greg what sort of paint are you using?
I'm still an advocate of cellulose, (a left over from spaying kit cars)

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📝 R/c switch for 6v-12v water pump for fire monitor

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I used a similar switching devise for my Crashtender controlled via a single channel, mine was from Hobby King
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Please keep your comments to this subject otherwise Duncans question will get lost

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-receiver-controlled-switch-1.html

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📝 End strategy

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All sorted, my Grandson is a keen modeler so as far as I can see he will get everything
(not sure where he and his dad will put it all) maybe they'll move into my house.

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💬 Re: Pylon mast and getting some paint on

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I had similar issues with parts for a friends aircraft carrier, I used 1mm and 0.5 mm brass wire and soft soldered the framework together, I may have a go with carbon fibre as I know he want some more making.
PS the centre mast is only a "prop" for manufacture

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A great finished craft, you should be really pleased with the result and looking forward to the maiden voyage.
don't forget pictures of the Maiden voyage.
Those seat cushions are really something else.

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That's some really nice bench work

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📝 What Paint Do Members Use?

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Sorry but I'm old school and still use cellulose, I find it the cheapest to buy in litre tins and apply with full size spray gun and a smaller top filler for the smaller jobs and finally an air brush for detailing.
I suppose it stems from spaying kit cars some years ago

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📝 17 Motor cover (completed)

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Although the motor is a nice looking piece of mechanical propulsion it has a fan on it that could cause injury, and in the real craft it is covered.
I decided to make something similar to the one I made for the police boat, which required a cover with an air intake at one end and an exit at the other to keep the motor cool in a confined space. Using some 2mm ply I made two side profiles that would cover the motor and fan, this was framed with 4mm sq timber to give attachment points for the top and ends. The end had incorporated a grating, which I made from bamboo; I found this close-grained wood was ideal to stay intact when cutting the small slots and then cutting into log lengths, this gives pieces that can be made into any size required
The wooden outer frame will be varnished wood (walnut) and the panels will be white, made from white plasticard inserts, the top panel will have a soft leather padded seat in light olive. (what colour will the hull be?)
The box when compete will be held in place by small magnets which had proved very successful on other boats, this requires a same size bottom frame to be attached to the deck with the magnet inserts

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Is anybody else unable to add to their own blog?
I've contacted Stephen for help but Id be interested if anybody else is having an issue

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You've made a great restoration always good to see new life put into a an old damaged craft.
I'm doing a similar job on my Inga IV

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3 months ago by 🇬🇧 mturpin013 (

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I really like the mast lowering mechanism, I think Ill adopt that for my current build

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AndyB

💬 Re: Huntsman

3 months ago by 🇬🇧 mturpin013 (

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Keep at it Nick you will get eventually and as for the quality of your build, everybody works to the best of their ability so don't criticise your own work, as long as you do your best you can't do any more.
However it looks good to me

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PhilC

💬 Re: Motor cover

3 months ago by 🇬🇧 mturpin013 (

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Sorry for the repeat of this stage of the build, this was covered some 20 or so days ago, I will see if Stephen can delete it to keep continuity.

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💬 Re: Kitshack 28" Vosper 68' RTTL

3 months ago by 🇬🇧 mturpin013 (

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Some interesting detail, its coming along nicely, keep at it and keeping us informed of the detailed processes, we can all learn from a well detailed blog.

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💬 Re: Getting rid of the waterjet

3 months ago by 🇬🇧 mturpin013 (

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Glad to see the jet drive dumped

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neilw

💬 Re: Hallet SK Drag boat

3 months ago by 🇬🇧 mturpin013 (

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Each to their own, I think some may think its crazy,😮 so what, some may think its fantastic,😁 so what, its if you are happy with it that's all that matters.😆
Personally I think its great, talk about "Pimp my ride"😜

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stevedownunder

📝 Dumas dauntless

3 months ago by 🇬🇧 mturpin013 (

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I used a twin prop set in my grandsons MTB

blogs/101943#108352

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stevedownunder

📝 Orca

3 months ago by 🇬🇧 mturpin013 (

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That's a Beautifully detailed model, I'll look forward to seeing the detail of the build, there's always something to be learned by seeing others build, I only wish more members would detail their builds.

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