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    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    2 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    The answer was in the question...

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    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    8 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Wrong today, bad guess. If Danforth anchor was listed I would have got it right!

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    9 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    After a quick bit of research, nowheee does it say a Fathom is 6ft 1 inch. The only refrences I can find show 6ft dead. .

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    9 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    It should be 6ft!

    ๐Ÿ“ Interesting trivia ..
    13 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    THE GREAT SEA STORY (Trivia)

    The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought Captain John DS. Phillips, the result. The Warrimoo's position was LAT 0ยบ 31' N and LONG 179 30' W. The date was 31 December 1899. "Know what this means?" First Mate Payton broke in, "We're only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line". Captain Phillips was prankish enough to take full advantage of the opportunity for achieving the navigational freak of a lifetime.
    He called his navigators to the bridge to check & double check the ship's position. He changed course slightly so as to bear directly on his mark. Then he adjusted the engine speed.
    The calm weather & clear night worked in his favor. At mid-night the SS Warrimoo lay on the Equator at exactly the point where it crossed the International Date Line! The consequences of this bizarre position were many:
    The forward part (bow) of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere & in the middle of summer.
    The rear (stern) was in the Northern Hemisphere & in the middle of winter.
    The date in the aft part of the ship was 31 December 1899.
    In the bow (forward) part it was 1 January 1900.
    This ship was therefore not only in:
    Two different days,
    Two different months,
    Two different years,
    Two different seasons
    But in two different centuries (by numbers) - all at the same time!

    ๐Ÿ“ Wilson RAF launch
    13 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Can't find any Wilson ship kits, but I have found loads about Wilson Lorry kits. Looks like you have a rare model there...


    https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/index/Category:Wilson_Lorry_scale_model_kits
    ๐Ÿ“ Deans Marine LCM6 1/24th scale landing craft...
    20 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    LCM6 took her maiden voyage today. I need to make some adjustments, she is very slow, perhaps a higher voltage battery will sort it..

    ๐Ÿ“ Can Anyone ID this one for me?
    20 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Looks a bit like a Cervia Thames steam tug or a Sun, also a Thames steam tug.. The Sun is the monochrome picture...

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    21 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Elimination job. Richard (Broardsword calling Danny Boy) Burton, acting. Beaufort invented wind, well, a scale for measuring wind, and Cook discovered Australia, leaving Mr McGregor as the bloke that invented the Rob Roy canoe....

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    21 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Hey Doug, whithout care a chap could disappear up his own arris, as they say in my neck of the woods...

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    22 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    I think the buoyage system in US waters is reversed ie, as regards lateral marks Port is right and Starboard is right. US is in IALA region B...

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    ๐Ÿ“ Deans Marine LCM6 1/24th scale landing craft...
    22 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Jumpugly, my mate Bill painted the figures, they are cast resin from Deans Marine...

    ๐Ÿ“ Deans Marine LCM6 1/24th scale landing craft...
    22 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Tank loaded...

    ๐Ÿ“ Deans Marine LCM6 1/24th scale landing craft...
    22 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Job done! Sorry folks, I forgot to photograph the last build stages so here is the finished job. I will add extra embellishments as time allows. Got 4 steam boats to restore now...

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    22 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Hey Ron! Lifted this off 'tinternet.....
    "Inner Mongolia,[a] officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,[b] is an autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a small section of China's border with Russia (Zabaykalsky Krai). Its capital is Hohhot; other major cities include Baotou, Chifeng, Tongliao, and Ordos."

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    23 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    You can... I have backtracked several times when I have missed it on the day...

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    24 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Wrong! There should have been a westerly cardinal mark option...

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    25 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Looks like A I is out thinking it's self!๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    28 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Ropework! Now we're talking!

    ๐Ÿ“ Flysky radio behaving erraticly
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Chinglish....

    ๐Ÿ“ Flysky radio behaving erraticly
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Hi Ross. Thanks for your input. All the extra recievers are identical to the one that came in the box, I made sure the numbers were the same before ordering....

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    ๐Ÿ“ Flysky radio behaving erraticly
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Roger, thanks for the tip I will try later. Hiding from the Missus at the mo, keeping a low profile, out of sight out of mind as it were..

    ๐Ÿ“ Flysky radio behaving erraticly
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Hi Roy. I will be posting pictures of all 3 once I have them all nice and tiddley and adding them to my harbour.

    ๐Ÿ“ Flysky radio behaving erraticly
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Good morning Doug. I can't even work out how to add models to the "library"!

    ๐Ÿ“ Flysky radio behaving erraticly
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Hi Stephen, yes they have both been used with this tx. I need to work out how to bind different receivers in the model list...

    ๐Ÿ“ Flysky radio behaving erraticly
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Hi Doug.I was using an old style 4 ร— 1.5 V battery pack. I will cycle some proper packs now and try again.

    ๐Ÿ“ Flysky radio behaving erraticly
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Works perfectly with my Spektrum radio...

    ๐Ÿ“ Flysky radio behaving erraticly
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Hi Wolle. Switching on in correct order, just tried another rx and getting the same result...

    ๐Ÿ“ Flysky radio behaving erraticly
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Hi all. I bought 3 steam launches last weekend. I am just installing radio gear, and it is behaving most erraticly. As soon as I bind the tx and rx the whole thing goes nuts, operating on it's own with no tx inputs. Once it has settled down, and I move one of the sticks it goes nits again. Any ideas?

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    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nickthesteam ( Captain)
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    Carry on Screaming!



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