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    Now retired after working in TV and teaching, been building models for over 55 years, no point in stopping now!
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    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    I'm sure that was the same question as yesterday, slightly rephrased. I got it wrong yesterday and answered exactly the same today - still wrong!

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    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    As a native of Oxford, it would have been disgraceful had I got this one wrong!

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    I feel like I've been answering the same two questions for a week or more.
    One the plus side, I am back on the top 20 list.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    Yet another recycled question. Perhaps the AI keeps asking until everyone gets it right!

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    Same here, just made it back up to 50%

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    More submarines, the AI is obsessed with them!

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    I reckon that Calypso should be the right answer based on the number of us who selected it - including me!

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    OK, so it was easy enough to answer this one yesterday a week or two after it was previously asked, but asking the same question two days in a row is taking it too far (or maybe too close).

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    That wasn't too difficult, I am sure I have answered the same question with the same answer recently on here.

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    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    Yet another submarine question! And yet another wrong answer as I know nothing about subs!

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    Strong sense of deja vu with today's question.

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    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    I chose the only answer that seemed feasible for the date given, and for once, I got it right!

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: French fishing boat
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    Looks like a Billing's Boulogne Etaples. I compared your photo with the model I have on the shelf and they are very similar.

    ๐Ÿ“ Progress today
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    My current Shadow was barely started when I bought it, so the only aroma it possesses is the smell of the resin used to mould the hull & deck.

    Like you, I have spent very little on it so far, spare receiver & ESC, spare motor and motor mount, spare prop shaft & tube. I even knocked up a stand for it from some scrap ply.

    I've got the motor in today, and connected to the prop shaft, but had some decorating to do so couldn't make the connectors for the ESC - hopefully tomorrow.

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: SHG Shadow
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    I know that Howes motor - a clubmate had one at the pond recently. That's a much bigger motor than I'm planning to use, which is a 2836 out runner, 1000kv, starting with a 4mm two blade brass prop and a 3S lipo pack.
    I actually bought the prop in Howes yesterday, I live about 30 minutes drive from the shop.

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: SHG Shadow
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    Neil W,

    What size & kv of brushless did you replace the ic engine in your shadow with, and how many cells do you use?
    Having restored a Deans ASR recently, and after a few weeks having to move the motor, I want to get it as close to right as I can first time with the Shadow.

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: SHG Shadow
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    That does look good. I will have to replace the superstructure, probably with plasticard. I remember the vacuum formed superstructure as being quite fragile - especially with a i.c. engine.

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: SHG Shadow
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    The Shadow was the last IC powered boat I had, spent years after than flying RC planes, all glow powered.
    I have to admit that I don't miss the oily that went everywhere, but the boats did go well!
    I think I can get the same level of performance with a brushless now, and with a lot less weight (and zero mess). I was running a Deans Marine ASR today with the same size motor I will be putting in the Shadow, but 3S Lipo instead of the 2S I use in the ASR.

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: SHG Shadow
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    I used to walk along Noel Road to reach West Acton tube station when we lived on Pierrepoint Road.
    We were living in a flat on Horn Lane when I built the first Shadow. Over 40 years ago, but I can still see the houses and shops around Acton in my mind.

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: SHG Shadow
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    Zooma - my current Shadow is orange, but I seem to remember that my first one was yellow. No mobile phones back in the early 80s, and film was expensive.

    ๐Ÿ“ SHG Shadow
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    I built an SHG Shadow in the lounge of our small flat in Acton (West London) over 40 years ago. I powered it with a Webra .20 and sailed it mainly at Black Park, near Slough, and also at Prince Park in Eastbourne.
    I have no recollection of what happened to it, I assume I sold it when it became difficult to find places to use IC engines.
    About 18 months ago, I saw a just started Shadow for sale on ebay which was only about 15 miles away, so I contacted the buyer, pressed the banknotes into his hand, and when I got home and unpacked it, 40+ years evaporated, just looking at the kit.
    It had been started, but I decided to remove everything the previous builder had done and start again. Hopefully the pictures will show the brushed motor and crude speed controller.
    I trimmed the hull back to the correct line, replaced the prop shaft and rudder, and installed a 2836 1000kv brushless out runner. At that point, some other boat sailed into my life and the Shadow was put away until the warmer weather made it possible to glass the hull and deck together without stinking the house out. Somehow, I managed to drift through the summer without thinking of the Shadow, but retrieved it from the loft yesterday and decided to take steps to finish to and get it on the water, years after it was started.
    I have several (at least!) boats to build or restore, but this one is currently top of the pile.

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    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Wallasey Model Boat Society Videos
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    I have visited the pond and met some of the guys who sail there when visiting my wife's cousin who lives in Wallasey. I hope to be able to hide a boat in the car for the next visit.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    My stab in the dark missed by a mile. I refuse to cheat by searching the internet for the correct answer - therefore most of my answers are guesswork.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    Pure luck on my part today. Took a stab in the dark and got it right through the heart!

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Re: Deans Marine Air Sea Rescue Launch (ASRL)
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    I took the ASR along with me to the Oxford MBC's regular Sunday morning meet at the pond. The boat was on the water for over three hours, with a battery change after two hours. Ran very well, no problems at all.

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Deans Marine Air Sea Rescue Launch (ASRL)
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    Yes, it has already proved itself to be a very versatile boat - in other words, a lot of fun!

    ๐Ÿ“ Deans Marine Air Sea Rescue Launch (ASRL)
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    Another boat that I bought and brought back to regular use. The model was being sold by the club I am a member of (Oxford Model Boat Club) as it had been donated by a member who was sadly suffering from health problems.
    I have documented the work I did to the boat, mainly the replacement of the prop shaft and motor, and then more recently having to move the motor forward to accommodate a stronger coupling after the first one broke when I ran over a submerged branch in the water.
    The model was returned to the water a few days ago and ran even better than it had before.
    I expect to be getting quite a few hours on the water with this boat this year - Deans Marine boats certainly do sail well!

    ๐Ÿ“ Success!
    5 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    I took the ASR to the Oxford model boat club's Thursday afternoon session at the pond, and it behaved perfectly. It seemed a little faster, and definitely quieter, but the move forward of the motor by an inch and a half has made very little difference.
    I took two 2S 2900 mah lipos, changed them over after about 90 minutes on the water.
    Sometimes it is hard to beat a good simple boat that simply works as it should.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    5 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    I got today's question right, but my overall percentage has gone down. Something isn't working as it should, I think.

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: coupling trouble solved (hopefully!)
    5 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Oxford-Dave ( Warrant Officer)
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    DG - that short double coupling looks very interesting - and very smooth in the video. May I ask where you found it? Looks ideal for my boats with not enough space to install a double Huco coupling.



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