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23 hours ago by 🇨🇦 RodC (
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Low-cost option is a ZippKits SPRINGER tug from Florida. Complete for around US$100 or so, not a huge loss if something drastic happens
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💬 Re: AIRBOAT No 2
2 days ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Pix are not really clear. Do you hav a static, close-up? Air prop is common for rescue boats, I wud really like to see your details.
Yours is much larger than anything I've seen up close
Yours is much larger than anything I've seen up close
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📝 How to secure acccess deck covers /hatches
4 days ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Bruce1946, I suggest you try ShoeGoo. I get mine at WalMart, in the shoe dept, on the rack where you find shoelaces and shoe polish. Or there is GOOP household cement.
If you attach with double-sided tape you may find the magnets so strong that they pull off the tape. There are vastly difference double-sided tapes out there.
To decrease the strength of magnets just put a disk of clear plastic on the mating surface. I use the plastic, clear, from the sandwich boxes from the deli.
Another option is velcro and it's great becuz you can vary the strength of the join just be using smaller or larger pieces of self-adhesive velcro from the dollar store (white or black, quite inexpensive)
These are not my own original thoughts, I've been in our hobby intensively for only 4yr and I learned these things from the cluster of mentors I hav encountered. Great hobby for us retired folk, for the friendship & camaraderie.
Rod of MMM in Toronto, Canada
If you attach with double-sided tape you may find the magnets so strong that they pull off the tape. There are vastly difference double-sided tapes out there.
To decrease the strength of magnets just put a disk of clear plastic on the mating surface. I use the plastic, clear, from the sandwich boxes from the deli.
Another option is velcro and it's great becuz you can vary the strength of the join just be using smaller or larger pieces of self-adhesive velcro from the dollar store (white or black, quite inexpensive)
These are not my own original thoughts, I've been in our hobby intensively for only 4yr and I learned these things from the cluster of mentors I hav encountered. Great hobby for us retired folk, for the friendship & camaraderie.
Rod of MMM in Toronto, Canada
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💬 Re: Vosper
6 days ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Garth there are quite a few of us eagerly awaiting the re-opening of Spencer's. LOL
.....Rod @ MMM/Bluffers
.....Rod @ MMM/Bluffers
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📝 My next challenge
7 days ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Ron, there is a elongated box to the left of the JRC radar radome. It's white, what is it?...Rod
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📝 Faulty Spektrum TX
11 days ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Rechargeable batteries hav a lower output voltage than alkaline, even right coming off the charger. A lot of electronic devices were designed to use alkaline and then the hobbyist thinking he/she will save $$$ by using rechargeable, will substitute nicads and learn the hard way. Also, rechargeable hav no where near the ampere-hour capacity of an alkaline
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📝 The tools/equipment of the ship modeler.
14 days ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Cash, an excellent list ! Thank you.....Rod at Metro Marine Modellers in Toronto, Canada
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💬 Re: RC Semi (Segment 2)
21 days ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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LewZ I love your drawings...starting 4yr ago
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📝 How to reduce roll in a warship model
22 days ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Ronald, thanks for the sketch. I hav a tug that "wallows in a heavy dew". ( My Dad served in RCN in WW2 and that's what he said abt corvettes. ) I think I might follow your sketch.
Originally it had a floodable chamber but after one rollover I just increased the solid ballast but then it rolled again. I think the fire tower on the superstructure is just too much sail. And the solid ballast probably need to be secured even lower in the bilge.
Originally it had a floodable chamber but after one rollover I just increased the solid ballast but then it rolled again. I think the fire tower on the superstructure is just too much sail. And the solid ballast probably need to be secured even lower in the bilge.
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💬 Re: Dole Aztec cont.
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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I am intrigued by the magnetic clamping fixtures. At 78y.o. I am nowhere near becoming a welder but I did purchase a kit of small locking pliers and several magnetic clamping fixtures quite similar to yours (PRINCESS AUTO, a Canadian retail "consumer" chain)
What do you use as a "surface plate" ? I assume it's ferrous otherwise you wudnt bother with the magnetic fixtures bits. Right??
BTW Happy New Year !! ..... Rod in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
What do you use as a "surface plate" ? I assume it's ferrous otherwise you wudnt bother with the magnetic fixtures bits. Right??
BTW Happy New Year !! ..... Rod in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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📝 SHARK ESC Brushless
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Yes, vaguely looks like a fast electric. He shud find out if he has a fast-electric run site before he proceeds. Nothing worse than having a boat & nowhere to run it. Couple of MMM gents run fast electrics in a unique & specialized FE club near Alliston...we are talking 2-minute runtimes
In the early-2000s I bought several Graupner "ARTR" kits, one left...not truly a fast electric as defined nowadays, she uses a 540-brushed and 1 or 2 six-cell NiMH sticks, lasts abt 6-8 minutes so not really quick or long-lasting on the water.
Fast electrics evoke anxiety among those of us with tugs, freighters, long warships, even if he was to run clockwise round Spencer's, NPSq, MLSq. Occasionally someone runs a quick electric at Bluffers but not usually in/around the slower boats.
In the early-2000s I bought several Graupner "ARTR" kits, one left...not truly a fast electric as defined nowadays, she uses a 540-brushed and 1 or 2 six-cell NiMH sticks, lasts abt 6-8 minutes so not really quick or long-lasting on the water.
Fast electrics evoke anxiety among those of us with tugs, freighters, long warships, even if he was to run clockwise round Spencer's, NPSq, MLSq. Occasionally someone runs a quick electric at Bluffers but not usually in/around the slower boats.
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📝 Last xmas sailing of the year
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Hermank we are envious of course. It is 3C here, a cold rain, 5pm and dark already.
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💬 Re: Krick Paula | Work / Crane Boat
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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72cm=28-3/8" for our America-anchored friends.
How much will it weigh with battery installed ??
A respectable L.O.A., easily transportable
How much will it weigh with battery installed ??
A respectable L.O.A., easily transportable
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📝 8 Channel Transmitter
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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I hav purchased several MICROZONE transmitter/receiver pairs from AMAZON over the last 3 to 4yr and they hav served very well. They require only 4 x AA cells, which last April thru November no problem and i sail every week at one site or another. (I do put in new batteries at the start of the next season.)🤗
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📝 Animal and nature photos to enjoy.
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Very nice launch cradle. If its still sitting there in the morning i might put it in my car before i search for the owner.🤔
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📝 Mary Ann 472
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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....admiring the skeg....👍
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📝 Early Radio Control Experiences
3 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Zooma please note
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📝 Fairey Swordsman Plans
4 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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There is a small cluster of guys in MMM who simply adore this style of pleasure vessel.....i hav brought your post to their attention.
I hav found a nearby photoshop who does excellent work enlarging or downsizing engineering drawings. We may ask to borrow your finds🤔
I hav found a nearby photoshop who does excellent work enlarging or downsizing engineering drawings. We may ask to borrow your finds🤔
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📝 Ron in Scotland
4 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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That NORTH CARR lightship is very interesting, i would like to build something along the same lines. I dont think we hav any lightships here (Canada). Do you hav any supplementary pix?
For our "light up the night" events here at Spencers Pond (Burlington) & Lakefront Promenade (Mississauga) i built a floating offshore rig & hav just started a lighthouse on a (floating) island. The lightkeeper's mansion is a cottage-like birdfeeder (close to G-scale), from Princess Auto. That saves a lot of structure building. The lighthouse is built primarily from bits of wooden items from DOLLARAMA. I shall edit to post pictures after they are both assembled.
The offshore rig is based on the tiny picture of a rig on a model boat pond somewhere in UK, I dont recall where, its at least a year since i captured it.
I looked at pix of a dozen lighthouses we hav on Lake Huron & freelanced it. Shall hav a pulsating LED beacon to simulate a rotating light.
For our "light up the night" events here at Spencers Pond (Burlington) & Lakefront Promenade (Mississauga) i built a floating offshore rig & hav just started a lighthouse on a (floating) island. The lightkeeper's mansion is a cottage-like birdfeeder (close to G-scale), from Princess Auto. That saves a lot of structure building. The lighthouse is built primarily from bits of wooden items from DOLLARAMA. I shall edit to post pictures after they are both assembled.
The offshore rig is based on the tiny picture of a rig on a model boat pond somewhere in UK, I dont recall where, its at least a year since i captured it.
I looked at pix of a dozen lighthouses we hav on Lake Huron & freelanced it. Shall hav a pulsating LED beacon to simulate a rotating light.
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💬 Re: Trawler
4 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Garth, you can sail with us tmrw evening in the therapy pool in Mississauga , 6:15-7:15pm. Steve M. & Paul C. hav the details & we are hoping a few gents from Confederation will show up to join us
Its warm, humid, & out of the biting cold wind.
Its warm, humid, & out of the biting cold wind.
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📝 Frustrating tis absolutely Frustrating
4 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Sometimes you just have to wander around the boat yard. I wanted to fit GM DSS radomes on a couple of relatively modern tugboats and other work boots. I was at bluffers in Scarborough the other day and found this derelict Radar Arch. For the radome i used a KINDER SURPRISE
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📝 Frustrating tis absolutely Frustrating
4 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Nowadays everybody is just in "chase the money" mode, if there is no $ in it for them, they are not interested in talking with you or helping
Quite a shift in attitude from the days when Mitsubishi sent me a stack of drawings, i wanted to build a model of the most popular twin engine drug-runner
Quite a shift in attitude from the days when Mitsubishi sent me a stack of drawings, i wanted to build a model of the most popular twin engine drug-runner
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📝 She broke my boat: People don't listen to "HANDS OFF"
4 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Good Morning, Lew ! Where did you purchase the "skeleton crew"??
Our dollaramas are full of inexpensive items that look great on the water, especially strings of LED lighting that run off a pair of alkaline AA's.
The offerings vary with the seasons. The day after AllHallowsEve we will be met with Christmas stuff and on December 27th they will hav the Valentines Day stuff on offer.
My aquacraft bristol bay trawler from 2002, complete with $2.25 of LED light string
Our dollaramas are full of inexpensive items that look great on the water, especially strings of LED lighting that run off a pair of alkaline AA's.
The offerings vary with the seasons. The day after AllHallowsEve we will be met with Christmas stuff and on December 27th they will hav the Valentines Day stuff on offer.
My aquacraft bristol bay trawler from 2002, complete with $2.25 of LED light string
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📝 Dickie harbour tug
5 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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What is that orange thing sticking out of the bottom of the SPECTRUM tx??
For young kids i buy the $60 BASS PRO boat that uses 6-AAs, has a 2-stick controller which has spring-loaded throttle & rudder sticks & differential steering.
For young kids i buy the $60 BASS PRO boat that uses 6-AAs, has a 2-stick controller which has spring-loaded throttle & rudder sticks & differential steering.
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📝 Sprite
5 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Lew, is this Florida?
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📝 Sprite
5 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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In Canada addressed ad-mail is a great income stream for our postoffice...or as you call it, "junk mail".
Businesses pay less than 1st class letter postage, but they get a volume discount.🤔
Businesses pay less than 1st class letter postage, but they get a volume discount.🤔
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5 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Thanks Bob. I'm oldfashioned in that i actually handwrite letters & send them in the mail. I also write cheques, do calligraphy, & surprise people with gifts in their mailbox.
My ex-wife lives in farm country & actually mails me fresh produce which is very inexpensive at the farm stands.
My ex-wife lives in farm country & actually mails me fresh produce which is very inexpensive at the farm stands.
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5 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Our postal system is 99% shutdown by labour strife, so nobody is getting anything...unless you are entitled to a social assistance cheque...the Union has agreed to continue delivering those.
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5 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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Zomma/Bob...just be thankful that you hav a functioning postal service (cost of postage here in Canada is moot right now)🤔
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📝 2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
5 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant Commander)
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My opinion? I dont care for the distraction of music in ANY hobby-related video.
Also, dont phone me if you keep the tv or radio on in the background...even tho i am a very skilled Amateur Radio Operator who can separate signals from each other & from noise, its difficult to separate the two streams of audio info coming into my ears.
No, i dont hav a hearing problem (was just tested, there is nothing wrong with my hearing).
Also, dont phone me if you keep the tv or radio on in the background...even tho i am a very skilled Amateur Radio Operator who can separate signals from each other & from noise, its difficult to separate the two streams of audio info coming into my ears.
No, i dont hav a hearing problem (was just tested, there is nothing wrong with my hearing).
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