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📝 Apologies for non participation
1 day ago by 🇨🇦 RodC (
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Doogle you have my sympathies in your loss. I have had to have a number of dogs put to sleep, not to mention many cats, ended up is always a sad occasion☹️
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📝 Filling gaps in decks
9 days ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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I got a small bottle of acetone at Dollarama, that is our Dollar Store chain here in Southern Ontario. It is the traditional nail polish remover, it is also very good for getting varnish type Coatings off of copper wire so that it can be soldered👍
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📝 Dumas 44 MLB kit 1:16 scale
21 days ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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With GPS being fully commissioned "now" i think the Loran-C antenna is superfluous. SOLAS (safety of life at sea) regulations require a 2nd, backup, HF antenna...for comms out past 70 miles. You will see crossed-loops antenna on some older vessels, that is the dirrction-finder antenna that zeroes in on AM broadcast stations to get a "fix" thru triangulation.
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📝 Hospital
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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In 2020 and 2021 I had several falls that resulted in ambulance trips. My gerontologist outfitted me with an ODYSSEY, it goes on my wrist like a wrist watch and it has a accelerometer in it which detects a fall in any of three dimensions. The device also includes a cell phone and if I jar it then an operator comes on to check on me and if I don't respond then he has two other people to phone, to get them to check up on me. I believe the device is from Australia and I don't pay anything for it whereas the fall detectors in the old age homes the patient has to pay about $30 a month. I could have had one that hangs on a pendant around my neck but they felt that might interfere with the pacemaker telemetry so that is why I have the wrist watch type
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📝 HW 160
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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LewZ i always admire your wiring harnesses, so neat, so well-organized
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📝 FPV Experience
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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Radio Regulations vary slightly between USA/CANADA, & then there are huge differences between NorthAmerica & Europe. Our 2.4 gear is in the ISM Bands (industrial, scientific, and medical) and there is a lot of other stuff in that band as well. I have seen video gear at 900 MHz which barely worked from a sub Marine back to its driver. In contrast 27 megahertz and the 70-band penetrate water to a certain extent. There is lots of inexpensive POV stuff on the market but Lou like you say it requires a lot of cobbling together of battery, camera, transmitter, antenna, and then the receiving end. And that cobbling together is difficult even when you know quite a bit about the electronics and their interconnections.
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📝 Spektrum DX6i compatible surface Rx advice pls...
3 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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900MHz & 2.4 GHz don't work well if the antenna is immersed, for example, video feed from submarine camera, or 2.4 used for control.
And 2.4 in a carbonfibre glider fuselage is unreliable as the carbon fibre attentuates the rf signal intended for the receiver
And 2.4 in a carbonfibre glider fuselage is unreliable as the carbon fibre attentuates the rf signal intended for the receiver
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📝 when in New Zealand visit us turtel lake shippers on FB.
3 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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I, too, wud like to know more details of that Coast Guard work boat, especially if a kit
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💬 Re: Zwarte Zee
4 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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Very nicely finished. A great $10 basis!!
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📝 Simulating Modern Diesel Smoke
4 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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Thankyou LewZ. You just triggeted some recollections of things i had read eatlier. You description is quite appt. Yes, years ago i had an HO switcher tjat used smoke fluid. My wife-at-the-time objected to me stinking up our 900-sq-ft bungalow, i eventually learned to run it less often & for a shorter time. Tje oil came in a tony squib, but it took years to burn it all when you seldom use. Next weekend we are driving over to the Hamilton Steam & Technology Museum. They will hav a shallow pond filled by hydrant, with scheduled events to give everyone a turn on the water. There is also a steam train on the property. Last year one gent had a really good water-mister in a tug, & it produced steam for a long time...not merely the 5 to 10min that we often see.
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📝 Simulating Modern Diesel Smoke
4 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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I bought a HENG LONG smoke generator intended for a tank which is diesel. It has been sitting in my incoming tray through months and months of other projects. My understanding is that I can use vegetable glycerin mixed with distilled water as smoke fluid altho some suggest using vape fluid. I wud really like to hav black smoke, you know, " rollin' coal ", billowing black. No instructions with the smoke unit. Any advice ???
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💬 Re: Betty Bopp
4 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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We hope to see her next weekend at the Hamilton steam museum !!😎
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📝 Quick snap on coupling
4 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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Dwbrinkman, your connector pair looks amazingly like the fire monitor water connection in my heng long tug
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📝 Boat storage complete
4 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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Very nicely done. I hav 31 hulls in a large 1-bedroom apartment. Seriously considering wall brackets to keep them safe on my walls. Only one has sails, a trawler.
Peterd, when I restricted my building activities to the dining room table. Now I have the top of a huge deep freeze as one workbench and the dining room table as the second one and I am not getting as much done as I was able to when I was in my teens and building on Mom's dining room table
Peterd, when I restricted my building activities to the dining room table. Now I have the top of a huge deep freeze as one workbench and the dining room table as the second one and I am not getting as much done as I was able to when I was in my teens and building on Mom's dining room table
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📝 New Boat
7 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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Would love to see some annotated photos, just to see how it shud operate ! Please ??
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📝 DasMikro Sound Unit - anyone have one?
8 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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I searched DasMikro on the amazon website, many hits, but was not sure which hit was your exact device
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💬 Re: Krabbenkutter Tön 12
8 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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DWBrinkmann, the convention here in ontario, Canada, is that the name of the boat is above the name of the port on the stern and the registration numbers are on each side of the prow. Occasionally you will see the name of the boat Midway down the side, but that is less common as typically the manufacturer has put some huge deckle in that spot. My first guess was that Krabbe was the name of his Home harbour
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📝 trying a video
8 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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Thank you for the pictures!! It is so costly to get these kits shipped from Florida all the way up to Canada and imported, not to mention the difference on the dollar, that last time I ordered a few of the kits at the same time along with the 650 KV brushless Motors and of course the drivetrains so I probably have several winters of projects. You have done a very creative thing with the superstructures 👍👍👍
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📝 trying a video
8 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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Commodore h I would love to see some more pictures of that lovely Springer tug that is in the background, in fact there are a number of us on here that are avid tug people that I'm sure they would also like to see a number of shots of it
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💬 Re: Graupner Emmi
8 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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How long is she, & which battery chemistry?
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💬 Re: Ocean Star/ Oceans Sailor
8 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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2000 mm ?!?!?! You mean, like, 2m LOA ?!? WOW !! That is almost 6 feet !!
What kind of vehicle do you transport it in, togetto your club site??
How many of this LOA are there in your sailing group ??
All i can say is "WOW !!" I hav never seen ANYTHING like this elegant vessel.😛😛😛👍👍👍
What kind of vehicle do you transport it in, togetto your club site??
How many of this LOA are there in your sailing group ??
All i can say is "WOW !!" I hav never seen ANYTHING like this elegant vessel.😛😛😛👍👍👍
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💬 Re: Last Run of 2023
9 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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Looks wonderful on the water. I adore your lights...& at least with it being a dull day we can actually see them in operation. You just ignited my excitement for the new year's sailing season.
So...you arent going to run tomorrow??
Our last sail here in Toronto was mid-Nov, 16th i believe was our #32 at Bluffers Park for 2023.
Happy New Year to all.
So...you arent going to run tomorrow??
Our last sail here in Toronto was mid-Nov, 16th i believe was our #32 at Bluffers Park for 2023.
Happy New Year to all.
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📝 I AM ASKING FOR HELP TO BUILD A SCALE MODEL CASE
9 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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The "glue" isnt an adhesive, it is a solvent that actually "melts" a thin layer of the adjacent Plexiglas sheets & they ended up "welded" to each other. The clamps, being another material, will not stick to the joint.
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📝 Working Anchor
9 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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All may find reading the 'anchor' article on Wikipedia worthwhile.
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📝 Looking for some advice on the identity of this vessel
9 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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Clyde Puffers typically have their rudder hanging 'way out the back, with the pintles on the very, very aft edge of the stern. Also the exhaust stack wud be just forward of the wheelhouse, whether steam or diesel, as the motor is always far aft. I own 2, with a 3rd under construction.
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💬 Re: Bluenose-4
9 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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This is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. The least number of hours of daylight. Effective tomorrow we will have more Daylight everyday, approximately 2 to 3 minutes more. This means that Spring is coming, and it will be model ship weather "soon"
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💬 Re: And the winner is?
9 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s we used to dye white T-shirts with tea or coffee, in the days b4 printed or dark-coloured T's became common. Of course Mom wud always want to bleach them !! 🤔
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💬 Re: Running light colors?
9 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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Alessandro, a perfect illustration ! Thank you !! "A picture is worth a thousand words" 👍
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💬 Re: Running light colors?
9 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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I have some notes, The Vessel being towed should show a white light all around visible to 3 MI. Then I found two different situations regarding the light, the tow light, on the towing vessel where it should be aft facing and yellow whereas the other opinion was white, red, Green or yellow all round and visible to 3 MI my other notes confirm the previous comments
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📝 Has anyone any experience of using a Dremel scroll saw?
9 months ago by 🇨🇦 RodC ( Lieutenant)
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LewZ, your anti-vibration foam pad is an excellent idea. Keeps the saws from moving around & absorbs the vibration noises, essential in condo/apt living.
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