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18 hours ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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Hey Chugalong, you need a flamboyant shirt to go along with your artwork and congas.
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1 day ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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This particular Ville does operate out of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. I have only placed the lights as given by the owner who stated I have displayed them correctly.
It is interesting that the Beamsville operates out of Tofino and tows along the Pacific Ocean and the inner water ways along the coast. They are not required to display the Red/White/Red lights.
It is interesting that the Beamsville operates out of Tofino and tows along the Pacific Ocean and the inner water ways along the coast. They are not required to display the Red/White/Red lights.
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1 day ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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Miss Jenna has red/green nav lights, its mast lights now and towing lights installed on her exhaust. Upon completion, the photos were sent to her owners and they said I got it right. They said no need to install a 360deg anchor light as it is only used at night when anchored off shore. Just a clear lenses is all that is required.
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1 day ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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Just wondering what the end result is you are trying to achieve? Is it for a purpose other than sail control?
Might another solution be a 3D printed spool?
Might another solution be a 3D printed spool?
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📝 How to secure acccess deck covers /hatches
2 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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Bill is the Blu Tack you are referring to the same as this shown?
Key details regarding Blu Tack and water:
Water-Resistant Properties: It is a non-soluble, synthetic rubber compound that can withstand exposure to moisture without breaking down immediately.
Best Use Case: While water-resistant, it is designed for, and performs best on, clean, dry surfaces.
Limitations: While it resists water, it is not designed to be a permanent, fully submersible waterproof sealant, but rather a reusable adhesive for holding items in place, even in damp environments.
Composition: It is denser than water and is non-toxic.
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Note: Some product listings may specify it is not for high-moisture/submerged applications, but for general, daily, non-porous applications.
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Key details regarding Blu Tack and water:
Water-Resistant Properties: It is a non-soluble, synthetic rubber compound that can withstand exposure to moisture without breaking down immediately.
Best Use Case: While water-resistant, it is designed for, and performs best on, clean, dry surfaces.
Limitations: While it resists water, it is not designed to be a permanent, fully submersible waterproof sealant, but rather a reusable adhesive for holding items in place, even in damp environments.
Composition: It is denser than water and is non-toxic.
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💬 Re: SEMI SCALE 1953 EDSON SCHOCK 15FT DAY SAILER
3 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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Please show us how you designed the skipper
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📝 How to secure acccess deck covers /hatches
3 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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I use Gary Webb’s instructions seen here:
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💬 Re: New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
5 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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What are you using for
“sail cloth”?
“sail cloth”?
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5 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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Hi Phil
Apparently these are not just to “Light Up The Night” but are the light configuration for COLREG/Marine navigation requirements for a tugboat that is in the process of towing.
The two Red lights are RAM lights said one of my contacts.
On the aft of the stack is a Yellow light which is commonly used as a towing signal.
I have been informed the barge if towed has Red/Green nav lights and White in the Aft. But if the barge is being pushed, there is an Orange light at the Front of the barge.
Apparently these are not just to “Light Up The Night” but are the light configuration for COLREG/Marine navigation requirements for a tugboat that is in the process of towing.
The two Red lights are RAM lights said one of my contacts.
On the aft of the stack is a Yellow light which is commonly used as a towing signal.
I have been informed the barge if towed has Red/Green nav lights and White in the Aft. But if the barge is being pushed, there is an Orange light at the Front of the barge.
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📝 Testing LED diodes
7 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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Alessandro, the 5.88volts reading was coming off my receiver bec leads.
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7 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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I have contacted the 3 owners of the Ville Class tugboats which I have modelled, asking for a photo of their boat with full lights on when towing.
The owner of Miss Jenna in Mahone Bay sent me this photo. It will be my next challenge.
Notice the two lights on the exhaust stack. Yellow and White
The light wash in the bottom of the photo is from a work light on the aft wall of the engine room wall near the double bullock.
I did an earlier post with photos (see Miss Katherine meets Miss Jenna)
The owner of Miss Jenna in Mahone Bay sent me this photo. It will be my next challenge.
Notice the two lights on the exhaust stack. Yellow and White
The light wash in the bottom of the photo is from a work light on the aft wall of the engine room wall near the double bullock.
I did an earlier post with photos (see Miss Katherine meets Miss Jenna)
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📝 Testing LED diodes
7 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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This is what I have been doing.
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📝 Testing LED diodes
7 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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I like your diagrams, they are very clear and easy to understand. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insight. You too are a fine teacher!
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💬 Re: Dumas Pay n' Pak
8 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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Your unlimited hydroplanes bring back memories of watching thee races on Lake Washington during SeaFare week in Seattle when I was a kid. We use to cut the hydroplane hull shape from plywood scraps, pound a couple nails through the top and tie a 12’ length of twine to the nose, so that they would fly across the “water” making noises while pulling them behind our bikes racing around the neighborhood. Fond memories.
I sure yours will be there too on your lake in the Catskills. Are you able to run several at once as you have a few of these hydroplanes in your harb’r?
I sure yours will be there too on your lake in the Catskills. Are you able to run several at once as you have a few of these hydroplanes in your harb’r?
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8 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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Jss4 is my brother in Christ and though he lives 2 hours away and we only message via the iPhone, he is a great guy. We see each other at various times throughout the year at our club events and occasionally at his work place, Little Canada.
JSS4 was tasked with the job to make the cars on the ferry and retrofit the lobster boats so that whey would float appropriately in the promotional video.
Jss4 is my brother in Christ and though he lives 2 hours away and we only message via the iPhone, he is a great guy. We see each other at various times throughout the year at our club events and occasionally at his work place, Little Canada.
JSS4 was tasked with the job to make the cars on the ferry and retrofit the lobster boats so that whey would float appropriately in the promotional video.
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8 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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LED know how… yes I know there is a OHM’s Law, but math and I have not always been the best of friends.
I recall one night after my History of Mathematics class at university I asked my professor, “Eli, why do you do this?” As I waved my hand at three blackboards full of equations as they wrapped around the four walls of the classroom. Eli responded to me with a big smile. “ Because it’s FUN !”
I said, “ I can think of a lot more things than this that are Fun”, and he said. “ That’s because you aren’t a mathematician!”
He said for me to come every week to class, take the tests and exam and he would be sure to pass me. I got a mark of 51 a pass, my credit, my degree is a BA of Fine Arts Music
That was 40+ years ago. Now, at 76, I am learning about Ohms, Amperage, Volts and enjoying it.
I recall one night after my History of Mathematics class at university I asked my professor, “Eli, why do you do this?” As I waved my hand at three blackboards full of equations as they wrapped around the four walls of the classroom. Eli responded to me with a big smile. “ Because it’s FUN !”
I said, “ I can think of a lot more things than this that are Fun”, and he said. “ That’s because you aren’t a mathematician!”
He said for me to come every week to class, take the tests and exam and he would be sure to pass me. I got a mark of 51 a pass, my credit, my degree is a BA of Fine Arts Music
That was 40+ years ago. Now, at 76, I am learning about Ohms, Amperage, Volts and enjoying it.
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💬 Re: Model Shipways
9 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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I betcha the parts are super delicate too work with too.
When I built their swampscott dory it was very fragile!
When I built their swampscott dory it was very fragile!
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💬 Re: 1008 tug mods
9 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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Amazing James!
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📝 Testing LED diodes
9 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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Roy, that makes sense, and it works.
My teacher has said to use a separate resistor for each Diode. Do I question my teacher, yes, and he gives me kind answers without getting annoyed with me😁.
Here I took three of these diodes from a waterproof string of LEDs and used them to add light under the ceiling of the wheelhouse cockpit.
I didn’t ask, I just did it and he was pleased.
My teacher has said to use a separate resistor for each Diode. Do I question my teacher, yes, and he gives me kind answers without getting annoyed with me😁.
Here I took three of these diodes from a waterproof string of LEDs and used them to add light under the ceiling of the wheelhouse cockpit.
I didn’t ask, I just did it and he was pleased.
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9 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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22” of snow and more coming later this week.
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📝 Testing LED diodes
9 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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7.2 volt NiMh connected to the esc and using the BEC to test the brightness of several diodes colours using various resistors.
I think my third model is better than the first, but I’m not going to change any Resistors until seeing the lights on the water at night.
My friend JSS4, James, uses circuit boards and rheostats to make changes to the brightness. He is a good teacher, encouraging me to start learning the basics before taking the next step to using circuit boards.
I am looking forward to learning how to make a mast lighting system for my tugboats.
(Silver mast photo)
Last photos are James’s work.(brass)
I think my third model is better than the first, but I’m not going to change any Resistors until seeing the lights on the water at night.
My friend JSS4, James, uses circuit boards and rheostats to make changes to the brightness. He is a good teacher, encouraging me to start learning the basics before taking the next step to using circuit boards.
I am looking forward to learning how to make a mast lighting system for my tugboats.
(Silver mast photo)
Last photos are James’s work.(brass)
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📝 Clinker Style kit
11 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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The frames look fragile, did you have any issues with them?
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The frames look fragile, did you have any issues with them?
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📝 Current project
11 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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I took these pictures of various fishing boats on display at the Museum in Wicks, Scotland.
I took these pictures of various fishing boats on display at the Museum in Wicks, Scotland.
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📝 My Saint Pierre Dory has improved lights
11 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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Continuing to work with those LED lights, I tried snipping several from a line of lights that are waterproof.
Once scrapping the coating off, the positive and negative wires were identified and marked.
Using three of these micro lights, they were installed to the roof of the wheelhouse, adding an amber coating, a 470R in the line, it looks much better.
The small spotlight was replaced with a taller better beam.
Keeping the tiny nav lights on a pair of AA batteries which work very well. The LED lights are wired in to use the BEC.
Once scrapping the coating off, the positive and negative wires were identified and marked.
Using three of these micro lights, they were installed to the roof of the wheelhouse, adding an amber coating, a 470R in the line, it looks much better.
The small spotlight was replaced with a taller better beam.
Keeping the tiny nav lights on a pair of AA batteries which work very well. The LED lights are wired in to use the BEC.
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📝 Current project
11 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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Yes, it is a Billings kit Mary Ann, that will carry the name of my daughter, Corinna Mae.
It is being modelled as a retired fishing vessel by removing the fishing gear and adding personalized features.
I have researched these old vessels and found many had been fixed up to be a families boat.
The Norwegian vessel, Selma, now part of a museum display is one of them. The previous owner, John Audun Hauge, supplied me with drawings, a sail plan, and sketches. He said my model is a “Kryser”, meaning the rudder is under the aft of the ship and the rudder stem comes up through the aft deck. Selma has the rudder hinged to the aft stem.
Various people have added their comments and all is appreciated.
Thanks for sharing Royc, have you sailed your models using just the sails?
Pondering it!
Yes, it is a Billings kit Mary Ann, that will carry the name of my daughter, Corinna Mae.
It is being modelled as a retired fishing vessel by removing the fishing gear and adding personalized features.
I have researched these old vessels and found many had been fixed up to be a families boat.
The Norwegian vessel, Selma, now part of a museum display is one of them. The previous owner, John Audun Hauge, supplied me with drawings, a sail plan, and sketches. He said my model is a “Kryser”, meaning the rudder is under the aft of the ship and the rudder stem comes up through the aft deck. Selma has the rudder hinged to the aft stem.
Various people have added their comments and all is appreciated.
Thanks for sharing Royc, have you sailed your models using just the sails?
Pondering it!
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📝 Is this site running slow?
12 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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Yes I have tried posting a picture and realized that there were a number of pages open on the iPhone. After closing them, the speed increased.
But, having not made a donation yet to the website, I am not complaining.
But, having not made a donation yet to the website, I am not complaining.
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📝 Current project
12 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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With the help of one of our new recruits, jss4 🇨🇦, I was able to understand what resistors to begin with and decrease the brightness of the spotlight.
Happy to be able to install 3mm LED lights, running the wires and solder the wires.james said to put a resistor in each circuit and not link them all upon one wire.
The Green wires are all linked as one, though the Red wires all have the resistors before they were jointed to the positive side.
Happy to be able to install 3mm LED lights, running the wires and solder the wires.james said to put a resistor in each circuit and not link them all upon one wire.
The Green wires are all linked as one, though the Red wires all have the resistors before they were jointed to the positive side.
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13 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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I have found this today, has anyone tried their models?
Clyde Model Dockyard
Clyde Model Dockyard
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📝 Prostates! Get a blood test.
13 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Fleet Admiral)
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We live in southern central Ontario where health care is better than rural areas. Still if you need hip or knee replacement or be seen by an orthopaedic specialist it can be months before you get to be seen. Cancer is pretty quick to get diagnosed and treatment.
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