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📝 Yet another FB Marketplace purchase
2 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (
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Yes I recognize a Marblehead and you have a beautiful one! Sailing it versus a DF65 is a dream come true of many a rc skipper.
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💬 Re: HMS Amethyst
5 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Super workmanship and details which include the crew in various locations. Well done!
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📝 What are these vessels were seen by friends
9 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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I looked up Gulet cruising and found a number of examples which use both sail and motor depending upon the harbour requirements.
Some cruises are expensive and others not to bad.
Some cruises are expensive and others not to bad.
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📝 What are these vessels were seen by friends
9 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Could someone identify what these vessels are? They cruise along the Croatia shoreline taking on passengers along the way. My friends called them sailing yachts but I see no indication of rigging for sails.
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📝 New low-cost figures available
14 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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I hit the thrift shops, Value Village, Goodwill and such looking in their used toy section for figures suitable for boats.
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📝 Two days at Calabogie Resort with family
14 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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We came here for two days of fun and relaxation, my wife and 10 yr old grandson. We golfed, swam, kayaking, hiked and of course RC boating.
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📝 Question of the Day?
21 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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How can not receive the Question and Wordle quiz in my daily emails?
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📝 tramp steamer
21 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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cargo tramp steamer
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💬 Re: Just a little sailing at Spencer's pool
22 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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What’s the depth of the pool ?
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📝 FB Marketplace bites again
24 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Enough to open your own mini hobby shop! Great Haul!
What did he ask for it all?
It’s almost worth flying across the pond to come see your cache.
What did he ask for it all?
It’s almost worth flying across the pond to come see your cache.
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💬 Re: Dragonforce 65
25 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Dragonforce sails and masts are used for two of my sailboats which are not a Dragonforce hull.
Here is an old Billings kit, Dragen with a DF65 or DF96 mast and set of sails. Works just fine .
Here is an old Billings kit, Dragen with a DF65 or DF96 mast and set of sails. Works just fine .
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💬 Re: Aft hatch fittings and tow rope rails
27 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Apparently according to this link, there were two tugboats with the same name. The Billings kit is smaller than the second vessel, which has twin exhausts and the aft is open.
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💬 Re: Aft hatch fittings and tow rope rails
27 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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What color are you painting the upper decks? Here is a webste with actual tugboats that may help in selecting a color as there are options. Some decks are not painted the same color as bulwarks, while others, the deck is painted up to the edge of a railing leaving about a 6” white, yellow or other band separating the deck color from the other structures.
I googled the Banckert and found this photos which give good details.
I googled the Banckert and found this photos which give good details.
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📝 Using 2 Mtronik ESCs
28 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Photos please 😜 and what is a BEC?
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📝 Nathan Phillips Square Fun Day
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Picnic Table is for real on Pete Spencer’s tugboat when not at work. He does community social activities throughout the year using the Loganville.
Maybe I should add all of those banners and flags to the model, making it a real eye catching vessel!
The wheelhouse is interchangeable with the Beamsville. One hull& two different designed wheelhouses.
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Maybe I should add all of those banners and flags to the model, making it a real eye catching vessel!
The wheelhouse is interchangeable with the Beamsville. One hull& two different designed wheelhouses.
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💬 Re: "Up Close" with Pilot Cutter Ellen
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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I like the natural nature sounds in the video. Nice to hear the ducks giving the commentary.
Your vessel is sailing very nicely thank you for sharing your success with all of us.
Your vessel is sailing very nicely thank you for sharing your success with all of us.
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📝 Nathan Phillips Square Fun Day
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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We had five members and invited guests out today in Toronto at the Nathan Phillips Square pool. The water was only 4 1/2” deep and the steady wind made it pretty choppy. We got the occasional gusts too which made sailing the schooner a poor idea.
I rigged it up and many folks stopped by to ask questions and take photos. Some folks were from France and told us about a club in Paris that sails regularly too.
Anyone who knows about the Parisian model yacht club?
I rigged it up and many folks stopped by to ask questions and take photos. Some folks were from France and told us about a club in Paris that sails regularly too.
Anyone who knows about the Parisian model yacht club?
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💬 Re: 1954 35' Chris Craft Sport Fisherman
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Tell us what you use to make the chrome finished parts? Also the metal around the hatch covers?
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📝 In Ontario this kit is for sale
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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📝 Deck and Other details paint colours
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Upper decks Green
Main deck Red
Bulwarks Yellow
Railings White
Top of Bulwark White
Wow!
Main deck Red
Bulwarks Yellow
Railings White
Top of Bulwark White
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📝 In Ontario this kit is for sale
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Kit was sold!
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📝 In Ontario this kit is for sale
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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I questioned that myself Rod, unless Graham is “Rescuing” it from the scrap pile?
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📝 In Ontario this kit is for sale
1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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$400 cdn
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💬 Re: Funnel
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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After my comment on black railings I went looking for tugboats and vessels where black was used. In the weekly publication on-line, www.Towline.com, I found one pusher tug with black rails and all black stairs but it was not the norm nor the same ocean going vessel you are building.
You are doing good work on your model from what you’ve posted.
You are doing good work on your model from what you’ve posted.
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💬 Re: Starting some detail
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Do you have any research to support your use of black railings and stairways? I have seen ladders black, the stringer is white or grey, and treads black or sea grey, white and some have safety strips for better visibility at night and fog. Note: Look very closely, the bottom of the stairs on this ship there is a yellow tread.
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📝 Nathan Phillips Square Fun Day
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Rod, it is Miss Katherine from Mahone Bay, NS a scratch build. I could provide you with the drawings. It was my first attempt at scratch building a tug.
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📝 Nathan Phillips Square Fun Day
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Similar to the event two years ago when the Metro Marine Modellers sailed in the shallow pool at Nathan Phillips Square. Its depth of only 5-6” kept the boats with a deep draft out of the pool. There still were a good variety of vessels including a schooner which were able to navigate this large pool of water to the delight of the public.
The event is from 10-3 on Friday, August 18, 2023
The event is from 10-3 on Friday, August 18, 2023
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💬 Re: Smokin '
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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6v is equal to a 1.5v four pack of AA batteries same setup I use in my sailboats. Easy to use, simple to set-up.
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💬 Re: ATSF railroad tug and barge
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Looks super !
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💬 Re: A Tug Fort Valley Modification
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Vice Admiral)
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Tim, is it possible to create a steamer the belches the exhaust instead of just drifting up? I went looking for an example and most photos are like yours or belching dark smoke.
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