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    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    1 day ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    We got this right, lucky quest. Back on the board again as #20๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜Š

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    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Big Chill Pontoon Boat 1:8 - 3D Printed
    28 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Wow that looks great. You did an excellent job. Will you be using any figures๐Ÿค”

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    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Had the same problem, but I did get the last reply about this subject ๐Ÿค”

    ๐Ÿ“ I no longer receive notification emails.
    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Thank you who ever fixed this. Now I am getting the emails on items posted on the forum. Thank you again๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

    ๐Ÿ“ I no longer receive notification emails.
    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Is anybody working on this or can someone offer a solution. I go to this for several times a day and have to back door to open. Please help or should I just forget about this site and move on to other forums? Hi ๐Ÿ‘‹

    ๐Ÿ“ I no longer receive notification emails.
    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    I also have not been receiving notifications for a while looked at my settings and all seem good. Where is the problem and can it be fixed as I look at this site daily ๐Ÿค” could someone answer the problem. Should I sign out then sing in again like a reboot?

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    I guessed correct. Last two I got wrong. Hopefully I will do better๐Ÿ˜Š lots of fun as they is done faithfully at night๐Ÿ˜Š

    ๐Ÿ“ Definitive definition of scratch build
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Been modeling for a while. A kit boat is a kit boat. A scratch built boat is one that is assembled from lines and offsets and where one gets his own materials to make the boat. When we do regattas we do the judging where we call it, โ€œYou Be the Judgeโ€. This is where ever modeler who enters is a judge. They are given a sheet with categories where they choose the best of a boat that fits. Now they can not vote for there own boat as there boat(s) number is placed on the form. Plus there are categories for scratch, kit, semi kit where the owner has to display a entry sheet with the chosen category by the displayed model.๐Ÿ˜Š

    ๐Ÿ“ Bending 7/32โ€ tubing
    7 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    I bend 1/25 tubing. I crimp one end and add sand in the pipe forcing it down crimp the other end and bend. Of course the tibing was more than I needed so the excess was cut off. This this for a super heater/dryer on my steam boiler. Another thing to consider is if you are using brass or copper tube is to aniline the tubing first to make it softer. Heat the tubing up the quench it in cold water. The solder idea is good, just experiment and have fun๐Ÿ˜Š

    ๐Ÿ“ How do I bend plywood
    9 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    I would be careful on using steam or any solution with the plywood as it may warp the outer layer or affect the glue. It also depends on the type of plywood as there is a softwood type and an aircraft type that is hard. I had a springer tug where there is plywood on the bottom of the keel. I used a water proof wood glue that I picked up at a hardware store and used a lot of 1inch rubber bands tho hold it in place. I picked up the rubber bands in a store called Staples๐Ÿ‘

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Superstructure Railing Build
    9 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    ๐Ÿ˜”Very nice, also working ao a springer push boat. I will be using plastic strut for the railings.

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    ๐Ÿ“ TUG BOAT 686 Anyone have?
    9 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Just placed an order for one. Should be fun and I will post info on the tugboat 686. Shipping is slow and saw that it was shipped๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ™

    ๐Ÿ“ Need help in identifying a brushless outboard motor
    9 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Thank you all for your answers. So bottom line is that this is a modified old outmost with a brushless motor added. The best part is that I got it for a very very low price. I am planning to use a small servo for steering and add a small arm on these so that this servo can activate the steering. ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

    ๐Ÿ“ TUG BOAT 686 Anyone have?
    9 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    This would be a great model to put in a saddle bag on your motor cycle the go sailing. Just wondering if you can run two or more of these boats together with out any radio interfearance

    ๐Ÿ“ TUG BOAT 686 Anyone have?
    9 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Has anyone purchase the TUGBOAT 686 and modify the boat to make it more scale in appearance. This would be a fun project for a low cost.
    You can google Tugboat 686 and it wil come up๐Ÿ˜Š

    ๐Ÿ“ Need help in identifying a brushless outboard motor
    9 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Acquired these parts from a estate sale.
    Need help to identify this outboard motor. Tried looking up the manufacturer names and numbers. Found some info on the escarpment and actual motor but not the complete outboard.
    Has anyone ever used this outboard?
    Planning to use it on a skiff that was a static boat. I saturated the inside and out with paint and polyurethane. Going to make it a boat that is transporting illegal alcohol.

    ๐Ÿ“ New Boat
    12 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    I made a kitchen rudder for my steam launch back in the 80โ€™s. Still works great. I use two servos, one rod steering right and left and the other for opening and closing the clam sell. The servo for opening and closing the is mounted on a bolting shaft the connect to the two clam shell. The servo pulls the shell together rather the push them close. This way it will not bend the clamshell shafts. Hard to explain but if you want, I can send some photos๐Ÿค”

    ๐Ÿ“ Model Boat Festival of Lights
    1 year ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Very nice, like the sky and how it slowly got dark. Great video! Like all of the boats๐Ÿ‘
    Years ago we did a two day boat regatta and on the first day it was a night sail. There was a course with different floats and you had to follow a course and not to hit a float. Since it was night you could only rely on the boats navigation lights. I did it with a Midwest steam launch and laid my lights out according to the coast quarts recommendations. It was a lot of fun.

    ๐Ÿ“ Just wanted to share some of the progress on my Push Boat.
    1 year ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Hello LewZ, yes I thought about this when building. Plus I think it will be like a sail if there is wind. Trying to make everything on top lite and hopefully stable. Since this is the springer kit and it has the original with the original super structure which I have and built but not painted. The super structure that I am working on is the Kentucky superstructure. So if it is to top heavy I can switch out with the original super structure and sail without problems?

    ๐Ÿ“ Just wanted to share some of the progress on my Push Boat.
    1 year ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Some more progress. This push boat has a company name of โ€œSteer Straight Marineโ€ and the name of the boat will be โ€œWell Done llโ€ ( Well Done 1โ€ went back to the kitchen as it was burnt๐Ÿฅด๐Ÿคฃ
    The lights are all wired, there only two wires going down for the power as all the lights are 3 volts and wired in parallel. Everything can be disassembled with screws, pilot hose roof/pilot house from main cabin and main cabin from deck base. This is done by using screws that go into blind nuts. This will make repairs and upgrades easy. Note that I have painted it to look like a steer white with brown spots plus on the front of the pilot house is a steer skull in 1/24 scale. More to come๐Ÿ˜Š

    ๐Ÿ“ Vintage model boats.
    1 year ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Very nice๐Ÿ‘like the electric motors and steam items you displayed๐Ÿ˜Š

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    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    2 years ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    I also went with copper as it was the first metal used by man. O well, maybe I will do better next time๐Ÿ˜Š

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    2 years ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    I too did not know, I guessed it and got it wrong. Hopefully I will do better on the next question๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜Š

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    2 years ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Got the answer wrong, O well maybe be I will do better tomorrow๐Ÿ˜Š
    I look forward to this every morning Thank You๐Ÿ‘

    ๐Ÿ“ What Paint Do Members Use?
    2 years ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    I used Rustoleum but had problems where second coats and other colors on masked areas would wrinkle where Zi would have to re- sand and try again. I tried waiting over two weeks before the second coat with same results. I now use a rattle can spray paint from Home Depot (in the states) called Berr paint. Hi I do my model boats and prewar model trains and had the same problems with Rustoleum. The Berr had a heavy pigmentation and goes on easialy. I do not use Krylon.

    ๐Ÿ“ Sounds to sleep by
    2 years ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Very nice. really relaxing, thank you๐Ÿ˜Š

    ๐Ÿ“ Mystery boat
    2 years ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    I looked at my old Taubmann Plane Services catalog (1985-1986) and could not find this boat, Will continue the search๐Ÿ‘

    ๐Ÿ“ Mystery boat
    2 years ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    World War One torpedo boat. I will check some sites that still sell plans and maybe I will find it๐Ÿ™

    ๐Ÿ“ Socialising at the lake
    2 years ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Any sailing is good sailing. Starting to get warmer on the States east coast. Sailing soon.

    ๐Ÿ“ Just wanted to share some of the progress on my Push Boat.
    2 years ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ RonH ( Chief Petty Officer 1st Class)
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    Hi RodC, The springer tugs are great. I usually do live steam and scratch build launches. Doing a electric is a change for me. I also put a motors and horn sound module in the boat. I made a brass two piece keil for rudder support. This makes it easy to remove the rudder and prop and shaft. Once I have the internal electronics in the boat I will take some photos. The hull is dome except for some detailing and Paint. I am a slow builder as when I make something I like to make it so that it cane easily be taken apart and fixed. I am using the two 6 volt batteries that Zippkit sells. These are suppose to be wired in parallel for more current. I do not like to put batteries in parallel as the internal resistance of each battery is different and could drain one when not using. I will wire mine so that one battery is used at a time.



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