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💬 Re: VINTAGE RUNABOUT SPEED TEST
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth (
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💬 Re: Anni P Toy Tug for the Bath
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Well done a lovely story and a model with character thanks for sharing on a damp afternoon
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💬 Re: Crewe and District Model Boat Club
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Looking beautiful👍
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📝 Christmas Cards & Free Prize Draw
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thank you for adding interest to the morning, A happy Christmas to you
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📝 Woodbridge Model Boat Club.
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Congratulations Chairman Geoff!👍
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💬 Re: "Rescue Launch "
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thank you for sharing a wonderful story, it's been a pleasure to follow. 👍
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💬 Re: Run Out of MOJO!
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Hi Martin I wanted to say that is a beautiful model, I built my first wooden model (or any model) in 40 years earlier this year I used a HA Kits model and found it a pleasure to build, my results were not as good as yours but that was my lack of skill not the kits fault.
I was thinking about building another one in the New Year but your pictures have inspired me make sure I do and order one now.
Thank you as ever for your inspiration
Best wishes
I was thinking about building another one in the New Year but your pictures have inspired me make sure I do and order one now.
Thank you as ever for your inspiration
Best wishes
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💬 Re: Run Out of MOJO!
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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A beautiful job, congratulations!
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💬 Re: SLEC MR TOM, named Captain Tom.
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Mr Tom
Looks a winner!!!
Well done love the details and the neat finish
Looks a winner!!!
Well done love the details and the neat finish
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💬 Re: Dutch Auxiliary
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Hi Geoff,
Many thanks for sharing your work, congratulations of Mr Tom as well he looks a nice craft a really tasteful paint job too.
Its been a pleasure following your build from a basic plan to the finished result, it makes me realise how much easier a kit is rather than following a plan that 60 years old.
Well done for completing something very different and sharing the challenges along the way.
Best wishes
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Many thanks for sharing your work, congratulations of Mr Tom as well he looks a nice craft a really tasteful paint job too.
Its been a pleasure following your build from a basic plan to the finished result, it makes me realise how much easier a kit is rather than following a plan that 60 years old.
Well done for completing something very different and sharing the challenges along the way.
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💬 Re: Durch Auxiliary
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Beautiful work, it is looking very interesting looking forward to seeing the next blog
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💬 Re: DUTCH AUXILIARY
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Geoff,
This is really interesting to follow, great work as ever
Best wishes
This is really interesting to follow, great work as ever
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💬 Re: Morston - H A Kits (small version)
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Many thanks for your kind words, she gave me a lot of pleasure in discovering skills I had not used in 50 years. She has been fun on the water and looks the part, as I have said before if it were not for the encouragement from the members I do not think I would have completed the project.
Thanks once again
Treve
Thanks once again
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💬 Re: DUTCH AUXILLIARY
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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She looks a beautiful construction, the wood grain look's the part. Thank you for sharing your thought process and the problems.
I am enjoying the build.
Best wishes Treve👍
I am enjoying the build.
Best wishes Treve👍
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💬 Re: Day em lets call it 3ish
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Glad you have found a way to start again, I'm sure it will be okay
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📝 Morston - H A Kits (small version)
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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She's finished and sailed well on her first outing on a wet miserable day.
The wind was blowing hard and there was a bit of a swell on the pond at Clevedon, but I was very pleased, she seemed a little bow heavy until I remembered that she is a model of a working boat, not a cruiser and then I realised that she looked right!
Everything worked she turned and ran well, no photos of this one unfortunately it was raining too hard but when she is sailing next time I will add the photos of her on the water.
Really enjoyed building my first model in 52 years a big thank you to everyone who has helped with their advice and encouragement. I will hopefully build another one soon, certainly not as long a gap as the last time!
The wind was blowing hard and there was a bit of a swell on the pond at Clevedon, but I was very pleased, she seemed a little bow heavy until I remembered that she is a model of a working boat, not a cruiser and then I realised that she looked right!
Everything worked she turned and ran well, no photos of this one unfortunately it was raining too hard but when she is sailing next time I will add the photos of her on the water.
Really enjoyed building my first model in 52 years a big thank you to everyone who has helped with their advice and encouragement. I will hopefully build another one soon, certainly not as long a gap as the last time!
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📝 Finished painting and she floats, end of the build
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Well, first a big thank you to everyone for their encouragement and advice.
Today I decided that she is finished, the painting was much harder than I imagined, I was disappointed with my first attempts and I let her sit for too long. But thanks to Geoff, I went back and finished her. Originally I was planning to put some rails and other bits on her but I want to sail her first.
Overall I am very pleased with the end result and am looking forward to sailing on the Clevedon model boat pond on Sunday all the electrics work. She seems to float OK in the bath but the test will be on the 'real' water.
As I say she's quite rough in some places, I feel I let the kit down, this is my lack of skill or impatience but looking at her I am pleased with the overall result. I can see what I should have done and hopefully will do on my next build.
I would highly recommend HAK kits, the instructions were easy to follow and the wood wonderful to work with, I think that this company undersells its products as it was a delight to build, it was the painting that I struggled with.
Once again big thanks to Geoff and everyone else who has tried to keep me on the right track.
Best wishes
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Today I decided that she is finished, the painting was much harder than I imagined, I was disappointed with my first attempts and I let her sit for too long. But thanks to Geoff, I went back and finished her. Originally I was planning to put some rails and other bits on her but I want to sail her first.
Overall I am very pleased with the end result and am looking forward to sailing on the Clevedon model boat pond on Sunday all the electrics work. She seems to float OK in the bath but the test will be on the 'real' water.
As I say she's quite rough in some places, I feel I let the kit down, this is my lack of skill or impatience but looking at her I am pleased with the overall result. I can see what I should have done and hopefully will do on my next build.
I would highly recommend HAK kits, the instructions were easy to follow and the wood wonderful to work with, I think that this company undersells its products as it was a delight to build, it was the painting that I struggled with.
Once again big thanks to Geoff and everyone else who has tried to keep me on the right track.
Best wishes
Treve
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💬 Re: DUTCH AUXILIARY
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Geoff,
Thank you for sharing your next project, I love the introduction, the plan looks challenging and I am looking forward to following the build.
It's a lovely project.
Best wishes
Treve
Thank you for sharing your next project, I love the introduction, the plan looks challenging and I am looking forward to following the build.
It's a lovely project.
Best wishes
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💬 Re: I am finding the painting very slow
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Many thanks Martin, Best wishes Treve
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📝 I am finding the painting very slow
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Its probably because I am finding it fiddly but that's the nature of the game.
Its a bit rough and still a few more coats not so happy with the colour's I was hoping for a 'Cornish' fishing boat blue but we will see how it ends up.
Just assembled the HAK kit stand, its simple, cheap and does the job perfectly. I will glue it on to an Ikea chopping board when they open.
Its a bit rough and still a few more coats not so happy with the colour's I was hoping for a 'Cornish' fishing boat blue but we will see how it ends up.
Just assembled the HAK kit stand, its simple, cheap and does the job perfectly. I will glue it on to an Ikea chopping board when they open.
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💬 Re: HAKITS- PILOT LAUNCH-LARGER VERSION.
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Well done, once again a beautiful job, please thank your wife for the action photos.
She looks perfect, so glad that she floated correctly and handles well.
As ever thank you for your build blog.
Best wishes Treve
She looks perfect, so glad that she floated correctly and handles well.
As ever thank you for your build blog.
Best wishes Treve
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💬 Re: HAKITS MORSTON
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Beautiful photos, you have done a great job.
Thank you for sharing👍
Thank you for sharing👍
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💬 Re: Newbie takes on Vic Smeed's Thornycroft 73' 9" MTB
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Amazing work. Thank you for sharing. Well done👍
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💬 Re: HAKITS- PILOT LAUNCH-LARGER VERSION.
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Happy Easter, that is beautiful work, well done
Happy Easter, that is beautiful work, well done
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💬 Re: Day 2
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Enjoy it , well done!
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💬 Re: And we're off
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Well Done👍
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📝 2 coats of undercoating completed
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Now for the fun bit! It all takes longer but I am looking forward to hopefully launching her soon.
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💬 Re: MV Overchurch
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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💬 Re: What a big difference Eze Kote has made
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Hi Bill, the space is tight on this smaller model, the only place for the battery was the floor against the bulkhead I made a tray from scrap to hold it and the switch for the speed controller as you can see space becomes tight when the decking and sides are on.
It took me a while to figure out how to mount everything and the members were very helpful as I thought that the speed controller needed a clip.
As the clearance is tight for the rudder I had to use a micro servo as the normal one is too tall. Once again a big thank you to Geoff for his advice.
I have attached the photos that show the layout I used, there is no space or access under the cockpit floor.
I hope this is helpful, any questions please ask.
Thanks Treve
It took me a while to figure out how to mount everything and the members were very helpful as I thought that the speed controller needed a clip.
As the clearance is tight for the rudder I had to use a micro servo as the normal one is too tall. Once again a big thank you to Geoff for his advice.
I have attached the photos that show the layout I used, there is no space or access under the cockpit floor.
I hope this is helpful, any questions please ask.
Thanks Treve
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📝 What a big difference Eze Kote has made
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 Seanympth ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Just wanted to say that work on the slipway has been a little delayed recently but she now has 3 coats of Eze Kote on and the surface is much better.
Thank you for your advice, now a sand and undercoat.
Thank you for your advice, now a sand and undercoat.
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