๐ฌ Vosper 73ft R.A.F. H.S.L. 2564 (E-BAY FIND)
9 years ago by
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Ill look them up cheers
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๐ฌ Vosper 73ft R.A.F. H.S.L. 2564 (E-BAY FIND)
9 years ago by
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I've seen it modeled either with yellow deck or grey deck but have seen no colour photos of the original
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๐ Vosper 73ft R.A.F. H.S.L. 2564 (E-BAY FIND)
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After replacing broken and weak deck supports the old deck was refitted. The old aft section was unusable and was replaced with styrene sheet of equivalent thickness and a new rudder access fashioned with bass wood. The original cabin behind the wheelhouse was modified to match the full sized vessel ie slopping sides not vertical and the rear cabin construction begins.
The totally new rear cabin was built using styrene sheet and bass wood using an A4 drawing and upscaling with reference to photos sourced from the internet.
Adhesives are very important during this stage to fix the bass wood to styrene first roughen the styrene and apply a good quality epoxy resin and styrene to styrene joints were made with liquid poly very sparingly.
Meanwhile in between the construction ALL old paint is removed and gaps filled. After having loads of problems with my last refurb project with paints being incompatible I make a point of stripping every bit of paint unless I am sure exactly what type it is.
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๐ (Tug Boat) Canute
9 years ago by
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Billings boat kit with 2 channel Radio Control 27mhz (Motor: MFA como drills) (ESC: Mtroniks) (8/10)
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๐ Fitting of Prop shafts
9 years ago by
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๐ Vosper 73ft R.A.F. H.S.L. 2564 (E-BAY FIND)
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๐ Vosper R.A.F. 73FT H.S.L 2564 ebay find
9 years ago by
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๐ฌ R.A.F Vosper Fire Boat
9 years ago by
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Im using the brushed electric motor that was already inside unfortunately I have no idea what it is. I hope to have it on the water this weekend to trial.
Basic set up one brushed electric motor powered by a 7.2v 4500 Nimh battery driving a 45mm twin bladed prop. Im using an old school mechanical speed controller as it was lying around as these things do. My only worry is the coupling which looks a bit weak to me. Im sure after this weekend the setup will probably change but thats half the fun ๐
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๐ R.A.F Vosper Fire Boat
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