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📝 More paint on the other side
3 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T (
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As with all builds these things take some time to come together, trouble is all the other commitments takes up valuable modelling time
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📝 no 11 keil craft hull
3 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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this is the other of the two future projects another hull both of these old boats have been stripped out this one is slightly worse of off with various cracks in its structure I have put to one side at the moment as it needs lots of work to get full running order
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💬 Re: Perkasa 48 build old wooden boat no6
5 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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I have taken taken all the advice on board and started stripping off the paint to see whats going on seems a lot of filler has been used on this side to sort out a mistake when it was made.
The other side flows well in its shape funny enough I saw another one of the same sort and that had the same crease is it a design fault on the nearside forward
The other side flows well in its shape funny enough I saw another one of the same sort and that had the same crease is it a design fault on the nearside forward
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📝 Question of the Day?
5 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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a stay sail is what keeps a fishing boat into a wind this loaded question is fine if you understand the logic of a yachtsman as tacking was turning your boat so that the wind was from the other side best to stick to motor boat questions in the future
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📝 no 10 perkasa fibreglass
11 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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As with all boats just when you thought you had enough a gift of another comes along this one has a fibre glass hull and separate top deck and loose middle section all the fittings are white metal along with the guns i know nothing of the make its hull length is 31 inches
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📝 Date line of all model boats
16 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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Its only when you start something do you wonder where it leads my interest is Royal navy ship and auxiliary vessels and thats so far has lead to 24 pages of makes and models this is not a easy task and I can see why its not been done before its the variants of the same models thats become difficult to list
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📝 quiz of the day
16 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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got it wrong again i thought it was the Norwegian sielandia was a motor vessel boat without a funnel how a sailing ship could be the answer explanation would help Am i missing something even the boat
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📝 Question of the Day?
17 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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Just seen the score. Perhaps there is only one member in Faroe islands
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📝 Question of the Day?
17 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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His displacement of material's was about in in any given space to show the can be suspended over a given space so should have twigged also like wise bit dum it goes to show all that beer drinking in Belgium is good for the brains or they are better at looking things up
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📝 Date line of all model boats
17 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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This has become a challenge is it possible to get this added by our web leader as a on going section as I think for all us new sailors and even the senior ones a history of our boats is of great interest to all so what I am suggesting is
Maker model size scale picture of boat as sample nothing else I know the boat harbor does it but a A to Z list
Maker model size scale picture of boat as sample nothing else I know the boat harbor does it but a A to Z list
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📝 Question of the Day?
20 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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It the predictive checker it seems the older you get he more the answers are wrong at my mine site we are all in Fathoms that would fool them when the NT writes there guide books in meters it’s time to give up I have enough trouble explaining feet and inches uk
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📝 Fire boat S M Harris
20 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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This boat at last after all its hull paint And lines done I can now turn it over for the deck work to be done
When I was rubbing it down the deck was a light grey and the cabin a dark grey is this right
I have some old deck fittings to remove and make sure the new windows fit there holes
The boats I am keeping have all names for identification S M Harris was its 1st owner Sidney Marlene Harris a carpenter for Vosper marine this boat and my fire boat tender and the two 35s I have was all his
When I was rubbing it down the deck was a light grey and the cabin a dark grey is this right
I have some old deck fittings to remove and make sure the new windows fit there holes
The boats I am keeping have all names for identification S M Harris was its 1st owner Sidney Marlene Harris a carpenter for Vosper marine this boat and my fire boat tender and the two 35s I have was all his
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📝 no 9 1 hull 3o inch Keil kraft boat
20 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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At present these are as my yard calls them one of a pair of hulls. Then came from a friends model railway he had them as house boats amazingly enough they was out in all weathers for six years and are very sound and water tight And No Wood worm I will post some photos in due course point of interest they are 30 inch ones according to keilcraft scale 3/4 to 1 foot
So old boats never Die!
So old boats never Die!
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📝 Question of the Day?
20 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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Seem this is daft then my dads old command in his typhoon type sub had ballistic Comes being a land lubber who set the question cruise are fired from land ether is b….y dangerous if your end of it perhaps the quiz master needs one
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📝 Question of the Day?
20 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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I too thought submarines have ballistic …. As my spell checker changes it to mussels perhaps that’s the right answer made look up in my book on subs and it’s not a sandwich book
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📝 Plastic body Perkasa
21 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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Hi Dave it gone up into room L with all those others projects, even found me old Thunderbirds models with boxes I’ll auction them need some parts. From Battlecrafts for my big Perkasa
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📝 Plastic body Perkasa
21 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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Thanks for the advice on this one I’ll put it away in the loft for a rainy day, I have four other boats requiring degrees off attention so loads to go on with I like other people have multiple retirement things to do like driving a 1840s beam engine 😮😊😊
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📝 Plastic body Perkasa
22 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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Bill it’s yours if you. Want it to much of a job for me it’s free
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📝 Plastic body Perkasa
22 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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Where are you bill the boats at Andover at the moment
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📝 Plastic body Perkasa
22 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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I take it that a single prop comes out the middle and the prop support goes in that slot in the base of the boat between the rudders so where do I go with boat I don’t like ditching things but it’s a mess
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📝 Plastic body Perkasa
22 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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Perhaps she was in the hands of somebody who was not good with models it’s the bit of 100 by 40 sawn as the motor mounts and he paint job was done with a gusty slosher
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📝 Plastic body Perkasa
22 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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The lash up is the props not sure it’s better to start again and go with one central prop as they are mighty close to the rudders and th motor mount s are sheared off any advice is welcome on this one
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📝 Plastic body Perkasa
22 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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Does any one make the replacement parts for this boat I have that is a mess broken prop supports top parts snapped off motor mounts broken and so forth it’s been badly painted with gloss enamel all in rubbish no wonder it was free
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💬 Re: Perkasa 48 build old wooden boat
23 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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Thanks that will help with what’s missing is it a 1/24th scale one suggestion is the damage to port side is its hit a wall seems to be no damage forward just bad build in one side
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📝 Perkasa 35 no 7
23 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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Came with two boats and one hull only went to look at big hull got this and another as a swop for a frigate that it’s new owner wanted to make up his fleet made in the 80s from a Precedent kit wooden hull. Version some lights radio gear needs replacing
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📝 Perkasa 48 build old wooden boat no6
23 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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Jut hull and superstructure motor and is a wooden kit few issues namely kink in forward port side
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📝 KD Perkasa 48 inch version
24 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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This a recent acquisition its a wooden kit some radio gear inside but all rather dated the mid section seems well made the body shell has a few issues the port side forward has this kink in the wood work and a sharp edge at the bottom of the tip outer skin see photos its dimensions is 48 by12 seems a bit is missing is this just a scale up version of the 35 inch one by PRECEDEHT this a single motor version
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📝 Date line for old boats
24 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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I was asked the other day is there a approx dateline for old boats like when was keil boats made and aero boats and j smeed boats etc be good if can work out one
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📝 Motor and esc
25 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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By the way what is the boat looks familiar
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📝 Motor and esc
25 days ago by 🇬🇧 Stephen T ( Midshipman)
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I’ve one of these set up it’s 6v use a lead acid battery it’s a good set make sure the gears are clean I use brake cleaning spray and oil with very small amounts of light oil
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