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27 days ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland (
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I once read an article where a buoyant object was tied to the boat with string and then stuck to the deck of a boat with soap. Don't know whether it would work or not. I'm sure there are stickier things around than soap which are also water soluble but it seemed like a good idea at the time.
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📝 Losing interest.
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hello Nick,
I think you have received some good advice from the others, however just remember that what works for one person won't always work for another so don't be discouraged. I have been in a similar situation to you and the others and I think the worst thing that happened was when others said things like buck your ideas up, sort yourself out or it could be worse. Grief, depression, anxiety etc affects different people in different ways so do NOT compare your self to others. I have found that talking to others (not necessarily about my problems ) helped me. The answer might not lie with model boats, I believe that colouring books have helped some people regain interest. Forcing yourself to do something you once enjoyed may be counter productive. CBT or mindfulness are certainly worth thinking about. Please let us know how you are getting on, it's obvious that in this group there are plenty of members who have been in the same situation. You are not alone.
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I think you have received some good advice from the others, however just remember that what works for one person won't always work for another so don't be discouraged. I have been in a similar situation to you and the others and I think the worst thing that happened was when others said things like buck your ideas up, sort yourself out or it could be worse. Grief, depression, anxiety etc affects different people in different ways so do NOT compare your self to others. I have found that talking to others (not necessarily about my problems ) helped me. The answer might not lie with model boats, I believe that colouring books have helped some people regain interest. Forcing yourself to do something you once enjoyed may be counter productive. CBT or mindfulness are certainly worth thinking about. Please let us know how you are getting on, it's obvious that in this group there are plenty of members who have been in the same situation. You are not alone.
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hello,
Like Doctor John I am interested in pre WW1 torpedo boats which this is most likely a model of. Elements of the boat look familiar. particularly the round conning tower. I have included a picture of USS Cushing built by the Herreshoff brothers. Note the double round armoured conning towers and the rectangular air vents. Most boats had round air cowls. I think this boat is a development of this type of American boat or someone's idea of what a TBD should look like. Just sticking my oar in. (Pun perhaps intended).
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Like Doctor John I am interested in pre WW1 torpedo boats which this is most likely a model of. Elements of the boat look familiar. particularly the round conning tower. I have included a picture of USS Cushing built by the Herreshoff brothers. Note the double round armoured conning towers and the rectangular air vents. Most boats had round air cowls. I think this boat is a development of this type of American boat or someone's idea of what a TBD should look like. Just sticking my oar in. (Pun perhaps intended).
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💬 Re: HMS Buttercup K193
3 months ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Many thanks for that. I like the look of your boat and set-up. My mister is too big for the boat.
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💬 Re: HMS Buttercup K193
3 months ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hi Scratchbuilder, I'm interested in your smoker. Is it possible to put a quick sketch on the website to show how you've constructed it? I'm having trouble fitting a mister in my Sir Kay and your unit looks nice and compact.
Best wishes Tim.
With regard to the colour of the smoke , the only way that you'll get black smoke is to burn something and get soot in the smoke just like the real thing. Even if you use a mister and put dye in the water you'll only get white smoke.
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With regard to the colour of the smoke , the only way that you'll get black smoke is to burn something and get soot in the smoke just like the real thing. Even if you use a mister and put dye in the water you'll only get white smoke.
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📝 My little Victory
5 months ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I once read that marines etc. on ships, wore red coats to conceal blood from gunshot wounds. Never did find out why they wore brown trousers though.😊 Seriously though the army and navy were dealing with illiterate men and women, so it was probably easier to colour code similar items if they had to be repaired. Blue bits for one type of gun red for another. Just a thought.
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6 months ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Slightly off topic, but I was reading an article on I think the BBC web site about the number of fires at waste recycling plants. In some cases the factories were burnt down. The authorities can't be 100% certain but they believe most of them were caused by batteries in disposable items ( musical birthday cards and toys etc.) and batteries thrown away. There is a video from a security camera of an explosion on a conveyor belt. All batteries should be disposed of at an appropriate place. I was repairing my grandson's drone when I accidentally shorted it out. The small flat LiPo immediately puffed up into a barrel shape. Fortunately it didn't explode.
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📝 Hull sheets/plating
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Have you thought about decent cardboard or paper strip? "Don't use card in layers like mountboard. It delaminates". If you soak it with several coats of thinned varnish afterwards it is very hard. I have used it and was very surprised at how good it was. It was very popular many years ago before plasticard and liteply. One advantage of using card or gummed paper is that rivet detail can be impressed on the reverse.
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📝 1;14 Deck guns ww2 vintage
6 months ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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There are several people advertising on ebay and elsewhere who make some excellent guns/armament etc . by 3d printing for War gamers (such as Bolt action). They are usually to war gaming scales which don't match model boat scales. All the people that I have contacted have been more than happy to rescale for me. Obviously you will have to negotiate a new price. The only problem is that you can't do private deals on ebay as all purchases must go through them so they get their cut. It is not really a problem just an annoyance. The dealer sends a separate invoice through ebay you pay through ebay. I have been tempted by Shapeways but have been put off by horrendous charges. Good luck
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📝 From plan to board
7 months ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hi Jordan,
Just sticking my oar in (no pun intended). I photocopy like John and Wallismanby but cut roughly round the photocopy image and stick it straight onto the wood. I once made the mistake of sticking the plan down with PVA glue and couldn't get it off the wood. I now use something like wallpaper paste which soaks off readily. The paper stretches slightly when wet, but when cutting along the black line of the plan allows for cleaning up if you're clumsy with a saw, like me. If you keep using the original plan it soon tears along creases or you get glue on it. Photocopies are always a good idea to work from.
It boils down to personal choice in the end.
Good luck Tim
Just sticking my oar in (no pun intended). I photocopy like John and Wallismanby but cut roughly round the photocopy image and stick it straight onto the wood. I once made the mistake of sticking the plan down with PVA glue and couldn't get it off the wood. I now use something like wallpaper paste which soaks off readily. The paper stretches slightly when wet, but when cutting along the black line of the plan allows for cleaning up if you're clumsy with a saw, like me. If you keep using the original plan it soon tears along creases or you get glue on it. Photocopies are always a good idea to work from.
It boils down to personal choice in the end.
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📝 Motors for 1/32 scale plastic Elco PT boat
11 months ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Many thanks for the reply Doug I'll take your advice. I have lots of other projects on the go but saw this old Lindberg PT 109 for sale cheap as it had been partly made. An impulse purchase. I don't want to spend too much time or money on it but it is an ideal project to get the grandkids interested in the hobby.
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📝 Motors for 1/32 scale plastic Elco PT boat
11 months ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I have just acquired a 1/32 scale plastic Elco PT boat it needs fitting out with electrics. can anyone suggest what size brushed motors I should use? I'm not familiar with boats this size and weight etc. so any advice welcome. It needs two motors and will be used by grandchildren so don't want anything too fast that they can't control it. They are of the age where it's full speed or nothing.
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📝 Ship's navigation lights and deck colour. WWII
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Thanks for your comment Ron. If I painted my model like that people would say that I'd bodged it and should strip it down and start again.
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📝 Ship's navigation lights and deck colour. WWII
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Many Thanks to Peejay and Toradog for your replies. What you suggest is what I suspected. I think i will take the attitude that if no-one knows then no-one can criticise me for not including them. I have the Caldercraft Sir Kay which is a nice starting point. I have replaced most of the white metal parts with resin ones to cut down on top weight. If you compare the model with the John Lambert plans it is wrong in many ways, however if you compare the John Lambert plans with the original shipyard plans they are wrong too. As a final problem, if you compare the shipyard plans with photos they too are wrong. So if any of you see me sailing her on my local pond and come to me saying my model is wrong , I will not be polite😠😠😠.
Best wishes and thanks Tim😊😊😊
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📝 Ship's navigation lights and deck colour. WWII
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hello everyone, it's snowing again so back to modelling. I am currently building a WWII minesweeper. On various websites there are rules for lighting when minesweeping which are 3 green lights facing forwards and to rear, set in a triangular shape at the top of the mast and yardarms. There should also be some sort of ball hoisted to show which side is being swept. The balls appear on some photos but the the lights do not appear on any photo or plan. Were they abandoned during the war?
A second question, was the steel plating of the deck the same shade of grey as the rest of the boat? I have seen models where modellers have painted them different shades to emphasise the vertical and horizontal planes.
Any advice is gratefully accepted.
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A second question, was the steel plating of the deck the same shade of grey as the rest of the boat? I have seen models where modellers have painted them different shades to emphasise the vertical and horizontal planes.
Any advice is gratefully accepted.
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📝 Balsa of choice and alternatives
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hi Roboboyo,
I didn,t know what you were building but a block of balsa might be perfect for the hull. depends whether the interior will be solid or open. Also many people like to make the superstructure out of solid balsa then skin it with thin ply, card or plasticard. It's your choice really. What do others think?
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I didn,t know what you were building but a block of balsa might be perfect for the hull. depends whether the interior will be solid or open. Also many people like to make the superstructure out of solid balsa then skin it with thin ply, card or plasticard. It's your choice really. What do others think?
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📝 Balsa of choice and alternatives
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hello roboboyo,
I totally agree with Dave and Newby, many of us started out many years ago by buying balsa kits from firms like keil-kraft and others. Here's my contribution.
1.Screws rip out of balsa. An extreme case would be an engine mount for an ic. engine.
2. There is different quality balsa, some is harder than others, some is too soft. Some cuts nicely across grain with a knife others tear.
3. Direction of grain in a model is very important. Whilst the same is true of ply it is more forgiving.
4. It sands easily, in some cases too easily. i have lost count of the times I have got carried away sanding.
5. I find that using a razor saw is best (for me) for cutting across grain. Cutting inside curves can be tricky as the knife blade sometimes follows the grain rather than where you want to go.
6. Finally, balsa has prominent grain which might need a lot of filling.
a model that I am currently working on is HMS Hornet, a Torpedo boat destroyer from the 1890's. The structural parts of the boat are wooden rod and ply but the stern, part of the bow and fore deck are carved balsa block covered in aircraft tissue and doped several times.
Good luck with your project.
Tim
I totally agree with Dave and Newby, many of us started out many years ago by buying balsa kits from firms like keil-kraft and others. Here's my contribution.
1.Screws rip out of balsa. An extreme case would be an engine mount for an ic. engine.
2. There is different quality balsa, some is harder than others, some is too soft. Some cuts nicely across grain with a knife others tear.
3. Direction of grain in a model is very important. Whilst the same is true of ply it is more forgiving.
4. It sands easily, in some cases too easily. i have lost count of the times I have got carried away sanding.
5. I find that using a razor saw is best (for me) for cutting across grain. Cutting inside curves can be tricky as the knife blade sometimes follows the grain rather than where you want to go.
6. Finally, balsa has prominent grain which might need a lot of filling.
a model that I am currently working on is HMS Hornet, a Torpedo boat destroyer from the 1890's. The structural parts of the boat are wooden rod and ply but the stern, part of the bow and fore deck are carved balsa block covered in aircraft tissue and doped several times.
Good luck with your project.
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1 year ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I like your photos, very atmospheric. I thought that photo number 2 was the real thing to start with.
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I agree with Toradog and use these switches to switch on running lights etc. I have found this company reliable and helpful. As Toradog says there are probably other systems around. A thought has occurred to me and that is how long and how loud do you want the music to be played at? This might determine what you use as sound playback.
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📝 T class sub
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hi Fred,
How are you doing? You sent me some details about 2 years ago when I first started. I gave you some credit in my description. You are "the Fred on this site" that I mentioned. I haven't put the detail on the sub yet as 3D printing leaves striations all over the surface which need to be sanded off. This will also remove detail like plating and rivets so I'll add these later. Plans and photos differ quite dramatically so this will be a "generic" T class. I'm trying to think of a name beginning with a "T". HMS Timewaster is top of my list at the moment. Hope that you're keeping well.
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How are you doing? You sent me some details about 2 years ago when I first started. I gave you some credit in my description. You are "the Fred on this site" that I mentioned. I haven't put the detail on the sub yet as 3D printing leaves striations all over the surface which need to be sanded off. This will also remove detail like plating and rivets so I'll add these later. Plans and photos differ quite dramatically so this will be a "generic" T class. I'm trying to think of a name beginning with a "T". HMS Timewaster is top of my list at the moment. Hope that you're keeping well.
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📝 T class sub
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hello everyone,
I'm currently 3D printing a model British 3rd series T class sub from the 1940's. It has taken me a couple of years so far, mainly because of false starts using unsuitable filaments, machine breakdowns grandchildren etc. I already have the Robbe U boat and made it to the same scale. It will eventually be about 7 ft long. I didn't realise how much bigger these were than the German boats. My 3D printer will print section about 9 in high so this is made of many sections welded together. Many thanks to Sean Kav for the original model which I have enlarged and modified and to Fred on this site for providing me with much information. There is still a long way to go as I need to sand out the weld marks, add plating detail and sort out the inner water-tight container for the electrics. The stern is very narrow so rudder controls are giving me a headache. If anyone is thinking of having a go I am more than happy to say where I went wrong.
Best wishes to all Tim
I'm currently 3D printing a model British 3rd series T class sub from the 1940's. It has taken me a couple of years so far, mainly because of false starts using unsuitable filaments, machine breakdowns grandchildren etc. I already have the Robbe U boat and made it to the same scale. It will eventually be about 7 ft long. I didn't realise how much bigger these were than the German boats. My 3D printer will print section about 9 in high so this is made of many sections welded together. Many thanks to Sean Kav for the original model which I have enlarged and modified and to Fred on this site for providing me with much information. There is still a long way to go as I need to sand out the weld marks, add plating detail and sort out the inner water-tight container for the electrics. The stern is very narrow so rudder controls are giving me a headache. If anyone is thinking of having a go I am more than happy to say where I went wrong.
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hello everyone,
I suppose it's obvious, but now is a good time to buy LEDs in the form of Christmas decorations. I like the very small ones that will fit inside ships lanterns. They are extremely difficult to solder so buying them pre-soldered onto wire as Christmas decorations is a bonus. Sometimes they come with electronics that make them flash. If you wait a few weeks many shops will be selling them off cheap after Christmas. These are often a lot cheaper than buying from electronic suppliers.
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I suppose it's obvious, but now is a good time to buy LEDs in the form of Christmas decorations. I like the very small ones that will fit inside ships lanterns. They are extremely difficult to solder so buying them pre-soldered onto wire as Christmas decorations is a bonus. Sometimes they come with electronics that make them flash. If you wait a few weeks many shops will be selling them off cheap after Christmas. These are often a lot cheaper than buying from electronic suppliers.
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📝 Newbbie needing advice
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hello Mick,
look at Tony Green's website at
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Everyone is giving you the same advice that I was going to give, However look at the component shops website
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Hi Nerys,
The weather's been nice here in the Midlands. I've been out working in the garden for the last three days. Too shattered at night to use the computer.
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The weather's been nice here in the Midlands. I've been out working in the garden for the last three days. Too shattered at night to use the computer.
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📝 HMS Ajax
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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I know nothing about HMS Ajax but love boats of this period. She looks superb. Do you have any close up photos to show?
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📝 To crew or not?
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Thanks for the comment. I have looked at model railway and farm sets but have not found any that I could confidently turn into naval crew, however very good for merchant navy, fishing boats or passengers.
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📝 To crew or not?
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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many thanks Martin, Just what I want.
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📝 To crew or not?
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Like most members posting here I like to crew my boats but I am finding decent Royal Naval crew in 1/48 scale very difficult to find. I have tried to modify 1/48th army figures without much success. Any suggestions?
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2 years ago by 🇬🇧 tim morland ( Petty Officer 1st Class)
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Happy New Year everyone,
You could also use a step up transformer/voltage converter/step up converter (various names). These are the devices that convert 6v to 24 volts so that you can use those misting machines as smoke generators. They only cost a few pounds/dollars. Some of them have built in volt meters others you need a voltmeter. They are adjusted by a small potentiometer that you turn with a screwdriver. If you use one, just make sure that you buy one that will give enough current to match the fan. Have a look at this website to give you some idea of what I'm talking about.
You could also use a step up transformer/voltage converter/step up converter (various names). These are the devices that convert 6v to 24 volts so that you can use those misting machines as smoke generators. They only cost a few pounds/dollars. Some of them have built in volt meters others you need a voltmeter. They are adjusted by a small potentiometer that you turn with a screwdriver. If you use one, just make sure that you buy one that will give enough current to match the fan. Have a look at this website to give you some idea of what I'm talking about.
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