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📝 Completed and out for sea trials
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind (
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Here are some pics of the completed project and a link to a video of the underwater camera footage. Due to the waves the boat was bobbing around a lot, i will have to think of a way to absorb the up and down motion to get steadier footage.
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📝 Glues
6 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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Anyone using the testors line of glues?
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💬 Re: Epoxy…..a lot of epoxy
6 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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What type of epoxy are you using?
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📝 Glues
6 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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What are people using for glues? I've got a lit that recommends UHU plast spezial but I'm in Canada so it a bit hard to source. Im forming an ABS haul
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📝 Slow going....
6 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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I found a small leak around the prop shaft and had to remove all the Ballast to get it repaired. I also sanded and spraied the haul with some new colours and gave the decks a new coat of paint. The real decision was what to do with this boat, I have designed and printed a crane system that I hope will alow me to drop a gopro camera and take picks 20-30 feet under water.
Next up i have to deisign and build a winch.
Next up i have to deisign and build a winch.
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💬 Re: Li'l tug
7 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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📝 Li'l tug
7 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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This is a 3D printed boat, designed by Rene76 you can find it here
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📝 Walter. B.
7 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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This is my version of the Aeronaut Jonny Tug. I have added lots of functionality to this boat and created a build blog on this site.
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💬 Re: New to me bulk carrier
7 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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Thanks guys, it's certainly a Neptune.
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📝 New to me bulk carrier
7 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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Hello, I've been given this ship and would like to refit and refloat her. I don't have any info on the ship but I plan to out fit with new parts mostly 3d printed. Would anyone have any info on the ship or maybe the time lines she represents, (1960s ?). Thanks for any info
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💬 Re: USS Juneau
7 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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Excellent ship
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💬 Re: Successful Maiden
10 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi Lupomen, I purchased this unit, but in the future I will try to build one. here is a video on it
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📝 The end of the build
11 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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Sea trials complete, crew assigned, christened the Walter.B. Shes ready for service.
The Walter.B is a fictional twin azimuth drive coastal escort tug owned by the fictional Canadian Superior Towing company. Her home port is Thunder Bay Ontario making her one of the larger Tugs operating on Lake Superior. She weighs in at 32Lbs or 15 Kg, with a 12v 1400mAh power system. She has Operational Cabin, deck and navigation lights, Radars, a spot light, Main deck winch, Fire monitors and anchor, as well as smoke and sound systems. In all I have used 16 different channels on this model and it has taken approx. 10 months to build. This includes about 40 3d printed parts and other customizations. Custom decals were designed by me and printed by Callie graphics. Thank you to all who followed this build, see you on the next one.
The Walter.B is a fictional twin azimuth drive coastal escort tug owned by the fictional Canadian Superior Towing company. Her home port is Thunder Bay Ontario making her one of the larger Tugs operating on Lake Superior. She weighs in at 32Lbs or 15 Kg, with a 12v 1400mAh power system. She has Operational Cabin, deck and navigation lights, Radars, a spot light, Main deck winch, Fire monitors and anchor, as well as smoke and sound systems. In all I have used 16 different channels on this model and it has taken approx. 10 months to build. This includes about 40 3d printed parts and other customizations. Custom decals were designed by me and printed by Callie graphics. Thank you to all who followed this build, see you on the next one.
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📝 Models being built
12 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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I'm just putting the finishing touches on my Aeronaut Jonny. I have a few more kits on the shelf but I think I'll take a bit of a break from building
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📝 Decals
12 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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I have some water transferred decals after apply them on the hull how can I protect them so they won't come off when submerged?
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📝 Successful Maiden
12 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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After a unsuccessful maiden on Sunday, plagued by leaks, faulty bilge pump, uncooperative fire pumps and a twitch winch motor (all worked fine on the bench). After a quick return to the shop I set out for another Maiden and she passed her sea trials while sailing in heavy seas. I still have a bit of leaking when the water passes over the deck but nothing the automatic bilge pump can't deal with.
Sorry about the video angle, I forgot to bring a stand for it
Sorry about the video angle, I forgot to bring a stand for it
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📝 The Metro Marine Modellers of Toronto 🇨🇦
12 months ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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Would love to attend one of these events, please post up coming events
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📝 Weight/ballast
1 year ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi all, I need 7 lbs of ballast for my build, Ive used dive weights in the past, what do you guys use?
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💬 Re: Nearing the finish line now
1 year ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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@RodC on the mast I have three white lights in front, they along with the yellow light on the back of the upper deck signal that the boat is engaged in towing operations. The red a white lights on the side of the mast signal that the boats maneuvering is restricted (in reality I think the red and white lights are only on one side of the mast but the kit had both sides). On the mast end is a white light that signal the ship is at anchor. This as per the resurch I found.
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📝 Nearing the finish line now
1 year ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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In the past few weeks I've been working on the last of the electrical functions, I'm up to 15 channels and I think the last one will be for the search light lamp. The wheel house is now completed and all the deck railings are installed. The mast light are working and have a switch for off, towing, and restricted movement signals as well as the anchor lamp which is tigered by my anchor, perhaps I'll get the tow lights to be triggered buy the tow motor. I have cleaned up the wiring and made a break out box to disconnect the cabin from the haul. I also 3d printed some equipment boxes that will double as camera mounts
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📝 Some more work done
1 year ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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In the past few weeks I've been picking away at the cabin and wheel house, I have done a lot of 3d printing for the interiors some my creation and some free downloads. I'm just about ready to put it all together.
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💬 Re: Motors mounted, some filling done, rudder linkage installed
1 year ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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Looks great keep the pics and reports coming. What is the brown glue your using?
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💬 Re: What is included in a Dean’s Kit
1 year ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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My Build logs if interested
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💬 Re: What is included in a Dean’s Kit
1 year ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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I Have 3 Deans Kits, I've built 2 of them. The kits contain a good assortment of white metal molded fittings, plastic molded fittings, formed hulls, and wooden parts. I found they use the same molds across different scales. IE the same RIB boat used on a 100 scale boat and a 72 scale boat. I found most of the plastic molds to be full of bubbles, very brittle and very sticky. The kits I had required much part replacement and manufacturing. The scale 1/1 scale drawings are very nice to have but have some inaccuracies in them. the kits have the usual water decals and stickers that look to be printed from a standard laser printer. In one of my kits the decal sheet was printed on what looked like card stock instead of the normal water decals or stickers and were unusable. I replaced the props on the bigger boat with brass but used the rest of the drive components supplied.
However once completed the kits make for very nice looking boats that sail great and look scale. I built the Dante and the Surveyor and then needed a break from Deans, lol. I have the Bulldog yet to be started.
However once completed the kits make for very nice looking boats that sail great and look scale. I built the Dante and the Surveyor and then needed a break from Deans, lol. I have the Bulldog yet to be started.
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💬 Re: Aeronaut Pilot Boat
1 year ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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Looking good, I have one of these in my shop waiting to be built. Hope to see more pics of your build
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📝 Another quick update
1 year ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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I've been working away at getting the wiring and equipment under the deck cleaned up, including the addition of a smoker. I've also completed the main winch other then the motors for it and painted the cabin area. Lastly I've assembled the wheel house. The boat is really taking shape now.
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💬 Re: Deck Paint
1 year ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi Rockbag, I have started using acrylic paints from my local hobby store something like this, it has tested well in the water so far but needs to be thinned with water before use.
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📝 when in New Zealand visit us turtel lake shippers on FB.
1 year ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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Looks like a nice spot. Can I ask about the coast guard boat in the picture, if it's a kit I'd like to get it
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📝 Mobile marine models
1 year ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has purchased from MMM, I'm looking at one of their stan tug 1605 kits. Has anyone built one these
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📝 Sun's out, Jonny's out
1 year ago by 🇨🇦 Westwind ( Warrant Officer)
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Small update, I got Jonny out in the kiddy pool to and got the motors tested, also go more work done on deck fittings.
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