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il y a 2 ans par Gustoph

HW 160

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“Your wiring gives me inspiration , I always seem to struggle with making it look neat. Must try harder”

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il y a 2 ans par Doogle

Glue

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“I have good results using BSI Medium Set CA glue, and since Balsam is very porous, I would use a quick shot (spray) of Accelerator (kicker), on the Balsa, th…”

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il y a 2 ans par GregHiltz

Who's from Los Angeles? There is the Amerigo Vespucci ship.

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“Hi CommodoreH, beautiful Eagle. I really like this type of ships that came out of the Hamburg shipyards in the 1930s. I have a book that illustrates and desc…”

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il y a 2 ans par AlessandroSPQR

Fairey humtsman 47 anchor

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“Jonathan, Such a response makes my day Glad I hit the spot. PS The bill for the therapy is in the post”

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il y a 2 ans par RNinMunich

Wanted: Can I commission you to build a boat? UK based

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“I have been in contact with James May via my personal email, he knows I am in Canada. Here is what I wrote him after looking at the pictures and details of t…”

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il y a 2 ans par Ronald

Glasgow Riverside Museum

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“Excellent portfolio of photographs and a fantastic museum. I don't get to Glasgow as often as I used to, but this museum looks to be definitely on my list. T…”

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il y a 2 ans par Razor1955

Re: First River Trial, One Year After Completion.

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“Hi Pete, I see your first instruction sheet was in Mandarin, - obviously why you were having problems. Having to read from right to left and up and down must…”

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il y a 2 ans par jbkiwi

Sail servos

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“Yes, that would be the issue. You would have to move the sheet exit point from the deck, back further. This gets complicated quickly.”

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il y a 2 ans par RossM

Re: Anteo

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“Lovely model”

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il y a 2 ans par Trident73

Re: Get together!!

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“Three beautiful models. Lovely.”

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il y a 2 ans par flaxbybuck

Boat plans wanted for the Bugsier 3

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“Mon plaisir Mike War mir ein Vergnügen VTH (Verlag Technik und Handwerk) ) I know well. I have a subscription to their magazine 'ModellWerft'. A recurring Ch…”

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il y a 2 ans par RNinMunich

Re: Italeri Vosper MTB

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“Hi Alessandro, yes in static trim it is a little low. I can probably use a smaller lipo and could probably afford to drop to 2cells (7.4v) rather than 3 (11.…”

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il y a 2 ans par Trident73

Re: Yard Sale Find

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“Ahh, senior moment's, I remember them well-or do I forget. Can't remember now”

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il y a 2 ans par Doogle

How do they move around the deck?

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“I'm soooo confused with this design flaw...perhaps a scratch built down staircase heading fore? This will bother me all damn day Lew!”

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il y a 2 ans par jumpugly

Re: Yard Sale Find

Blog

“Looks fine Garth”

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il y a 2 ans par Ronald

Re: 29" Double Horse 7007 Flying Fish

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“Hi robbertderouw, Well spotted, the 'Grimmershorn' it is in my Harbour. https://model-boats.com/harbour/40693#google_vignette”

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il y a 2 ans par CB90

Fairey huntsman 47

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“Think I’ve found the one I like the most at Sussex’s model centre and think it’s the correct size”

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il y a 2 ans par Wez

Bending small brass tubing

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“I use lots of K & S brass in my models. To soften the tubing for bending (aneal) I heat it with a small propane torch. The brass "work hardens" after it is b…”

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il y a 2 ans par Commodore-H

Re: Club racer v2 Economy version

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“Hi RNinMunich, The Gaffer tape is holding most of it together, the Captain on this craft is 'clueless' so I thought that would do! Regards Roy”

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il y a 2 ans par CB90

Club racer v2 Economy version 'Fire wood'

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“Reused running gear from my old club race to insert into new hull. The build has been quite quick using 9cm wide planks and gorilla glue, there are no real p…”

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il y a 2 ans par CB90

modified 29" Double Horse 7007 Flying Fish

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“29" Double Horse 7007 Flying Fish with a Polycarbonate Hull is a well designed double stepped hull it has a 4074 at 1550kv up to 8S with water cooling jacket…”

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il y a 2 ans par CB90

Paper plan for Caldercraft Westbourne (discontinued c2000)

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“Hi Jumbles 1943, Found this on the internet, they may be able to help? In America? looks expensive. Or this club may be able to help? a model by Dennis Maxte…”

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il y a 2 ans par CB90

Re: Ballast check, leak check and maiden complied with and successful.

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“Excellent Cashrc, everything is going well.”

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il y a 2 ans par AlessandroSPQR

Severn upper cockpit

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“Hi guys back again has anyone got any pictures of the top cockpit from the inside just rebuilding the super structure as I was not happy with my first attemp…”

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il y a 2 ans par PhilH

Re: Hansjolle

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“This photo shows how the servos are fitted. The long armed servo controls the jib and with 2:1 ratio, there is just enough movement, so the jib can move from…”

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il y a 2 ans par AndyB2

What should have been à nice sailing day…

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“Great shots, especially the container ship. Well done to all. Looks like a fare amount of weed in your pond. I know what thats like when I sail my RC control…”

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il y a 2 ans par IanL1

French Steering Championship by Nantes, Loire Atlantique

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“This definitely is an event worth trying out. Looks like great fun too. Thanks for sharing.”

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il y a 2 ans par Rudy-M

Photographing (and videos) Model Boats

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“A tip for video recordings. For most YouTube video HD (1920 X 1080) is sufficient. I successfully recorded a video using a higher setting on my GoPro (either…”

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il y a 2 ans par LewZ

Deans marine city of ely

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“Stephen T I have the old plans and book of instructions, for the Robert E Peary, I would think that my be the same for your boat. if its any help I could cop…”

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il y a 2 ans par Fred