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philcaretaker

Commodore 6 years ago

RC Sailing - " PIPER 2 " Car Ferry / Landing Craft

Piper2 is another free lance design from Buxton Model Club Member Dean Ratcliffe. Piper2 is a Car Ferry /Landing Craft.
Audio commentary from Dean.

More photos in Model Boats Website - https://model-boats.com/
- "Boat Clubs & Lakes" - "Buxton Model Boat Club"

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Martin555Fleet Admiral6 years ago
I would liked to have seen the Bow door in action, But again very nice from Dean.
Well done.

Martin555.
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philcaretaker

Commodore 6 years ago

RC Sailing - Bunkers Tanker " JUNO "

"Juno" is Bunkers Tanker, another free lance design from Buxton Model Club Member Dean Ratcliffe. Audio commentary from Dean.
More photos in Model Boats Website - https://model-boats.com/
- "Boat Clubs & Lakes" - "Buxton Model Boat Club"

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Martin555Fleet Admiral6 years ago
I think i have seen Juno before but i an not sure where.
I really support the idea of using stuff that would normal be thrown away.
Again please pass on a well done for his great build.

Martin555.
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philcaretaker

Commodore 6 years ago

RC Sailing - Motor Tug "Miss Sophie"

Miss Sophie is a Freelance design " Motor Tug " built by Buxton Model Boat Club Member Dean Ratcliffe. Audio commentary from Dean.

More photos in Model Boats Website - https://model-boats.com/
- "Boat Clubs & Lakes" - "Buxton Model Boat Club"

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philcaretaker

Commodore 6 years ago

RC Sailing - "BROADSWORD"

Broadsword was a Herring Drifter / Armed Trawler from Buxton Model Club Member Dave Cole.
Audio commentary from Dave.

More photos in "Model Boats Website" - "Boat Clubs & Lakes" - "Buxton Model Boat Club"

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ScratchbuilderVice Admiral6 years ago
What a lovely model.
Well done.She looks really good on the water.
Regards Bill.
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Martin555Fleet Admiral6 years ago
A very nice model indeed, I would love to see some close up photos of her.
Please pass on a well done on an extremely well made model.

Martin555.
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Cashrc

Admiral 7 years ago

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North Texas Shipwrights 3 November 2019

😭Video of my San Reno running around with a Graupner Kitty II and a semi scratch built tug on Towne Lake, was visited by Wile E Coyote too!!

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redpmgCommodore7 years ago
Hi Cash - pity we live so far apart looks like San Reno would give Darth Vader a run for her money - pretty impressive............nice sized lake too........
One question though - where's the Road Runner ?
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CashrcAdmiral7 years ago
I don’t know where the Roadrunner is, maybe old Wile E Coyote scared him off.😁
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Graham93

Vice Admiral 7 years ago

Another Exhaust Smoker V2

Made a few changes to the pulsing frequency/timing, and to the plumbing where the smoke is mixed with the water. Video shows the pulsing speeding up with throttle setting. Happy with this now, I can adjust the volume of smoke once it is installed in the boat. Probably will need less, but it is difficult to be sure as conditions on the lake are different to those in my workshop!

Graham93

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Graham93Vice Admiral7 years ago
JB,

Re: I was wondering if adding propylene glycol might make a difference.

Don’t know what effect this would have. I’ll be interested to hear what happens if you try it. I find I have plenty of smoke using plain vegetable glycerine and I can increase or decrease it by adjusting the power to the smoker coil.
Graham93
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Graham93Vice Admiral7 years ago
Hi Doug,

Re:Had a look on the Microchip site, basic kit not too expensive but, as so often, the stuff you need to make it work well ain't so cheap☹️

I just use the PICKit2, which was cheap, and the free development software. The software lets you run a simulator on the PC where you can monitor your code, single step, set a breakpoint, etc. You can also monitor and change variable values. Some of the more sophisticated PIC16f chips allow you to debug your code running in the target hardware using the PICKit2 as the debug interface to your PC.

Graham93
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Harvey Kitten

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 7 years ago

Sabre Canard on the SMBC lake

Early days testing one of our member’s Canard on the lake... will probably go faster...😀

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Richard020Recruit7 years ago
Cmb90
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Harvey KittenChief Petty Officer 1st Class7 years ago
Cmb 90...
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Harvey Kitten

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 7 years ago

Stevenage MBC IC boats

Busy Sunday with 6 members bringing IC boats to the lake. Onshore & offshore footage of the thrills and spills using GoPro cameras on the boats.

#cameras #GoPro

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JOHN

Midshipman 7 years ago

RTTL IN SLOW MO

here's a short clip of my RTTL tearing up the lake :-) she has 2 MTroniks 600s driving 30 ml brass props both rotating in the same direction as in the real boats and she has 2 x 4300 mAmp ni-cad batteries in. Lasts for about 15 mins full chat :-)

John

#batteries #mAmp

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andyhynesLeading Seaman7 years ago
Goes like a brushless motor set up. Good job
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reilly4

Warrant Officer 7 years ago

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Hellenic Navy - La Combattante IIIb class Fast Attack Craft

More great photos in this series taken by my friend at Albert Park Lake in Melbourne. These of my P28 - Ensign Simitzopoulos. Great wave patterns. These photos were all poster size in detail. I have had to shrink them to get them posted here. This boat is in my harbour.

The 1/35 scale boat is scratch-built, mainly from Balsawood and marine ply with a fibreglass covering. The guns can elevate and rotate. The radar units both rotate and there are LED navigation lights that I forgot to turn on. There is also a flashing red LED strobe warning system. It needs a little work to get the 4 LEDs a bright brighter.

#boat #guns #LED strobe warning system #LEDs

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RNinMunichFleet Admiral7 years ago
Okey dokey, look forward to the circuit detail👍
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EscrichPetty Officer 2nd Class7 years ago
Please explain me the complete problem and I'll try to help you as much as possible.

Regards:
JMEC
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reilly4

Warrant Officer 7 years ago

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Z-39 German WW2 Destroyer

My scratch-built 1/72 scale Type 1936A (mob) destroyer, photographed by a good friend at Albert Park lake in Melbourne.
It has rotating turrets linked to the gun directors and rotating torpedo tubes, the front 6" guns elevate and there is also a ship's horn.

#guns

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RookysailorRear Admiral7 years ago
Good way of revolving the turret Doug, but I've
taken the easy way by using a servomorph from
Action electronics😀https://www.componentshop.co.uk/p96-servomorph.html
using a couple on my 1/96 USS Kidd destroyer, will post when finished.

Peter😎
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RNinMunichFleet Admiral7 years ago
Hi Rooky,
Bit late getting back to you on this - bin kinda busy🤔
I hear where you're coming from (as our colonial brothers might say. Sorry Ed 😉)
Back then there wern't no Action Electronics / Component Shop so I just did what seemed logical! Worst (and smelly😝) part was making the circuit board.
No PC, CAD or even photo-reactive circuit board back then.

Yep, I know the Servomorph. I've bought one to experiment with on a Plastic Magic project.
To drive the gun turrets on a 1/350 King George V battleship, where there ain't enough room (never mind weight margin) to mess about with cogs and pulleys.
I'm thinking two micro servos, Y lead, or even independent AB and XY turrets.
My German Turnigy re-brand has two pots that I can assign to these!

Many thanks to Colin-H for sending me the KGV kit in a wonderful package of 'stuff' as recompense for renovating and converting his Taycol Supermarine motor.
Was like Christmas all over again 😊
Cheers, Doug 😎
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JOHN

Midshipman 7 years ago

glasses needed from Specsavers

Trying to alter the side of the lake when I went on Sunday - bumpsa daisy :-) and it did send one of the gun turrets into the lake but fortunately I got it back :-) sorry about the sound track though :-)

#daisy #gun turrets

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