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1. Rogal118🇬🇧Silver

   Captain·3 years ago

   Hi flaxbybuck. The reason that the servo is mounted upside down, was to accomadate the rear towing cabin floor.if the servo was fitted as low as possible into the hull,the right way up , by the time the servo arms were fitted they would have been too high when joined to the rudder shafts. This would have made the floor of the towing cabin to shallow to fit the dummy winch machinery. I think this has been a problem in the past with modellers of this boat, as i have seen a few with the back cabin blanked off with a cover and not showing the winch.this was done on the original craft when the towing winch was not in use. This wasnt an option for me as i always intended to show the cabin open. So when connecting the servo up, i screwed it to a ply base first then screwed the base to the mounting posts, then fitted the push rods into the rudder arms and tightened these to the rudder shafts.i must mention that i switched the radio gear on earlier and centred up the servo before fixing in place.then made sure the 2 rudders were central before the final nipping up of the clamps.
   Hope the explains my weird way of getting over building issues along the coarse of the build.

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2. flaxbybuck🇬🇧

   Captain·3 years ago

   I have never seen a rudder servo mounted 'upsidedown' before Rogal. Was this arrangement indicated by the plans ? Surely it makes connecting up a bit of a fiddle ? 😉

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3. PeterJ🇬🇧

   Chief Petty Officer 1st Class·3 years ago

   Looks great.
   😎

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4. Rogal118🇬🇧Silver

   Captain·3 years ago

   Hi Tony thankyou for your interest.the figures are from "Battlecraft" as was the flag locker, boat hooks and life rings

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5. TonyAsh🇬🇧Silver

   Chief Petty Officer 1st Class·3 years ago

   Somewhat awed by this Rogal. It's absolutely superb! I'll be doing my best to emulate this when I start my RTTL. Incidently where did you get the figures from?

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6. RNinMunich🇩🇪Bronze

   Fleet Admiral·3 years ago

   "supa structure", supa boat Rogal👍
   Excellent detailing and finish.
   Well done mate.
   😎

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7. EdW🇬🇧Bronze

   Captain·3 years ago

   There is a full sized one for sale on the internet, a steal at nearly £200,000 🤣🤣🤣
   
   https://uk.boats.com/power-boats/1944-thornycroft-hs-target-towing-launch-8335204/
   
   It’s even got a workshop and sailing your models would only mean a 30 second walk at the most. Showed it to the wife but not a chance. 😭😭😭

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8. Scratchbuilder🇬🇧

   Vice Admiral·3 years ago

   Rogal
   Absolute classic.
   Great model and build blog.
   Regards
   Bill.

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