cheddarman
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Petty Officer 2nd Class · 183 pts
Culmstock, United Kingdom
Member since Aug 2024
Last online 2 months ago
Age 87
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Ex Submariner and engineer in the ME Oil industry. Now retired but am volunteer with Ambulance Service as a First Responder.
cheddarman’s build blogs
2 blogsMM337 Thorneycroft MTB Model Boat Plan
Has anybody built this recently? Just got the plans so any advice/help will be much appreciated. At 86 it's years since I built a model!!
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Superglue!!
Has anybody come up with a reliable method of stopping the plastic cap from gluing itself to the glue bottle? Bought two largish bottles …
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Building from plans
Mark II ready for sea trials, only problem there isn't a lake anywhere near here!!
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Re: Painting
Managed to get the hull paint sorted so is it now a good idea to give the whole thing a coat of some kind of varnish??
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Re: Painting
I have bought some Bartoline TX10 Paint stripper to get back to raw wood. Hope I'll be able to re paint once dried out!!
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Painting
Just about finished build and come to hull painting. I must have done something wrong here. I stupidly painted the raw wood with a Tamya spray. It looked all r…
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Building from plans
Just about finished cutting out all the bits so thinking ahead. Where the 1/8" 1/4" Spruce Gunwale and Stringers come around the bow, it's quite a sharp turn s…
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Building from plans
Some of the pieces are 30"+ long and to accurately transfer them using carbon paper there's lots of room for error me thinks. Bought some wallpaper paste so wi…
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Building from plans
Apart from price, what's the difference between Lite Ply and say Beech ply. Can I use the Lite Ply for the bulkheads etc? Save a heap of money!!
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Building from plans
So once you've got the plan on the plywood, should you cut nearly up to the lines and then sand the edges, leaving the line intact or should you cut on the lin…
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Many thanks guys. I think photo copy is the best way to go although years ago when I did this on a biplane I ended up with two different length wings!!! I thin…
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Building from plans
Very simple question, what's the best way to transfer the plan detail onto the plywood to cut out? To-date I have cut out the relative item from the plan and p…
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