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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
ready for some more? well for the 3 followers anyway! here are the two pics that I used time and time again, zooming in, studying, over and over for that "extra detail" This is the version I am modelling, its one of the first versions of th …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Now its really coming together and looking the part
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
right then, skipping forward, the front cabin and centre cabin roofs are made from plastic card, 3mm, I have tried to save weight, but am failing miserably when all the brass fittings go on, wait till the tow hook appears, over engineered i …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
HI Paul You were lucky I had to strip the whole hull back. I abandoned the build (3yrs ago) but will get back to it at some time. I'll probably restore the Aerokits 46" Fireboat first, much less detail required.
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
I had the BS631 grey mixed, used plasticote for the red (as I already had it), and bought the black from a local motor parts place, I dont really like halfrauds, its expensive, and does not like mixing brands, in the experience I have had. …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
HI Dave, I wondered what was going on with the plasticote, the cabin roofs where a real bad job, I ended up having to make the larger centre one twice, it was primed real nice, cleaned, allowed to harden, painted in warm conditions, as soon …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
HI Paul Plasticoat gave me endless heartache when I used on my Arun hull. Had to strip right back to the fibreglass as it softened every previous coat of paint. Rattle cans work well for me but I buy from a local supplier at a fraction of t …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Looking really good - is that just using the car touch up cans from places like Halfords? I like the makeshift spray booth
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
That textured paint was from B & Q, it gives rough finish, and is just right. I masked off a thin strip around the hull, and any fitttings that where on, and painted with BS631 that I had mixed in an aerosol at a car paint suppliers Finally …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
so left it alone for 10 days or so, in the warm, for the red, and black, to harden. For the top side, a little trick up my sleeve that I did with my 3 footer. I have a copy of original Vosper paint plans, the grey is BS631, it was painted i …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Ive now had another play, its time to take all the gear back out again, inspect for anything unusal that should not be happening, and paint, boring! My paint process for the hull, reclean, sand with a block using 800grit, its already primer …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Got a good story about the props but we are not there yet! Thanks for reply it's nice to have a conversation. I have ended up with Simon making something new!! He used the data I had to work something out for me but that's later on! Paul
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Looking at the drawing there is more than a passing resemblance to a propeller. I will bear this in mind when I start refurbishing my hull. Excellent build blog, so much detail shared for the benefit of all Fireboat modellers.
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
dont know how true this is, but I love this story. Ages ago, I was talking to someone via a yahoo groups site. He said the strange shape of the mast legs was due to the fact the RAF supplied Vosper with old aircraft propeller blades, as the …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
thats very interesting, nice to know there is some science to it, if the boats wasnt all locked away and under a load of other stuff I would be interested to measure it, will do that another time to see how close it is, thanks for that info
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
THE MAST! I wanted something that would take the odd knock from my heavy hands, and it had to fold down like the real thing, or it would not fit in that wonderful box all those posts ago! Decide to make from brass (more weight!) instead of …
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Aerokits 46"Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
I have found my Bosch multI tool to be quite versatile in getting in once the skins are on. Alan I refuse to pay the £15 for the wood cutting blade for the Dremel!
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
I had a bit of advice from an old school modeller who said that the length of the blade of the rudder should be roughly the same as the diameter of your prop.
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Aerokits 46"Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Thanks for the explanation,I wonder if I am a bit old in the tooth for all this technology stuff, I'm generally quite happy if it works when I switch it on. That said each to his own, that's the fun bit of modelling you can do as much or as …
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Aerokits 46"Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
ha ha welcome to the "get rid of useless bulkheads club" It was very hard tyo cut out, its quite thick! Used a drill and drilled a series of holes, then joined them up with a dremel, and a sander to tidy up, it will have a false back, and n …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
so the boat has run, and achieved a massive 23mph, almost as fast as my Huntsman. So its waaaayyyy over scale speed, but good fun. I will back off a bit with the size of the props, as this will reduce the speed, and reduce the amp draw on t …
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Aerokits 46"Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Mmmm, that's about as far as I got Shaun, but I do have a GPS to go in the boats. That's me, me moving with the times and living on the edge Alan
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Aerokits 46"Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Right, it's out with my Dremel as well, not going to be outdone Alan
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Aerokits 46"Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
pics will be later! so this sI what it is, its called a data logger, made by a company (American I think?) called Eagle Tree, google it for info. its used in all aspects of rc, really I suppose a bit ott for this sort of boat, but sailing b …
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Aerokits 46"Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Just cut a lump out of my bulkhead to allow for the fitting of a small battery to power accessories.
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Aerokits 46"Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
I understood all of that until you came to the bit about the eagle tree data logger. Any chance of a video of the session?
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Aerokits 46"Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Time to have some fun. I had a couple of days off work coming up, kids in school, missus in work, weather forecast looked ok, so fancied the first big thrash on a big lake. Now the boat is pretty waterproof, spray rails had been finished, w …
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Aerokits 46"Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
I'm itching for soem more, so here we go, Wheelhouse is completed, everything went together quite well, however I suddenly realised that I could not get in to fit the dashboard, and the glazing. I was also worried that if I had a front end …