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ChrisF United Kingdom Basic

Vice Admiral  · 7,146 pts Warwickshire, United Kingdom Member since Sep 2016 Last online 8 hours ago

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Scratch building 7 Faireys at a scale of 1:12

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Forum reply Re: New planing hull design. Looking good Alessandro. I think the revised bow is more suitable for a naval craft. The bow will cut through waves at lower speeds until it gets on the plane … 6 Forum reply Re: SHIP MODELING: WHICH MODEL COMPANIES ARE STILL ACTIVE? WORLD OVERVIEW, CHARACTERISTICS AND PECUL Do you want companies that just produce drawings as well? Chris 11 Forum reply Re: Sprite Yes, as you know painting isn't my favourite part of model building either. But I've been doing quite a bit recently and have gotten into the swing of things, … 4 Blog reply Fairey Swordsman 31 Who was the muppet building a Huntsman 31 who said there was a danger of the mahogany sheet twisting if steam was used to bend it? I managed to find a piece of… 11 Blog reply Re: build blog I thought you'd like that one Will! As much as I like the Faireys I wanted to do something with different shape coamings for a change! Chris 2 Blog Bruce Campbell Christina 25 Whilst I've got plenty on with my Fairey builds and the unstarted outboard and water-jet projects I can't help but think about future builds. Another Fairey is… 6 1 Blog reply Fairey Huntsman 31 I wanted a decent depth of mahogany but of course this comes with the problem of bending it to the curve of the roof. I thought about steaming it but it's diff… 8 Blog Fairey Huntsman 31 This build is around the same percentage complete as my Swordsman - the hull is further forward with the bottom and sides being painted but the superstructure … 8 2 Forum reply Re: Maiden Voyage +To me that is the down side to brushless, silly revs. Ok in the right boat + Nothing to do with being brushless. Problem would be with having too high a kV mo… 11 Blog reply Re: build blog I scratch build as I love working with timber but I wouldn't hesitate to use 3D printed parts for detailing etc. Chris 7

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