jostro65
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Petty Officer 2nd Class · 166 pts
Greenock, Inverclyde, United Kingdom
Member since May 2025
Last online 5 days ago
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Scale modeller mostly, RC experience is limited to pre-built cars/planes/drones.
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With age comes experience, with more age comes forgetting what you knew!
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Re: Control suggestions please?Couple of small pulley wheels 3d printed with press fit onto rudder shaft and screwed onto servo cog 🤞. wouldn't have thought of this without your input guys so thanks to all again.
♥ 2 likesRe: Control suggestions please?@RossM, again another simple way to address the problem that I hadn't thought of. These now seem so simple that I feel foolish not even thinking of them, but it's a true saying that "you don't know what you do…♥ 2 likesRe: Control suggestions please?This is the kind of reply I'm looking for to help with my limited imagination. I'm used to using pre-built/assembled RC stuff so when things don't work I'm stuck! I think the simple option is, as you've both s…♥ 2 likesControl suggestions please?Hi all, this is sort of cross between a build and an RC question so apologies if wrong place! Building a 1/160 3d printed ship, https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/ww2-canadian-park-class-cargo-ship-1-160-sca…
♥ 2 likes10 repliesRe: British Toy Boats.Toys/models? I think those in the know can tell the difference and that's what matters. I did build some balsa model planes in my younger days, from plans and sheets of balsa and ply, definitely models. I'm su…♥ 10 likesRe: thinking aloud@BOB27600 cracking looking bit of work there!♥ 1 likeRe: thinking aloudI've printed these 2 over the past month using PetG, PLA and TPU on a cheap ANYCUBIC KOBRA X. Both models found on makerworld, (thanks to the uploaders there!). The tug is about 18" long and the battleship abo…
♥ 1 likeRe: thinking aloudHi Col, 3d printing is great isn't it, 1 minute it's all good, so easy, then for what seems like no reason, things just don't work. It's so much trial and error getting to the sweet spot for your printer and t…♥ 1 likeRe: Been viewing for some time. So I thought I had better make a postingYeah Lew that's a nice bit of kit and something I can only dream of having! I have a small, open bed-slinger type so very restricted on the materials i can use. Lack of space and the wife's ever-shortening pat…♥ 12 likesRe: Been viewing for some time. So I thought I had better make a posting@ColRay. yeah I also stuck to pla with intention of plenty of varnish coats to help keep it dry inside. I don't have the facility to use ABS which is what a few 3d guys have suggested for the toughness. Keep t…♥ 12 likes
♥ 2 likesRe: Control suggestions please?@RossM, again another simple way to address the problem that I hadn't thought of. These now seem so simple that I feel foolish not even thinking of them, but it's a true saying that "you don't know what you do…♥ 2 likesRe: Control suggestions please?This is the kind of reply I'm looking for to help with my limited imagination. I'm used to using pre-built/assembled RC stuff so when things don't work I'm stuck! I think the simple option is, as you've both s…♥ 2 likesControl suggestions please?Hi all, this is sort of cross between a build and an RC question so apologies if wrong place! Building a 1/160 3d printed ship, https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/ww2-canadian-park-class-cargo-ship-1-160-sca…♥ 2 likes10 repliesRe: British Toy Boats.Toys/models? I think those in the know can tell the difference and that's what matters. I did build some balsa model planes in my younger days, from plans and sheets of balsa and ply, definitely models. I'm su…♥ 10 likesRe: thinking aloud@BOB27600 cracking looking bit of work there!♥ 1 likeRe: thinking aloudI've printed these 2 over the past month using PetG, PLA and TPU on a cheap ANYCUBIC KOBRA X. Both models found on makerworld, (thanks to the uploaders there!). The tug is about 18" long and the battleship abo…♥ 1 likeRe: thinking aloudHi Col, 3d printing is great isn't it, 1 minute it's all good, so easy, then for what seems like no reason, things just don't work. It's so much trial and error getting to the sweet spot for your printer and t…♥ 1 likeRe: Been viewing for some time. So I thought I had better make a postingYeah Lew that's a nice bit of kit and something I can only dream of having! I have a small, open bed-slinger type so very restricted on the materials i can use. Lack of space and the wife's ever-shortening pat…♥ 12 likesRe: Been viewing for some time. So I thought I had better make a posting@ColRay. yeah I also stuck to pla with intention of plenty of varnish coats to help keep it dry inside. I don't have the facility to use ABS which is what a few 3d guys have suggested for the toughness. Keep t…♥ 12 likes