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ChrisF Brons

Admiraal · 8,706 pt Warwickshire, Warwickshire, United Kingdom Lid sinds sep 2016 Laatst online 3 uren geleden

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Scratch building 7 Faireys at a scale of 1:12 and also have 2 built by Dave Milbourn

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My RTR/ARTR Plastic Power Boats

I bought the Club 500 first, ready assembled, off a fellow club member so that I could get used to operatin…

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Non-Classic Fairey Builds

These come from the era of classic boats, including the 1960s and 70s and were timber hulled. The Fisherman…

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Other Classic Fairey Builds

In addition to the Huntress I'm building all the other classic Faireys at the same scale of 1:12. None of t…

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Fairey Huntresses

I mainly scratch build my own models but when Dave Milbourn offered me one of the prototypes he'd built for…

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My ARTR Plastic Yachts

I bought the HydroPro Affinity not long after I started the hobby to learn to sail and do some club racing.…

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ChrisF’s bouwlogs

7 blogs

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 b…

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Fairey Swordsman 33

The hull sides have been painted white and will now be left for a week or more for the paint to harden. Reason I leave it that long is I …

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Solent Spear

A discussion has started on another thread (Bobs,* A Super Rapier*) and this is going to continue so thought it best to start one of its …

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Fairey Fisherman 27

Made the bilge keels from two laminations of mahogany sheet to get the correct thickness and then glued them in place. Once this was done…

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Fairey Huntsman 28

In my quest to get all my Faireys to something like completion I have dusted off this model. The Huntsman 28, whilst well known in full-s…

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29 dagen geleden

Swordsman Marine Swordsman 37

Having virtually finished the drawings for a future build, the Bruce Campbell Christina 25, and enjoying a bit of drawing associated with…

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Forum reply7 uren geledenRe: Nieuw planerend rompontwerp.Een spannende fase waarin je iets ziet worden geproduceerd dat je tot nu toe alleen in je hoofd had voorgesteld en op de computer had zien tekenen. Een kleine hapering, maar niet onverwacht wanneer je iets nie…♥ 6 likes Forum reply7 uren geledenRe: Een beroep doen op elektrische/elektronische experts@AlessandroSPQR We krijgen het gewoon voor elkaar om het ingewikkelder te laten klinken dan het is! 😀♥ 5 likes Build blog comment14 uren geledenRe: build blog@ColRay Colin, de breedte van jachten is meestal klein ten opzichte van de lengte, dus ik zou me er geen zorgen over maken, het ziet er goed uit. Anders bij torpedobootjagers en dergelijke, waar wat extra volu…♥ 2 likes Build blog comment14 uren geledenRe: bouwblogHoi Harry - verbazingwekkend welk verschil een goede schoonmaak, schuren en het maken van vervangingsonderdelen kan maken. Chris♥ 2 likes Harbour comment1 dag geledenRe: Aerokits Sea Nymph.@zooma Hi Bob, here's a link to a US site that provides dimensions etc. That one wasn't available when I bought mine and isn't much smaller so would be too big for the Sea Urchin and Mini Sprite Plus and is al…Forum reply1 dag geledenRe: Calling Electrical/Electronic ExpertsNew HobbyWing Quicrun 120amp air-cooled ESC ordered so will be able to do the installation in a few days time. Actually, I had a look at the Seaking water-cooled one and it does have pretty good fins so I reck…♥ 5 likes Build blog comment1 dag geledenRe: build blog@DerrickW Hi Derrick, mine's actually scratch built at a smaller scale than yours but I do have the build instructions for the Precedent kit. If you give me your email via Private Message I'll send them to you…♥ 1 like Forum reply2 dagen geledenRe: Calling Electrical/Electronic Experts@zooma Thanks for all that Bob. It could be that it will perform fine on 3S and I have a new battery to try that I bought for the Huntsman 31. Reason for the 4S is that I worked on the rule of thumb that you n…♥ 5 likes Forum reply2 dagen geledenRe: Calling Electrical/Electronic Experts@AlessandroSPQR I wish it was me taking the notes! To be honest I've dug myself into a bit of a hole with this one! The Swordsman was I think the second model I started to build some years ago and whilst I'd l…♥ 5 likes Build blog comment2 dagen geledenRe: build blogI know that years ago they didn't have the benefit of the resins and cloth that we do know but I use them on all my builds. Not essential on ply skins but I often use balsa blocks at the bows and at the stern …♥ 3 likes

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