Member postings for Eddie Lancaster

Hi. All, you can’t please all of the people all of the time! But all of the articles will interest someone most of the time😊.

Eddie.

Hi.all, some really good articles in the current issue of MB,thank you Dave and Richard,

Regards to all.

Eddie.

Hi. Ray, you certainly have 'got away with it' what a suberb job, if there were any mistakes the camera would have shown them up, and what a beutiful boat and a such a quick build.

Regards.

Eddie

Hi.Ray, I must get the final details put on my Cossack and get her final sea trials done.

Eddie.

Hi.Ray, I won’t be at Silvermere, it’s a bit too far, but I hope to be at the Bluewater events.

Regards.

Eddie.

That is sad news,I enjoyed that show.

Eddie.

Happy Christmas to you all and may your boats never sink.

Eddie.

Hi. Tim,you are right about the pinched bows of the Sparrow and it does want to behave like a submarine running before a strong wind.

I built mine as per the plan and used a fairly hard balsa and got a well shapeed hull, it was the second boat that I built, the first was Varmint a DF65.

Regards.

Eddie.

Hi.Dave, it sails well enough, but not like a racing yacht.

Eddie.

Hi. John, is this of any help, it's a boat I refurbished for a friend, it came as a hull without a keel or mast and sails,

These sails are just the paper patterns, the hatches are my addition for access to the radio and steering.

This is it on the water after being fitted with radio.

Regards and good luck wwith your refurb.

Eddie.

and a long cable from the mains

Eddie.

HI. Ray Roger, I have volume 1 of the current boiler test code 2018, but this only deals with boilers from 3 to 1100 bar litres, volume 2 is for boilers upto 3 bar litres and I do not have a copy of that, so you would need to see a copy of that to check the current requirements for small boilers and gas tanks.

As Roger says a compressed air can will only run that engine for a very short time, even at only 30 psi through a regulator.

Regards.

Eddie.

Hi. Ray, yet another build on your list? plus the steam plant.

Regards.

Eddie.

Cossack with the reduced Pertram drawings.

Regards to all.

Eddie.

Hi,. Ashley, the only problem I had with the gun turrets is that they are more angular than shown on the drawing, so I had to make them twice!

Ray, just got back from a morning sail, wind was quite strong and cold but gave some good sailing, although my Racing Sparrow acted more like a submarine running down wind, a hot soup and coffee in the on site cafe soon got the circulation going again, plus a slice of home made ginger cake from one of our ladies makes it all worth while.

Regards.

Eddie.

Hi. Roger/ Ray, not sure that I can show enyone how it's done, the number of times I have to keep remaking bits as I see a better way of doing it or a different picture turns up giving more information.

Ray there is nothing like being thrown in at the deep end, but I have been giving your suggestion some thought,

I think there can be only two builds to complement our Cossacks,they are a Vic or a Tramp steamer, the first at 1/96 would be too small so the only one left is the Tramp,, and that has been offered to us on a plate, well in MB January this year,' Pertram,' scale it down to 1/96 gives us a model 28.5 inches long by 4.5 inch beam, and the build is very similar to Cossack, so three or four of those in convoy and away we go.

I will take my drawings to the copy shop on Monday to see how they turn out and will let you know.

Regards to all.

Eddie.

Hi. All, an update on my Cossack build, All of the large items are made and fitted, I only need the ladders and the railings for the hull, I will get these this weekend at Ron Deans open day.

All the main parts have been scratch built with balsa, ply, bamboo skewers and cocktail sticks, the only bought in items are the brass etched railings and the ladders.

She has been back on the water ( the fish pond) to sought the ballast out to bring her onto an even keel, she needs another kilo to bring her down to the waterline, I'm not sure of her all up weight as my kitchen scales only go up to 3 Kilos.

If the weather is kind to us tomorrow she will be backout for further running trials.

Regards.

Eddie.

Edited By Eddie Lancaster on 11/12/2019 16:01:13

Hi. Bri, yes I was pleased with the first time out on the water under power, as you say I like to finish the major bits of construction and make sure every thing is working, I can then finish off all the other bits at my leisure, and perhaps start the next project, I always then have some interesting construction to work on.

Regards.

Eddie.

Hi. Tim,it looks as if you are getting things done despite having to go to w--k!

I have gone away from winches and am planning to use a servo with an arm for my IOM, although it shows a winch on the drawings

.My Veronica is now fitted with one and so far has worked well with no glitches or foul ups since fitting it.

I will be setting up the frames on the building board for the IOM when I get back from a week down in Kent.

Regards.

Eddie.

Hi. Ray, I didn’t’ try any high speed turns at this stage, I want to get the ballast right first, maybe next time, we had some light rain here but not enough to stop us.

Regards.

Eddie.