step by step build of a semi kit lifeboat the RNLB WILLIAM STREET of Fleetwood
neil howard-pritchard | 15/11/2020 16:24:29 |
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neil howard-pritchard | 18/11/2020 23:43:37 |
![]() 1576 forum posts 948 photos | now back to my Tyne class lifeboat.....Dave stavros Jones has today sprayed the hull with a beautifully lustrous covering of OXFORD/BALIOL blue in 2pac paint. it looks from the photos absolutely beautiful |
neil howard-pritchard | 20/11/2020 01:35:56 |
![]() 1576 forum posts 948 photos | spent a little time today on my own boats fittings, stanchions for the Tyne. unusually, the tyne is the only boat in modern fleets not to have the stanchions attached to the toe rails.... the boards that run around the deck close to the bulwarks of the boat. instead they are attached to semicircular brackets, welded to the deck.....a bit tricky for a modeler to get a nice firm attachment as not to break. so, earlier in lockdown, i took some of the stanchions i turned and molded about 10 years ago and added a semi circle of plastic struct to the base and then made casting rubber molds....... i cast a number a couple of months ago. and so today i drilled the bases to take some pins made from 26 gauge piano wire so that the pins and the base of each stanchion would make a better connection with the deck, once glued. i also drilled for the safety wire rails into the stanchions..Only the holes to drill now for the bracing wires from stanchions to deck, once the stanchions are dry fitted later in the build.
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neil howard-pritchard | 20/11/2020 16:01:03 |
![]() 1576 forum posts 948 photos | my first images of my Tyne having taken her main colours after Dave Stavros Jones magical fingers have worked their beauty on the boat. she looks absolutely stunning!.......cant wait to see her in the flesh
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neil howard-pritchard | 21/11/2020 22:04:26 |
![]() 1576 forum posts 948 photos | BACK TO THE MERSEY for the present, I fitted the trim tabs this afternoon after putting them together and spraying the other night. i put some double sided 3mm wide waterproof tape around the [already drilled] backing plates and then mixed some 30 minute epoxy into the middle of each plate surrounded by the tape. peeled the protective outer covering from the tape and stuck the tabs to the stern.i will leave them a few hours this evening and then will drill through with a 0.8mm drill bit and push some framing pins through the holes, with more epoxy on to them , and tomorrow when everything is set, i will back fill from the insides with some polyester resin to seal it all and make watertight. now that the trim tabs have been fitted semi permanently i can make the hydraulic rams to fit in a neutral position. simply made from different lengths of plastic tubing, some scraps of plasticard and some copper and brass wire, all the parts are ready for fitting together once painted tomorrow. I also made the two towing/mooring Bitts for the bow and stern for Mick French's boat. there are two in the parts going to Dave Stavros Jones, so only needed to make these two. |
neil howard-pritchard | 21/11/2020 22:31:44 |
![]() 1576 forum posts 948 photos | Always handy to have a ball of plasticine to stick your bits in whilst the glue is drying. |
neil howard-pritchard | 22/11/2020 21:32:08 |
![]() 1576 forum posts 948 photos | still on the mersey.. piping, and unions added, the rams have now been attached to Mick French's Mersey'.
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neil howard-pritchard | 24/11/2020 02:19:17 |
![]() 1576 forum posts 948 photos | Mick's Mersey has had the piping, and unions added to the rams, the rams have now been attached to Mick French Mersey stern |
neil howard-pritchard | 25/11/2020 19:13:08 |
![]() 1576 forum posts 948 photos | the two boats, beautifully painted and now ready for fitting out are now safely back home with me.
am i looking forward to getting stuck in.........not at the moment more pressing personal matters on my mind.
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neil howard-pritchard | 30/11/2020 20:31:19 |
![]() 1576 forum posts 948 photos | today i spent time making the servo arms of operating the "hydraulic" rams for the trim tabs on the Tyne lifeboat, and fitting the servos into their cradle at the stern. i then modified the servo arms by lengthening them, as they were too short and were bending the "snakes" too much....really just trial and error at this point in time.
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