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Coastal

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Very large scale Hovercraft.
« on: February 05, 2013, 05:23:06 am »
Hiya,
Apart from a lot of other projects I have on at the moment, I am building a couple of hovercraft models. The main one, of a craft we own is 5 foot 6 inchs long and is in quarter scale. Apart from not fitting through doorways properly and generally taking up entire sofas, its a nice scale to work in. I have built the entire craft so far from scratch from lite ply, working direct from the build plan sets.



Here is the model - so far, next to the real thing !

I also basically just for a joke started to build a quarter scale Hoverbat as well, after seeing the videos on pathe news of it running ( extremly badly ) I had to build one just to see if it would work in model form. Still havent finished that either...
This is the real one - there were no plans so i scaled it from video stills as i knew the length, width and height.

And my model version.. so far

Hope you all find it interesting !
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Re: Very large scale Hovercraft.
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2013, 09:00:31 am »
like the look of those , be good to see them finished !
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Re: Very large scale Hovercraft.
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2013, 12:14:22 pm »
Looking great as always  :-)
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Re: Very large scale Hovercraft.
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2013, 02:36:59 pm »
Thanks Tim ! and everyone ! Hopefully I may acctually finish this this year, I tend to flit between models depending on how the mood take me. The largest hovercraft still has a way to go yet, im having an issue trying to shape the front end as its all curved the real craft having a full GRP nose covering and a completly rounded front bow, wood does not want to bend enough even steaming it isnt keeping it there so i may have to find another way to do it. I still have a lot to make, dreading making the Cowling, its huge and is going to be quite a feat to get it exactly right as it has an kink in it where the airflow levels out, as I have all the original plans its not like i have to guess it , just figure out how to build it in miniature. !
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Re: Very large scale Hovercraft.
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2013, 10:26:37 pm »
Have you tried building the wooden bow section from a series of lamination's of 0.5 or thinner ply?
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Re: Very large scale Hovercraft.
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2013, 02:56:02 pm »
Hi Coastal - nice work and interesting too.

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Re: Very large scale Hovercraft.
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2015, 01:05:37 pm »
Very nice put more pics on please  :-))
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Re: Very large scale Hovercraft.
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2015, 04:39:07 pm »
 Welcome to Mayhem,   Nice work. Have you a link to the Pathe film of the Hoverbat ?   Any other details of the Bat ?
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Re: Very large scale Hovercraft.
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Re: Very large scale Hovercraft.
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2015, 09:03:42 pm »
Thanks Tom, I enjoyed that.   No health and safety rules then with the un-guarded propellers :o
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Re: Very large scale Hovercraft.
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Re: Very large scale Hovercraft.
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2015, 09:59:20 pm »
Its a shame the OP hasn't signed in since June 2013
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