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bill jardine

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model slipways puffer
« on: September 22, 2013, 10:59:18 pm »

for a number of years I've had  a TID tug hull and fittings  in the loft which I  don't have the courage to start on, and  I've been looking at a Model Slipways puffer basically to get some experience of modelling and operating  radio control on a reasonable budget.
I'd appreciate any views on whether this is the best way to get underway. If I can make a reasonable job of it then I might gain enough confidence to start on the tug....
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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2013, 07:52:39 am »

Good model, good company, good forum, good start  :-))
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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2013, 05:28:33 am »

Get on with it  :-))

youll never know untill you try
lots of experienced builders here (not one of em im a newbie also)
And post lots of pix as you go along

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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2013, 06:59:16 am »

Brilliant Model - enjoyed building mine!.

Can help if needed.

Richard


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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2013, 11:59:42 am »

Its A great buy, You,ll enjoy making its stanchions are a bit over scale but thats been picky, as its well worth the money.
                       Regards Howard.
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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2013, 08:43:20 pm »

Thanks all - I'm ordering tomorrow. Will report back as I make progress with it (or not!) In the meantime I'm doing research watching DVDs of The Maggie and The Vital Spark.....
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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2013, 04:52:40 pm »

The Model Slipways puffer arrived yesterday, and it appears to be excellent value for money. I've spent a considerable time looking at the plans and reading the comprehensive instruction book, as well as reading a series of scans of a build of the ship from Model Boats very kindly sent to me by Mike Stevenson following my initial posting.
Incidentally, a little book worth having for anyone interested in the craft is 'Puffers', by Guthrie Hutton, published in 2007 by Stenlake Publishing. It has a lot of very useful information and photographs.

I'm almost finished a 1250 scale model of the Harrison freighter Crofter, and that, combined with the arrival of visitors at the beginning of the week, means I won't make a start until next weekend. By that time the glue will also have arrived, so that will probably be of some help with the build.....
.......be prepared for a deluge of plaintive cries from help!

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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2013, 04:56:11 pm »

Its A great buy, You,ll enjoy making its stanchions are a bit over scale but thats been picky, as its well worth the money.
                       Regards Howard.

I bought the stanchions for my puffer from James Lane (? still advertising ?)
If I remember correctly he even included suitable wire for the railings !

Richard
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« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2013, 07:27:59 pm »

Hi Richard,
 I got mine from Modelling timbers 1:72 scale  look like thay was  made on a  Lathe Great Items.
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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2013, 05:49:44 pm »

First stupid question:
The gunwale on the vacform moulding has a rim around the top. Does that remain in place or is it removed? It looks as if it's missing on photographs of the model, but can someone please clarify for me?
Got the glue and the paint, and a name for the puffer - Gael.
That's a start.......




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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2013, 07:00:11 pm »

Hi Bill,
 Where in East Yorkshire are you If not to far why dont you pop down and see us at Goole model boat club you,ll be made most welcome.
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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2013, 07:02:18 pm »

I was about to say the same thing!

I'm retired - perhaps we could meet up one afternoon/evening/weekend

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« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2013, 11:19:18 pm »

Thanks lads, I'm in Withernsea (no, I've never heard of it either). It would be good to meet up, but unfortunately not easy for me, as my wife is in poor health and doesn't travel very well. However I will try to work something out. I have to learn the ins and outs of this hobby, and the best way to do it is to talk to people.
In the meantime, does the rim around the gunwale stay or go?
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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2013, 10:04:17 am »

Bill

I'm not entirely sure what you are referring to - my advice is
to follow the Fig #1 and fig#2 diagrams in the instructions

fig #7 also shows what the edge of the hull should look like.

I have included a sketch I've just prepared. The 'lumps' on the
side of the hull are semi-circular D-shaped plastic strips that
you glue on later (see 5th paragraph in the instructions)

I will send a personal message about meeting up...

Richard
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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2013, 12:32:44 pm »

Thanks Richard: that bit has sunk in, but trust me, I have a rich fund of equally stupid questions lined up....
Bill
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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #15 on: October 09, 2013, 04:45:13 pm »

bill.....don't be afraid of asking any question however stooped you may feel it is......that question may help others thinking the same thing.
 
I am an experienced model builder.........but still ask questions on this forum, and am still learning 54 years into the hobby.........
 
you just ask away, and most questions will be answered.
 
as for the capping, most of these old coasters had a "capping rail" ..a semi rounded or flat topping with curved edges to them which ran the length of the gunwales and this can be incorporated into the rim of your model.
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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #16 on: October 09, 2013, 08:37:03 pm »

Thanks Neil: the support I'm getting from people on this website is really heartening, and I do appreciate it.




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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #17 on: October 09, 2013, 09:12:09 pm »

Bill Just remember what Neil said we all started this great hobby of building model boats with our frist one and even Neil has said he,s still learning like us all this site never fails we are all here to help each other if we can thats what we do best after makeing beautiful boats is help each other.
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« Reply #18 on: October 09, 2013, 09:45:49 pm »

Bill , not a puffer but a VIC, same details perhaps. Got plenty  more pics  including interior of VIC32 if you want.
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« Reply #19 on: October 09, 2013, 09:49:54 pm »

...and some deck clutter, dont forget the rivets and rust.
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« Reply #20 on: October 09, 2013, 10:08:40 pm »

The "inchineer" and the engine plus the steam gramophone. {-)
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« Reply #21 on: October 09, 2013, 11:28:33 pm »

Thanks for the pics - I have plenty of photos of the VIC 32, but no 'clutter' shots like these - which will be  really useful. I interviewed VIC32's then owner Nick Walker twice over a number of years, the first time in Rothesay, where I sampled the non-hifi delights of the steam gramophone,[size=78%] [/size][/size]and the second at Crinan, just before the new boiler was fitted. I met Nick again a few years back, when he was skippering his own boat Duke of Normandy at a sea festival in Brest.[size=78%]

I also got to know Erchie MacArthur quite well; he owns  - or owned - the Eilan Easdale, which he renamed the Vital Spark; she was the last working puffer. I believe he also bought the ex-Auld Reekie - used as the Vital Spark in the last TV series - and renamed her Maggie. She was in a pretty bad state.
Sorry - gone into waffle mode!
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« Reply #22 on: October 19, 2013, 07:08:33 pm »

Had a really helpful visit from 'Richald' yesterday; he brought his completed model puffer with him and was able to answer a lot of my questions re the build of my own model.
So tonight I'm going to make a serious start - even if I go disastrously wrong at the first hurdle,  it beats having to watch the X-Factor.....
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« Reply #23 on: October 25, 2013, 03:33:34 pm »


I've been pleasantly surprised at the way that the kit is coming together. Given my ham-fisted skills I expected to encounter a lot of problems, but that really hasn't been the case. I had a few problems lining up the shaft, but have resolved them, and it's all gone fairly smoothly since.
I have learned a great deal; I found the best way to trim the hull was to scrape it with the edge of a Stanley knife; it proved to be a quick and accurate method to bring it to the correct profile. I  found my hobby knives pretty useless, and have used a Stanley knife for all the cutting, with a plentiful supply of fresh blades from the local pound shop.
I've finished the hull and deck, and the lower part of the superstructure. I'm going to invest in a proper hobby drill - a chap who manufactures 1200 scale models told me years back that the sort which use collets aren't up to the job, and he was right - I need one with a proper adjustable chuck.
Any recommendations in that respect would be most welcome.
I've also sprayed the deck with red oxide; I found it was the best way to highlight impurities and take them off with some wet and dry.
It really is a really impressive kit, and I'm getting a lot of fun from it. It's hard work cutting out the parts from plastic card, but it does fit together well with little effort.
I won't post any pics of the build  - there are plenty of them around posted by others - but I'll post some on completion. I'm already planning to follow the puffer with the same company's trawler. By that time I should hopefully have accumulated enough expertise to tackle the TID tug in the attic.
Ricald's visit - and subsequent help, gave me the confidence to get the project off the ground - thanks to him and to the other members whose post provided help and encouragement.
Apart from keeping me busy for hours on end, the ship has also cured my wife's chronic insomnia. As soon as I mention the word 'puffer' she falls instantly into a deep sleep....
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Re: model slipways puffer
« Reply #24 on: October 25, 2013, 05:01:40 pm »

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 I need one with a proper adjustable chuck.
Any recommendations in that respect would be most welcome.


Hi Bill.

You can get a chuck separately for around a fiver and fit it to most of these electric drills.

Cheers

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