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[Temps]

Hi guys this is some pics of my latest build Its an aero-naut sportboat kit its a bit hard to get hold of now but i managed to find one at westbourne model center its not to big and its not gonna break any speed records but here she is

its a basic plank on frame kit and a very easy build  i would like to say though the wood quality wasnt too good compared with the dumas i had built previously

after the basic frame and keel is made its straight onto adding the bottom of the hull and the sides it is only single skin so very light

[Temps]

unfortunatley the instruction book was in german so i had to find an english translation once the bottom and sides were done i had to seal the interior then it was on to adding the top sections and getting trimmed and rubbed down  at this point i added the prop tube and rudder shaft i didnt use the prop and tube that came with thi kit as it looks a bit small so i used a standard 7' prop tube and 40mm xprop and a unversal coupling instead of the fuel pipe supplied i used a graupner 400 race motor wich all fits under the cocpit floor



once this was all fitted it was time to add the resin  now on the dumas i used cloth and firbergalss resin thinned down wich worked great this time i used a different method  and wished i never did i used the cloth but this time i used epoxy finishing resin dont try this at home it took nearly a week to get it finished to a desent standard and about 10 packs of wet and dry it is terriable stuff to get flattend as it is far more rubbery still it got there in the end even if i have  one popeye arm



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[Temps]

After this was dry and painted under waterline then decals added i then clear coated her to a fine finish

all that was left to do was make the cockpit floor and the balsa seat and steering wheel  then fit the perspex screen and a couple of deck fittings included with it  and here is the finished article only now wating for some radio equip then i can give here some trials



overall not a bad kit if finished correctly i must admit the instructions do not say to use cloth and resin to finish the wood but they suggest just varnish and looking at the box art that it comes with it looks a terriable finish perhaps thats why you dont see many ?

[martno1fan]

Thats a lovely boat mate she looks very nice,whens the big day?.Id love to see how she runs hope your going to post some video.
Mart

[ronkh]

 

[BroomBroom]

Lovely finish - worth the 'Popeye' arm!

This seems to be the current/later incarnation of my Aero-naut 'Forelle' (which is quite a bit smaller and originally designed for an electric outboard)

Look forward to seeing some pics/vid of her on the water.

Well done!

Cheers,

Robin

[plugger]

You have done a good job on this.

I have also built this model, and as you say, the wood supplied is poor. I built mine out of the box, with the only change being the addition of planking to the inside cockpit. (Also converted to right hand drive...




Plugger

[Temps]

she is a bute  did you use the prop and tube that came with the kit ?

[plugger]

Yes - prop, tube and coupling out of the kit. Motor is a 6V job recycled from an old dust buster vacuum cleaner.

[Temps]

I managed to get the boat to the lake today for her trials all looked good for a ninute or two then it was like the battery was flat so i pulled it in for a look thinking i may have some weed round the prop but found smoke bellowing out  upon inspection it was the motor smoking out the vents ive not had much experience with these little motors but the spped control was cool the battery was cool just the motor burning hot and smoking ? i think maybe im running to bigger prop ? its deffinatley got a smooth linkage and prop tube so un less ive got a duff motor it can only be that ? any ohow i managed to get a couple of pics on the water have a look

the last picture shows the turning circle is very small and that was only just touching the steering

[Greggy1964]

Lovely models

Who's driving?

We need crew!

Excellent job seeing your boats speeding along makes me want to move my speedboat project forward

[Temps]

mmm new project there i see looks interesting
Yes i do need some crew for this one and my dumas they look a little ghostly without

[vintagent]

Oh dear Lord...drawings without computer!!

There is hope after all

Regards,
Vintagent

[Greggy1964]

 

Yes Vintagent, proper black ink on plastic film

I worked in a drawing office at the local Council for many years and old habits die hard, though I have dabbled with AutoCad and Freeship too.

[vintagent]

Good for you sir!

The term "draughtsman" is all but lost now.
Have you noticed that as draughtspeople got introduced to computers they all suddenly became "engineers"?  A term protected by law in many European countries and rightly so.
I've worked with draughtsmen and I've worked with chartered engineers.  There's a bit of a difference!

I have also fiddled with some computerised engineering packages, mainly CATIA and Alias.  I found CATIA to be longwinded beyond words, but Alias was remarkable, if only because I taught myself from one of its 12 manuals (!!) and within an hour, had a rendered perspective of my own Albatross speedboat rotating in front of me.  I do wish the same author would write all manuals!

What's freeship?  It seems interesting that several of the more popular 3D programmes started out as design aids for ships and aircraft, such as CATIA, Rhino3D, etc.  NURBS modelling was invented to create those irregular but fair curves we all strive for.

But it still gives me a nice feeling to see a "proper" drawing!

Regards,
Vintagent

[Greggy1964]

I was one of those guys they attempted to switch from Rotring ink pens and railway curves to computers, back when I was a lad the first computer program I came across was called MOSS

It was used to design highway schemes and used to plot out survey data, I had the lovely task of laboriously typing in the data!

Later came AutoCad which was much more fun as when everyone had gone home I could used it to mess about doing boat designs while the cleaners swept up around me!

Freeship was the fore runner of the now called Delftship,

I have stuff scattered all over the forum but here is the freeship/delftship thread with some of my own input

http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=19208.0 

 

[vintagent]

Greggy, had a look at that thread, but it was all gobbledigook to me as i haven't got the programme and reckon I could make one quicker than read the how-to!
However you've done a great service for anyone with the programme and the patience to read through it all.

Regards,
Vintagent