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[chingdevil]

I would have thought that heat would be a bigger problem to our models than damp, after all we paint everything we can and cant see to stop moisture getting in to the timbers but how do you stop a model getting fried in the summers we are getting? My Puffer is being built in a shed that has a heater in it for when the temperature gets too low, but in the summer even though it is insulated it is roasting in there. I would have thought that if the model was slightly damp and then got dried quickly this would cause warping and cracking of any timber.

The Other Brian

[kendalboatsman]

Hello,

A friend of mine scaled up a 1/96 aircraft carrier to 10ft ( I think it was 10ft), anyway he transported it in a detachable box which he could carry on top of his trailer. That was stored in his garage also.

Hope that helps. The biggest I tend to build is 3ft as I can carry that comfortably in our car. Although I think the front seat does recline down to the horizontal l to allow a larger item to be carried. It is a Citroen Xsara. Mind you the Citroen XM estate was quite a long vehicle.

Clive

[boatmadman]

where do you sail kendalboatman?

[kendalboatsman]

Hello Boatmadman,

I don't at the moment as the only boat I have useable is my Dad's 590s yacht and that needs the r/c put back in, when I lived in Kendal I had a big sell up because I was in a poky 1 bedroomed flat and nowhere to put my boats other than the lounge.

I now live in Birmingham with loads of available water and nothing ready to sail. I do have a part built 1 metre yacht, that I am having trouble rigging, and a number of semi kits to build as well as the Nexus tyne class styrene hull and planset lined up. I did buy a Lotse off ebay but that is in worse condition than it looked and I am currently rebuilding the superstructure. Yesterday I actually started building the frame for a workbench so I can start my other builds off.

In the lake district I tended to sail on Ullswater though letting my own 590s loose was nerve wrackiing on the big lakes.

Regards
Clive

[boatmadman]

Hi, Kendalboatman

Can well imagine it was nervy on the big lakes!

Shame you moved away from Gods country! lol

Ian
 

[kendalboatsman]

Would love to move back but my wife is a brummie through and through so have to make the best of it down here. Thinking of joining the venerable Bournville Club now.

I miss the walking and the cycling. Where about in the LD are you?

[boatmadman]

I am in Barrow, not quite the LD but near enough

Ian