Topic: HMS bold path finder conversion to HMS bold pursuer (Read 13508 times)

triumphjon · « **Reply #25 on:** January 21, 2011, 09:06:52 pm »

can you work from half model sized plans ?

ben hall · « **Reply #26 on:** January 21, 2011, 09:22:48 pm »

yes why

triumphjon · « **Reply #27 on:** January 21, 2011, 10:06:24 pm »

do you want a plan drawing up to work from ?

ben hall · « **Reply #28 on:** January 23, 2011, 08:32:15 pm »

triumphjon · « **Reply #29 on:** January 23, 2011, 08:47:43 pm »

see what i cacn manage later in the week , did you enjoy ally pally today ?

ben hall · « **Reply #30 on:** January 23, 2011, 09:31:27 pm »

yep got lots of details mostly i don't need but you never know when it comes in useful

triumphjon · « **Reply #31 on:** January 23, 2011, 09:41:46 pm »

its normally a good way of looking at products , you just need to be able to remember where you saw them / which company sells them in the future ! . how much of pathfinder have you managed to salvage ? i take it you will be able to reuse the propshaft / motor and rudder , along with the superstructure and deck fittings ? from what ive read the original had four shafts , two gas turbines and a pair of diesels to run on

ben hall · « **Reply #32 on:** January 24, 2011, 08:57:49 am »

i am upgrading the motor and the sides up to bit where it starts pointing in woods needs new sides and i need a new deck the bit that's removable

triumphjon · « **Reply #33 on:** January 24, 2011, 10:42:01 am »

so are you wanting to upgrade to multi shafts or sticking to a single shaft ? rather than just replacing the already damaged sides , you will probably find it easier to start again by building a complete hull and deck ? providing new timber is supplied i have a powered fret saw that i use to cut my timber , so a kit of parts could be supplied . leaving you to glue peices together (but not your scissors ! ) jon

ben hall · « **Reply #34 on:** January 24, 2011, 10:54:50 am »

hte only proplem with 3 engines is space so i am going to stick with one and the contstructions from balsa the only help i need is with the bilge hull

triumphjon · « **Reply #35 on:** January 24, 2011, 10:58:02 am »

hence questions of how many shafts you intend to fit ! i will start working out drawing up hull later , as ive got to go into town !

ben hall · « **Reply #36 on:** January 26, 2011, 05:49:55 pm »

dont worry no help needed my club helped me

ben hall · « **Reply #37 on:** February 08, 2011, 02:24:33 pm »

sides marked out andd being cut but my saw is only a junior hack saw and im about ten inch out so i am having to use a plane to plane it down

triumphjon · « **Reply #38 on:** February 08, 2011, 10:15:38 pm »

i sygest you invest in a coping saw , it has a bigger throat than a junior hacksaw and has the bonus that you can rotate the blade angle too ! try robert bish hardware in fratton rd ( just past model shop , on oposite side of street ) or failing that b & q .

ben hall · « **Reply #39 on:** February 09, 2011, 03:06:35 pm »

i have thought about it but like a lot of people im broke

and im on crouches so its hard to work at the moment

and i suggest that you spell suggest like this (suggest)

triumphjon · « **Reply #40 on:** February 09, 2011, 03:49:20 pm »

only if you can spell crutches ! still ive not got a broken toe , thanks to my safety foot ware . haha

ben hall · « **Reply #41 on:** February 09, 2011, 04:11:49 pm »

thats just childish i was just trying to help

triumphjon · « **Reply #42 on:** February 09, 2011, 05:13:46 pm »

as we all know its very easy to hit the wrong keys on the keyboard ! my thought on a coping saw , if you head back from the model shop to the big roundabout ( left heads towards b & q ) go straight over towards southsea , there are lots of second hand shops on both sides of the street . on one of the junctions on the left is a second hand shop with green painted window frames , they sell second hand tools , it might be worth your while looking ? As with most tools , buy the best you can afford , look after them and they will look after you ! ive still got spanners that i bought when i first started working . some of the spanners for my own car are years older than i am and have many more years left in them yet !

ben hall · « **Reply #43 on:** February 10, 2011, 07:21:19 pm »

i will check it out

but not this week as i have sever tonsillitis

its starting to clear up now

im dreading having them taken out

i just hope it dose not interrupt any displays

sorry about spelling mistakes my head is still about oooooooooooooooooooozey

thank god for spell check

triumphjon · « **Reply #44 on:** February 10, 2011, 09:23:19 pm »

i thought you had a broken toe , still thats more time off school to make your model boats ! just not very good weather to sail them this week apart from of course teusday when the sun came out . did you get your measurment correct as you said you were planing 10 inches off from your overcut sides thats almost the width of a sheet of plywood !

ben hall · « **Reply #45 on:** February 10, 2011, 10:36:36 pm »

Quote from: triumphjon on February 10, 2011, 09:23:19 pm

i thought you had a broken toe , still thats more time off school to make your model boats ! just not very good weather to sail them this week apart from of course teusday when the sun came out . did you get your measurment correct as you said you were planing 10 inches off from your overcut sides thats almost the width of a sheet of plywood !

MAYBE 5/10CM

ben hall · « **Reply #46 on:** February 20, 2011, 11:48:18 pm »

these are some more pics there are more prior to this in the build but there on a friends camera

supports being clued and clapped/wheighd down to dry

the white is from the originall boat and the rest is from the new boat wich has been extended an inch

ben hall · « **Reply #47 on:** February 20, 2011, 11:51:18 pm »

sorry didnt get them all on

supports are now dry and in place side was cut out and it will be glued on tommorow
i will begin to put more pics on

ben hall · « **Reply #48 on:** February 21, 2011, 12:05:53 am »

even more pics

filler needs to be sanded so sides can go on the originall front and part of bottom was stuck on the new bottom to give it strength

first side to be fitted on tommorow

ben hall · « **Reply #49 on:** February 21, 2011, 09:05:34 am »

its the morning now and i am ready to get working
i am hoping to get it done by midhurst (27 febuary)

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