Topic: 1:12th Mersey Class anchors (Read 14501 times)

smudger1309 · « **Reply #25 on:** May 07, 2014, 10:52:05 pm »

thank you Howard very much

Neil · « **Reply #26 on:** June 15, 2014, 08:41:07 pm »

The her night smudger set me a challenge when he asked me if I could help him make a Delta plough.............and so with plasticard in hand tonight I set about making one so that I could mould it in resin.....it might be a little thicker in gauge than the Speedline brass etched ones but with a little sanding and filling before they are moulded and then sanded again once cast in resin, then they shouldn't be too bad.......and besides I need a couple for my own Mersey when I eventually get around to building it. lol

Tug-Kenny RIP · « **Reply #27 on:** June 16, 2014, 11:42:08 am »

very nice job.

ken

Neil · « **Reply #28 on:** June 16, 2014, 01:37:33 pm »

cheers Ken.

just been down to St Annes lifeboat station to get a few final details.....will make additions later. neil.

Tug-Kenny RIP · « **Reply #29 on:** June 16, 2014, 08:22:02 pm »

I can see why I never got around to fitting them on my Severn.

ken

smudger1309 · « **Reply #30 on:** June 17, 2014, 12:39:41 pm »

oh nice, looking good neil

smudger1309 · « **Reply #31 on:** June 17, 2014, 12:40:30 pm »

Quote from: Tug---Kenny on June 16, 2014, 08:22:02 pm

I can see why I never got around to fitting them on my Severn.

ken

diddnt know the severn had the plough anchors, they now the norm on rnli boats ?

Tug-Kenny RIP · « **Reply #32 on:** June 17, 2014, 08:33:51 pm »

I only had a picture to go by.

ken

Neil · « **Reply #33 on:** June 17, 2014, 08:55:14 pm »

Have only ever seen them from photos too ken....and the little plan printed on a previous post.
making them to cast in resin I have had to thicken the walls of the anchor and bracket, but once cast these can be sanded down to thin the plating out considerably and make them look a little more decent......they'll never be Speedline quality or thin gauge but from 20 meters out on the lake, they'll satisfy those that can't afford a full sheet of etched brass.
also paid another visit to the boat house at St Annes to take some shots of it from underside to get the sole of the anchor and where the strengthening bar shown on the plan fits.

so now finished and ready for moulding in rubber.

Neil · « **Reply #34 on:** June 17, 2014, 11:24:08 pm »

and if anyone has missed my blogs on moulding and mould making in the past on my lifeboats....here's how I do it.
1) make a box from lego.

2) line the bottom of the box with modelmakers plastecine to a deapth of around 8mm thickness.

3) place the pieces to be moulded onto the plastecine and with a little pressure.....press the master into the plastecine and smooth around the perimeter edges to make sure there are no gaps between the master and the edge of platecine which would allow weepage of the rubber mix under the master.

4) block up any ends with a wodge of plastecine so as to isolate the underside.

now you have a half mould where the rubber can't get underneath the master at any point.

5)put a pencil or end of craft knife into the plastecine....these indentations act as locating lugs for the two haves of the rubber mould.......what will appear as indents now will result in nodules of rubber sticking up from the first half.

6) then build up the walls higher than the highest part of the mould masters.

then its just a case of pouring in the first half of the rubber mould..............this will be done tomorrow.

Neil · « **Reply #35 on:** June 18, 2014, 05:26:31 pm »

mould half came out ok except for a little "bleed" under one "foot" of the holding bracket.............this was cut off and then the whole surface covered with Vaseline as a release agent between the two layers of rubber.......the second layer has now been poured into the mould box and will hopefully be cured later.........

smudger1309 · « **Reply #36 on:** June 19, 2014, 12:47:14 am »

wow Neil liking it

yeah speedline cost a bomb because you got to buy a full set of something they be useless to you unless you got the tamar, i do not care if they 20 or so 10 or so out from speedlines they look fantastic

Neil · « **Reply #37 on:** June 19, 2014, 08:20:23 am »

well matey.the mould is now finished........just got to cut some track lines for the resin to flow into and then buy some resin and cast a few.....they'll be with you soon.

neil.

smudger1309 · « **Reply #38 on:** June 19, 2014, 01:41:15 pm »

i only wish i could do stuff like that, tho thinking of getting airfix kit see how it comes out, knowing me i buy the lifeboat one and it turn out into some thing else lol
just wish i can make stuff like this

Neil · « **Reply #39 on:** June 19, 2014, 03:38:06 pm »

it doesn't happen over night smudger...........I started building under my granddad's supervision at the age of 8 in 1959.............and have only ever had 1 hobby....this one............so have had plenty of practice, lol........and still I make mistakes..............so keep at it and kep reading this forum..............even at my grand old age, I'm still learning on here.

neil.

Dun1227 · « **Reply #40 on:** June 22, 2014, 10:05:54 pm »

Hi Neil,
Do you intend to sell these anchors - I need a couple for my Mersey - Dungeness Pride and Spirit.
Yours,
Alan C

Neil · « **Reply #41 on:** June 22, 2014, 11:50:48 pm »

hi alan........if they cast ok then I'll send you a couple ..just make a donation to the Dungeness RNLI........unless you a helper at the station, and then I'll send them FOC

neil.

Dun1227 · « **Reply #42 on:** June 23, 2014, 09:43:11 am »

Hi Neil,

Thanks for that - will do as you suggest.
The new boat (The Morrell) seems to be a superb bit of kit but there was something special about Pride and Spirit.
Will contact you direct.
Alan C

Neil · « **Reply #43 on:** June 23, 2014, 01:11:43 pm »

thanks alan, and thanks for the offer,......much appreciated.

However, we have one just down the road, at St Annes on Sea which I was at the naming ceremony of some years back and have decided, when I get round to it, build her.

cheers all the same, neil.

Neil · « **Reply #44 on:** June 23, 2014, 11:26:17 pm »

the moulds cast ok..........just a little cleaning up of flash from the mouldings and I think they look passible.

before and after shots..........moulded in polyurethane resin.

Neil · « **Reply #45 on:** June 24, 2014, 10:25:59 am »

smudger, your anchors are ready for you now matey.....pm me your address and i'll put them in a jiffy bag and post em to you. neil.

Dun1227 · « **Reply #46 on:** June 24, 2014, 10:56:15 am »

Neil,

You made an excellent job of them - most impressed.

Yours,

Alan C

Neil · « **Reply #47 on:** June 24, 2014, 09:09:32 pm »

thanks alan............something different for a change other than classic old fittings. neil.

derekwarner · « **Reply #48 on:** June 25, 2014, 01:49:59 am »

Guys......

...if I didn't know better......I would think they look like pieces of battered European Carp that Neil caught a few years back in our muddy Murray river

Naturally enough.......the fire & frypan in OZ consists of a few branches of Gum tree with a cut off 5 gallon drum of kangaroo, possum & pig fat as the dripping

.....Derek

Neil · « **Reply #49 on:** June 25, 2014, 12:24:37 pm »

not as tasty as barramundi though

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