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[swiftdoc]

Hi Kiyo and Ron,
It is nice to see that not only model boats but blossoms as well bring us together around the globe! I have spotted the SS Falcon on Ron‘s model display, the kit I am actually building. She is an attractive model in my mind, just like HMS Fencer, but a lot smaller   Kiyo‘s Fencer is a really amazing build with wonderful detailing….

[Backerther]

Arno,
A great thanks for your very gentle, friendly and affirmative comment.!!  

So much for the matter, shall we go back to Greenock?!
Hard to port!

[Backerther]

Well, getting back to mainstream of the title again, I decided to adopt brushless motors in terms of cooling and power.
On the other hand, motor mount looks a bit weak to hold so powerful motors that I made the reinforcement steel parts from scraps and set them in place as seen below.   Anyhow, a brushless motor is so powerful, isn't it.!?

My water-jetted PT109 MTB by brushless motors--->wow!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4idvkPvRRRQ

[Backerther]

It's getting warmer and warmer gradually here in Tokyo together with inviting daily breeze by which Japanese favorite cherry blossoms have started falling off very gracefully and slowly, one petal by one petal as if they were waiting for their order to go..   Very short life for them nevertheless courageous and graceful dispersion without any hesitation to do so...

New drive train was set up as in the pics for the fast patrol boat which was intended for reliability and speed.
I replaced the couplings with plastic(reinforced engineering plastics of Ny) made ones as well as brushless motors.
So far as this is not a scratch-built model nor a RC specialised model, just a conversion from a mere pla-model boat.　
In this sense, this project itself may have been always a challenge from the beginning at each stage of work..
Building a RC boat itself is such and such throughout the process until completed and still continues as far as getting to a satisfactory sailing result.

Well, so that is that for today.!!

[Backerther]

I renewed ready-made water-inlet nipples of water jackets with much stylish and effective ones as seen in the pics below.
That is to say, from I-shaped nipples to L-shaped ones. Test run with brushless motors has not yet regrettably done due to continuous and windy days here in Tokyo. To make the matter worse, cherry blossom has largely been fallen off.
What a provoking wind it is to both the test run and the cherry blossom.

Pic1 is previous style.

[Backerther]

While waiting for a good day for an intermediate trial run on the water, I made simply a davit crane out of the parts in the odds and ends box. 

[Dean's Marine]

Hi Arno & Kiyo Spring is also on it way her in the UK, suns out and some of the trees are starting to blossom out of the wind, cherries are a way off yet, but the sun bring the winds here on the fens ( flat lands) with a sharp cold edge, and not to good for boating as well. good for indoor local shows  it will soon be Easter and change will come Regards Rpn

Hi Arno & Kiyo Spring has arrived at last here on the flat lands, the trees are in blossom the test pond had been cleaned and re filled, now to drag out some of the older models, and the new ones that have not been used for years, a clean up and on the water for filming.  Happy sailing  Ron

[Backerther]

Hi Ron,
So nice to exchange the words and see awesome RC boats again on here with you.
At a glance, the test pool seems to have been enlarged as twice large as ones ever set just beside a certain house (shop?)..
You could enjoy the boating there sufficiently whenever you may wish to do, how I envy you, Ron!! 

Even seeing the RC boats only staying silently on the water is also happy and I could spend a dreamlike time in such an occasion
during which a cup of coffee may be so delicious and tasteful.. One of the happiness in my life..

Kiyo

[Dean's Marine]

Hi Ron,
So nice to exchange the words and see awesome RC boats again on here with you.
At a glance, the test pool seems to have been enlarged as twice large as ones ever set just beside a certain house (shop?)..
You could enjoy the boating there sufficiently whenever you may wish to do, how I envy you, Ron!! 

Even seeing the RC boats only staying silently on the water is also happy and I could spend a dreamlike time in such an occasion
during which a cup of coffee may be so delicious and tasteful.. One of the happiness in my life..

Kiyo Hi Kiyo I will have to go and gets some coffee, I agree they do look good in still water on a sunny days, just likes ours, nice boats but I have to chase the ducks out as they seem to have made a home on our pond, and if you put any food down they will have it.regardsRon

[Backerther]

What excellent pics you have shown here,!! Ron.!!  They are so great with a combination of nature and RC Chris craft  Constellation.!! Blus sky and green grass as well as lovely ducks which are the very nature are stunning and typical scenes of happiness through RC boats, aren't they..!!??
Color of the pics is so clear even in the internet.

 The last pic shows Jupiter-F99 under air raid? by a waterfowl since the boat have invaded her territory???
Some cups of coffee and snacks were very delicious with seeing the nature and my boat while chatting with a ..?

Kiyo

[swiftdoc]

Lovely photos, Ron and Kiyo, which show the pleasure of model boating beautifully!


At the moment I cannot sail my boats at the club pond. We have cleaned it three weeks ago and then it stayed dry until yesterday. We are expecting some rain over the weekend which hopefully will help filling the pond again...

[Backerther]

Arno,
Your club pond looks very nice to sail RC boats surrounded by forests.
Does your club have the proprietary rights over it or renting it?
It's amazing for me to know that your club could clean the pond after draining the water largely...


Ron
I think you had better hold a model boat show on the water like a naval review from time to time, not in the room...
A model boat even if it is small is a boat and the show possibly may look much better if floated on the water..!!!
Well, it's about the time to go to bed.!!

Kiyo

[swiftdoc]

Kiyo, our club is not the owner, we are only allowed to use it for sailing boats when it is not used for swimming. The city of Siegen owns the area and we can use it if there are no swimmers, that is in summer after 7p.m. We have to clean it in spring, so that the tiles in the non-swimmer area are clean before the season starts. I was told that now the water level is high enough for sailing a boat in the deep water area in the background of my photo. I will post a photo tomorrow😎

[Backerther]

What a generous city you are living, Arno!!!!!!    Very suitable for RC boating in addition to an overwhelming nature
surrounding the boating site.   All is excellent circumstances.
Looking back to our case,...terribly pitiful concerning RC model activities across Japan. Japan is truly less-developed country unlike
European countries in this hobby.!! RC airplane activity is fundamentally now under national government control while RC boats are mostly prohibited by local governments expressly. RC cars are not exception of the above. My local tiny park within a few minute's walk is expressly also prohibited in the bulletin board like " No RC cars and drones". The similar bulletin boards could easily be seen in most parks regardless of their scales, urban parks and rural ones, mountainous parks, etc..
Most RC modellers are having the same complaints about the strict regulations across this country, a developing country that is
not understanding significant RC models as a wonderful hobby as European countries are generously understanding the value of the hobby.
I have ever seen some RC boats sailing in a very small pond in a small park in UK in the internet. Many people seemed cheefully
to watch the boats.....I'm confidently to say that it's completely impossible in Japan.!!!
In this sense, the Europeans are very happy while Japan is terribly miserable in this hobby world, the country that likes strict control over citizen daily life like neighboring countries?? Still a developing Asian country...
I, once upon a time, was a RC plane flyer, but couldn't help giving it up to continue due to the loss of airfield and strict rules by the Government.




 

[swiftdoc]

As for RC airplanes we have the same regulations in Germany, Kiyo. We have some clubs who rent private territory and have the licence to run an airfield for their hobby.


Most of the ponds are rent by anglers who do not tolerate RC boats, even not working boats sailing at scale speed. You are right, our club is in a very generous situation! In the UK the situation seems to be better, as I have witnessed on several occasions….

[swiftdoc]

Sailing is possible again on the deeper area of the pond. I have sailed my Lady of Wroxham (slipper launch which does not need much water depth).

[Backerther]

Congratulations,!!! Arno.   Looked happy boating really !!!  The boats themselves looked also so friendly each other.!
You and your club could cheerfully have come into a wonderful world of RC sailing again.
With the pics, it was soooo easy to imagine how joyful the RC boats and ships were tasting the new water after intensively cleaned.

I just feel this kind of efforts to clean the boating site may be so important, indispensable and kind to the pond( the nature)
to truly enjoy this precious hobby of RC boating....
In this sense, you and your club must be so-called gentlemen to the RC boating and the nature.  What a great attitude, Arno.!

[Backerther]

 I checked how the painting result was. And this was so so. This time I painted red following  white color done some days before already. Yes, our rising sun colors of our national ensign..
Next step will be polishing process.

[SteamboatPhil]

looking really good, question how do you do your polishing

[Backerther]

Hi SteamboatPhil,
Thank you for always friendly comment, Phil!
My style of polishing is simply to apply the Tamiya compounds to the hull and rub it after sanding slightly with around #1000 sandpaper briefly for a good appearance and a sailing/maintenance performance.
There are three types of compounds as seen below depending upon the surface conditions of the models.
I used to use a car compound but I exhausted it.

I had a good impression about the Tamiya compounds through polishing Lindberg Chris Craft Constellation 1/20 as seen below.
It's OK for me at the polishing level of this gloss, not to say perfect or piano finish, as this is an actually and repeatedly running RC model on the water.   She is not a RCed exhibition model boat, but an actual runner on the water.


The last pic is to be called " an actually sailing pla-model boat", isn't it.??

[Martin (Admin)]

Wow!   Nice finish!

[Backerther]

A great thanks for your compliments, Martin.


The pics below were processed by a car compound intensively.
The pics on the water and the cradle in the mid-summer, with the author's compliments.!

[swiftdoc]

All looking neat and crisp, Kiyo, well done. The paint job is always something you have to do very carefully in order not to spoil the good work you have done before, building the model. I also use that Tamiya compound, followed by polishing wax as used for cars, works a treat!

[Backerther]

Oh, Arno.. your Shannon shows awesome gloss like a piano or real car finish which is far and away better than mine.!!
It's truly amazing and stunning finish.!!!
I remembered your Shannon when I saw my wife and a granddaughter playing a grand piano at our local piano concert held some days ago. As you know, surface of the piano is like a mirror that reflects something like a mirror.?!!!

[Backerther]

Next painting color is green. This boat is simulated a Japan Coast Guard vessel which one is normally painted in tri-colors, white, red and green. So, I just followed this color scheme simply.


Yes !, this time, an US PT109 MTB Lindberg is now being converted to a Japan Coast Guard's high-speed patrol boat..!!!