Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Model Boating => Topic started by: Seaspray on January 26, 2008, 06:28:00 pm
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Hi :)
Thought I would start a hints and tips thread for any idea which would be handy to know.
1. Reversing into the dark and your reversing light are not up to scratch .Turn on your rear fog lamps to give you more light behind you. If this isn't any better feather your footbrake turning on the brake lights or use all 3. It works for me. O0
2. if you run your modelling knife down some emery/sand paper on the back of the blade at an angel. This removes the tip of the the knife giving you a new edge on the point on your blade. Works for me. O0
3. Some candle wax on a stubborn saw will help ease the cutting. Works for me. O0
4. Stuck finders with super glue. Start moving your fingers in a rolling action , use your other hand to assist. Never try to pull them apart. Works for me. O0
Please feel free to submit any of your hints n tips, appreciated.
Martin
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Spray the underside of your hover mower with WD40 and the grass comes off a treat.
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Don't use vinger or meths to clean your car windows. This attacks the sealer in the new windows of todays cars. This did work for me and cost a new windshield.
Martin
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Before connecting anything i.e packs/e.s.c/rx/servos/motors/ect LOOK THINK & THINK LOOK .
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Do not EVER consider taking up modelling (apart from Page 3) as it will become more addictive than ....well. words both fail me and would be moderated anyway.
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Don't wash the car/motorbike with washing up liquid.
Some contain salt and other chemicals that can promote rusting and tarnishing.
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Before connecting anything i.e packs/e.s.c/rx/servos/motors/ect LOOK THINK & THINK LOOK .
......And when you have done all that.......Think and look again....Then think about connecting the battery!!!
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Don't leave your torch switched on and put it down on its face. By the time you need it again the batteries will be flat. Oh yes !!
Martin
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When turning round on country lanes - always keep the driving wheels of your vehicle on the tarmac - unless of course you have a 4x4.
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No matter how tightly you screw on the cap of a tube of epoxy resin glue, the resin will manage to crawl out when you aren't looking and spread itself where it will make the maximum amount of mess.
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And that's the place I usually sit down........... :embarrassed:
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When hammering nails into thin wood (shiplap) and you think the nail will split the wood.Turn the nail over tap it on the point to blunt it ,then hammer it into the wood.
Martin
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never put the cap of super glue back on with your lips!!.....................dont ask
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never put the cap of super glue back on with your lips!!.....................dont ask
Been there had the tee shirt lol
Dave
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Been there had the tee shirt lol
Dave
I wasn't gonna admit to that one but as 2 others have.... I'll make it 3 :embarrassed:
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Collect junk that will come in handy - store it for twenty years - then give it away when someone wants something. %%
That's what I seem to do a lot of.
Dave
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Before spending 20 minutes on your hands and knees looking for the part that fell off your workbench, check your turn-ups or in your shoes.
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Before spending 20 minutes on your hands and knees looking for the part that fell off your workbench, check your turn-ups or in your shoes.
Ooooh !! you made my day.
I haven't heard that word since I left University. {-) {-) {-) {-)
ken
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never put the cap of super glue back on with your lips!!.....................dont ask
Yep, me too.
Also, don't solder near fresh superglue.
Superglue is good for small cuts / abrasions but don't-half sting for a bit!
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Superglue was invented in 1942 originally invented for clear bomb sights but it was discovered as a bonding agent that stuck everything together,it was used intensly in the vietnam war as a form of instant plaster.
Dave
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Collect junk that will come in handy - store it for twenty years - then give it away when someone wants something. %%
That's what I seem to do a lot of.
Dave
Or throw it away a week before someone says "I've looked everywhere for a ......, you haven't got one, have you?"
Dave (all the best people are called Dave! :-)) )
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(all the best people are called Dave! :-)) )
but we can go one better - all the very best people are called Dave M
DM .......... (1957 being the vintage year though {-))
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but we can go one better - all the very best people are called Dave M
DM .......... (1957 being the vintage year though {-))
:o :o :o :o
They obviously didn't put up sign to don't drink the water until it was tooooooooooooooooo late
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When selecting a dog as a pet, ensure the dogs tail is not at the right height to catch you in the gentleman's region when wagging
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When applying Deep Heat or any similar pain reducing cream to any part of the body, always...but always, wash your hands before going to the heads to take a pee.
It don't half make you hop about if you don't, I can assure you... :o
Rich
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When modelling
As you pick up each item you work with with, I.e. tools, components,etc., etc......
Casually throw each object onto the floor then get off your stool, pick it up and carefully place it back onto the workbench.
As you are bound to drop something at a critical juncture later, it is best to get the stress over with before you start.
............works for me...........
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When modelling
As you pick up each item you work with with, I.e. tools, components,etc., etc......
Casually throw each object onto the floor then get off your stool, pick it up and carefully place it back onto the workbench.
As you are bound to drop something at a critical juncture later, it is best to get the stress over with before you start.
............works for me...........
Also ensures you exercise regularly {-) {-) {-) %) %)
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Last thing at night, if wearing pyjamas trousers,
when closing the window over the siink - make sure the cutlery drawer is closed.
I didn't :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :embarrassed:
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Before applying 'Preparation H' to the affected region, read the tube to make sure you haven't picked up the Fiery Jack by mistake, cos its mighty stingy on the old "Michael Miles" and will bring a tear to the eye, I can tell you! <:( <:( <:(
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Before applying 'Preparation H' to the affected region, read the tube to make sure you haven't picked up the Fiery Jack by mistake, cos its mighty stingy on the old "Michael Miles" and will bring a tear to the eye, I can tell you! <:( <:( <:(
Ooh my gawd...that's just put me right off my breakfast! :o
Rich
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Before applying 'Preparation H' to the affected region, read the tube to make sure you haven't picked up the Fiery Jack by mistake, cos its mighty stingy on the old "Michael Miles" and will bring a tear to the eye, I can tell you! <:( <:( <:(
That reminded me of this clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-62FjfT0kV4
The dudesons.... very popular in Finland
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That reminded me of this clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-62FjfT0kV4
The dudesons.... very popular in Finland
Quite! most amusing...
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Never put your leg in a combine harvester :((
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DON'T THROW away old underpants. With the leg holes sewn up and filled with earth, they make smashing hanging baskets for trailing plants.
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BASEBALL cap manufacturers. Save the wearer the bother of turning your caps round by putting the peak on the other side.
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Always save the debris from your navel.
How many times have you really needed a bit of fluff
Dave
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Get away with fly tipping by leaving your junk outside charity shops.......
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HALITOSIS sufferers. Try to regulate your breathing so that you breathe out when everybody else does.
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I was once kissed by a drunken Glaswegian (with stubble) after beating eight lads in every drinking contest put before us that night. Never kissed a woman unshaven since. Beeping horrible it was.
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If you think you child might grow up to be a handyman, save him the future expense of getting his tools personalized by naming him Stanley......
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Best tip ever!
Never, never, never, ever use an apostrophy to signify a plural.
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If you cant spul use the spile chunk butin.
Regrunsd ani.
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Best tip ever!
Never, never, never, ever use an apostrophy to signify a plural.
Unless you wanted to say, for example
The no's resounded loudly throughout the house. :D
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Unless you wanted to say, for example
The no's resounded loudly throughout the house. :D
The exception that proves the rule... ok2
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If you cant spul use the spile chunk butin.
Regrunsd ani.
Provided, of course, that you carry a spell-checker around with you at all times!
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Right hand side button on reply box. Post Preview Spile Chunk %%
Regrinds nai.
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Right hand side button on reply box. Post Preview Spile Chunk %%
Regrinds nai.
Doesn't help with the theres and theirs or wheres and wears tho lol
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No, but at least it makes the posts legible. O0
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FOOL WOMEN into thinking their opinions are valued by nodding occasionally and saying 'mmm'.
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FOOL WOMEN into thinking their opinions are valued by nodding occasionally and saying 'mmm'.
Or "Yes dear"
And "Does my bum look big in this?" is a question best left unanswered
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DRIVERS. Save money by putting much larger wheels on the back of your car. That way you will always be going downhill, thereby saving on fuel.
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MAKE YOUR postman's day by opening the door as he comes up the path and saying "If there are any bills you can take them back. Ha! Ha! Ha!"
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Jam makers, don't buy preserving jars from Lakeland Kitchens at 12 99 a dozen. Simply buy a dozen jars of Asda Smart Price curry sauce at 9p each and throw the rancid muck down the toilet. Hey presto, a dozen jars for 1.08 :-)) :-)) :-))
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Never, never, never, ever use an apostrophy to signify a plural.
Just trying to figure those all those double negatives - gave up %%
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FOOL WOMEN into thinking their opinions are valued by nodding occasionally and saying 'mmm'.
I did that at my wedding......it got me 25 years without parole {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)
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If you are having an argument with your other half upon pain of death do you say WHATEVER O0 O0 O0
Dave
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This works if used sparingly but forcefully
"Ok - this is what i really think ...."
Sort of a mental blitzkrieg - like Poland they are overrun
and then for a just a few days testosterone rules
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AVOID DOGS molesting your leg under the dinner table by coating your trousers below the knee with Ralgex or Fiery Jack.
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Sounds like something a Jack Russell might just get into.
Dirty Dog %)
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If your given a woman directions always use shops or supermarkets {:-{
If it is blokes always use pubs and clubs :-))
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You can always have the last work just utter "yes dear" very softly. Even then it is best not to answer at all if it can be avoided. Mick B.
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Pour Guiness over you lawn it comes up half cut!
Destroyer42
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If you want her to drive faster & with all out abandon , tell her what a good driver she is. In the meantime you are hanging on for dear life. Don't even mention the word slow no matter what unless you want your life to end suddenly. Mick B.
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Use piano wire for your railings rather than brass wire. No more bent railings between the stanchions
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Don't know whether this item has been pointed out between some of the crap listed on this thread but
I came across this nice little freebee from ASDA on the cloths I bought Makes a good strong clamp and opens to an inch wide
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Via PM...
Martin is is possible to have a sticky in the top forum (model boating) for hints and tips? So the more knowledgeable members could give their quick tips to help those of us more mortal forum members? Of course you would have to stipulate its for tips only no discussions as to the pros and cons of the information given- that could be done in the normal forum.
Regards,
Brian.
Sure! You first Brian!
NB: MUST be model boating related! <*<
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OK here's one I came up with and posted for tug kenny.
Here's an idea for stanchions-
Instead of drilling holes, cut them all to the correct size, then 3-4 at a time clamp them together in a desk vice or pliers. Then where you want your holes use a razor saw from the edge of the stanchion to cut a slot. Once you have done the first batch you can use one of those as a 'jig' to get the next lot of slots in the same place.
Once you have enough stanchions prepared insert the wire. Once you begin to solder the solder will fill in the gap of the slot binding the wire in the centre of the stanchion!
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Staying with stanchions. These were from a local stationary shop. Too big for 1/72nd but could be used as stanchions on maybe 1/35th to 1/48? Cheap as chips and easily soldered.
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Lastly brass wire. You can buy this from the local model shop K&S is the usual one in 300mm lengths for an arm and a leg for each piece. Or go to ebay on the jewellery section and buy coils of brass wire mine are 10 metre lengths for about £4 a roll. It comes in 0.2mm, 0.4mm. 0.5mm, 0.7mm and 1mm. It is also in two states, soft and half hard.
Cut off what you need hold between two pairs of pliers and pull tight. Then pass the length along an open flame like a blowtorch but the gas hob will work ok2 Once it cools the coil has gone and you are left with a nice straight wire.
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Working with LED's, standard or surface mount? Here's a couple of online programs to work out the resistors you need
http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz
http://ledcalc.com/
http://www.hobby-hour.com/electronics/smdcalc.php
The second is particularly good, it will also design your wiring diagram for you. The last one is for surface mount led's and has a list of multiple calculators at the top left of the page
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Back to brass wire.
Forget wire cutters for fine brass wire. For a neat close cut, go out and buy a set of toenail clippers. I kid you not, they are sharp and you can get in close with them and handle wire up to about 0.8mm. I have used them on 1mm but the wire had been pre softened with heat.
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Back to soldering brass wire or other fine brass work. Don't use normal flux cored solder it is way too much for the job. Buy solder paste, its a little more expensive than a coil of solder. However because you are applying a small amount to the parts (toothpick) and then heating, you use a lot less.
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Excellent!
Back to brass wire.
Forget wire cutters for fine brass wire. For a neat close cut, go out and buy a set of toenail clippers. I kid you not, they are sharp and you can get in close with them and handle wire up to about 0.8mm. I have used them on 1mm but the wire had been pre softened with heat.
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Toenail cutters are also cheaper than flush cutting side cutters for trimming down cable ties, leaving no sharp corners to catch your fingers on.
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Do not forget to clean the hole in the airbrush jar lid
David
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Also with the airbrush. Only flush through with a reputable cleaner between paints, do not use a heavy solvent. The airbrush body contains a minute O ring that can be damaged by some solvents. After use strip and clean each part with solvent if needed (if you have sprayed enamels/cellulose etc) But the body should just be flushed with a decent airbrush cleaner.
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Just a repeat of a tip from Bryan Young. When choosing adhesives, think laterally sometimes and consider using double sided tape, it can often give a very neat and permanent job where conventional adhesives are difficult or messy to use.
Colin
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:-)) Draft excluding tape can be used to seal hatches,and be very handy for protecting hull in stand,cost about £2.50 a roll and lasts for ages,Ray. :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))
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If you have an old video recorder kicking around waiting to go to the tip, strip out the recording head, ( Ali. drum about 50mm dia.) You will find some high precision bearings inside.
Cheers, Terry.
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Just a repeat of a tip from Bryan Young. When choosing adhesives, think laterally sometimes and consider using double sided tape, it can often give a very neat and permanent job where conventional adhesives are difficult or messy to use.Colin
Absolutely Colin, I do this a lot. The best and strongest/permanent I have yet found is the 'NO-NAILS' doublesided tape - it takes some shifting! I stuck down the rubbing-strakes on my yacht 3 years ago and it hasn't moved -yet! Be careful though - it has instant 'grab'.
Bob.
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I can't take credit for this one, it was passed to me on a Facebook group page. Don't buy one of the expensive bilge pumps advertised, look out at the local car boot sales or cheapy shops like Poundland for those table top water features. They can be picked up for a couple of pounds, just extract the water pump from them and throw away/recycle the rest of it.
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if any of you guys need brass/copper/aluminium/phosphorus bronze don't pay the prices on flea bay go down you local scrap yard and ask what they have in stock i pay £4-00 a kilo for brass bar and the good thing is when the price of scrap goes down so does the cost to you :-))
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Buy a box of cheap disposable plastic gloves ( or grab handfuls off the garage forecourt next to the pumps %) ) Wear them when holding small parts and spraying paint, then throw away. It saves getting paint all over your hand. Also useful when doing grp work or using body filler.
Don't use rubber surgical gloves they are too expensive for this.
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This tip from the plastic model world. If you want to apply a tiny amount of superglue/instant glue, take a sewing needle and grind off the tip from the eye end. This will leave a little fork shape that holds just enough glue to apply carefully.
I put mine in a microdrill handle to get more control, it also prevents you spearing yourself on the pointy end. If they eye becomes overloaded with dry glue just hold in a naked flame for a few seconds to burn it away.
CAUTION IF USING A NAKED FLAME, REMEMBER THE BASE OF SUPERGLUE'S IS A CYANIDE PRODUCT AND IT IS BEST NOT TO BREATHE IN THE FUMES FROM THE BURNING GLUE!!!
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Some very cheap 12v LEDs available from Amazon (posted from China). They also work well on 6v. No need to bother with resistors for many model boat lighting applications.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Lamp-Light-20cm-Wired/dp/B00H98OS2W/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1440104922&sr=1-1&keywords=20+x+White+LED+Lamp+Light+Set+20cm+Pre+Wired+5mm+12V+DC
These are the larger 5mm variety and I am using them for general internal lighting rather than navigation lamps.
Colin
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Started one years ago ok2
http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,8415.0.html
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Topics merged. :-)
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Don't know if it's already been posted but never peel and chop scotch bonnet chilli's then go to the little boys room without washin yer hands , Lord Mary and Joseph it stings %% %% %%
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Ouch! {-)
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When you have a broken/redundant Tx or radio with a telescopic aerial, snip off the top section. Many come in handy for flag-staffs. :-))
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I stopped posting to this topic as I suggested it as hints and tips that would be related to model building. Quite clearly a lot of what was posted under Seasprays topic that was merged with mine were not model related and could come under the general heading of 'humour' which is why I have not posted since that date. So as the topic has become confused and obfuscated - especially to those that want model building tips, I'll confine my hints and tips to my own build threads.
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I stopped posting to this topic as I suggested it as hints and tips that would be related to model building. Quite clearly a lot of what was posted under Seasprays topic that was merged with mine were not model related and could come under the general heading of 'humour' which is why I have not posted since that date. So as the topic has become confused and obfuscated - especially to those that want model building tips, I'll confine my hints and tips to my own build threads.
Seems a demerger (uncoupling etc) would be in order O0 O0
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Yes, needs some tidying up, the original intention of useful hints and tips is an excellent one. Plenty of room for witty stuff elsewhere.
Colin
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I suppose this has been done before, but I've just tried it , I mix a bit of paint in my epoxy glue so when I am fixing my deck fittings I do not get a glue mark. Anyway it works for me . The paint I use is Humbrol enamel.
David
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I suppose this has been done before, but I've just tried it , I mix a bit of paint in my epoxy glue so when I am fixing my deck fittings I do not get a glue mark. Anyway it works for me . The paint I use is Humbrol enamel.David
Now why didn't I, another genius, and one who has prepared many a sheeps heid, never think of that David. Thanks :-))
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I have been using old computer castings as a good source of ABS to make gear boxes and PCB enclosures , I use plastic weld from EMA also bought a dropper ,i Pin Flow
Availability: In stock.
£8.33Code: DM54. This is good because it lets you put 1 drop leaves a clean joint
David
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Used Lipos make good handwarmers
down at the lake this time of year {-)
Just let them cook a little before removing %)
Ned
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From the bench of someone who uses a Dremel and superglue 9 hours every day:
Don't drill your fingers
Don't glue your fingers
Don't glue your fingers to the drill
Don't glue your drill to your fingers
Cutting wheels hurt
Don't wrap the drill into your shirt
Don't be tempted to superglue scalpel / dremel wounds together
DO NOT POUR KICKER ONTO SUPERGLUE REPAIRED WOUNDS
Don't blow superglue into eyes
Don't blow superglue and kicker mix into eyes
Stop drilling your fingers..
The list goes on..
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But not for much longer obviously.....
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Dont throw away that old printer, strip it down and you will find accurately ground lengths of steel bar, bushes, gear wheels, maybe a gearbox. maybe a motor or two, drive belts......
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From the bench of someone who uses a Dremel and superglue 9 hours every day:
Don't drill your fingers
Don't glue your fingers
Don't glue your fingers to the drill
Don't glue your drill to your fingers
Cutting wheels hurt
Don't wrap the drill into your shirt
Don't be tempted to superglue scalpel / dremel wounds together
DO NOT POUR KICKER ONTO SUPERGLUE REPAIRED WOUNDS
Don't blow superglue into eyes
Don't blow superglue and kicker mix into eyes
Stop drilling your fingers..
The list goes on..
Well young padawan. One is learning fast. When you have learnt the intermediate injury list you may progress to wind tunnel basic injury list.
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That involves hitting your head a lot yes? I'm already skilled at hitting my head on the bottom of the tunnel
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That's only part of it. Head hitting, screws in knees and feet, crap in eyes from looking down the wind tunnel when it's on, being hit with random debris from said tunnel. Running hot melt glue over your fingers, using runny superglue then putting your hand on the floor, etc etc etc
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Don't try it %)...but Superglue will not glue your eyes shut
30 something years ago, a naval mechanical trainee engineer was assembling a certain weapon component with Superglue & when tapped, a spurt of glue ended in the supervising Foreman's right eye >>:-(
The Foreman was unable to open his eye & assumed he would be blinded <:(
Naval doctors simply poured an orange saline solution over 1/2 of the Forman's face, however the eye would not open even with force from the Doctors
Thankfully the Sydney Eye Hospital was only a hop, step & a jump up the road from the dockyard
Upon admission, the Surgeon said get this man a cup of tea....he is to relax in a darkened room for 10 minutes...so after the 10 minutes had expired & the cup of tea consumed....the Surgeon said to the patient.......
'Cyanoacrylate adhesive has no affinity with water, your eye is not glued together, the spurt of superglue upon hitting the surface of your eye would have immediately turned to crystals of sand like material....do not rub your eye, but slowly open it'...........
It opened & the crystal like material washed out...it was an involuntary action on behalf of the mind on the assumption that my eye was glued together.......
Safety glasses were not mandatory 30 years ago.......Derek
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I don't know if anyone has done this before, so don't shout at me as I have just thought of it!
Need acrylic type sheet for fake glass for windows etc.?
You need a home encapsulator. Put through as many sheets as you need for thickness inside one sheet of A4 ( 4 sheets are usually enough for most modelling requirements) on a hot setting and you will find it comes out very well. I use Lidl sheets which come in very cheap packs so making your own 'glass' works out at a fraction of a penny per A4 sheet instead if £1 at your shop! Experiment for yourself with colours, thicknesses and see what you can invent. Share with us what you discover.
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I often have to make sheets of 'imitation glass' and am interested in your comments.
However.... What is an encapsulator ? and what 'sheets from lydl' do you mean please.
ken
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I think he's talking about a "laminator" It's an interesting idea.
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Yes, laminator is another name for it. The sheets I buy are from LIDL stores Ken.
BTW, when I said '4 sheets', I meant 4 thicknesses of sheet!
Bob.
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When sealing around a bath with silicone sealer.
Fill the bath with water and allow the silicone sealer to cure overnight.
Hence the silicone will not part from either the wall tiles or the bath at a later date.
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http://www.humbrol.com/uk-en/humbrol-wallchart
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Need some Brass for a rudder............Simply get hold of some Finger Guards off Old internal doors and you will have some wonderful 2mm Brass Sheet
Dave
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Need some Brass for a rudder............Simply get hold of some Finger Guards off Old internal doors and you will have some wonderful 2mm Brass Sheet
Dave
That's great information Dave, thanks for the tip. I'll be away on a hunt for some tomorrow - thanks again. :-))
Regards,
Ray.
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Make sure you are not followed by :police: when canvassing public building and the like for Brass push plates, they also come in stainless steel, push plates that is.
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{-) Longish story how but my dad did it to mum. She was a looooooooooooooooong time in that bathroom and we never had a fridge at that time {:-{
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Ask my Mum about the Deep Heat thing. Dad had rubbed her knees with it and shortly afterwards started to make love to her. You can guess[size=78%] the rest. she spent some time in the bathroom wit the cold water running. Oooops He never made that mistake again.Howevers what I am giving no is a tip When using plank on frame roll a pencil firmly over one side of the strip. This will put a curve in it which helps fit the plank to the frame. Other woods can also be given the same treatment but will need more pressure from a dowel or similar. Soaking and or ammonia helps even with ply I'm talking about BALSA initially of course.Also useful when laminating curved parts[/size]
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If your doing straight running with Stavros always wear a cricket box.
Also remember that Steamboat Phil is always a target in or out of the water.
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And Klunk you forgot the hard hat
Dave
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Have you hit him on the head? Missed that one!
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When sealing around a bath with silicone sealer.
Fill the bath with water and allow the silicone sealer to cure overnight.
Hence the silicone will not part from either the wall tiles or the bath.
UNLESS the floor has gone soggy which they often do. I replaced lots of them when I was plumbing but in one house almost 3/4 of all the timber in the house. All the ground floor except the stairs and the bathroom and half of two bedrooms All had to go Dry rot from a previous lotof [size=78%]rotted wood being left under the floor with a lod of rubbish which blocked airflow so be warned[/size]
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{-) Longish story how but my dad did it to mum. She was a looooooooooooooooong time in that bathroom and we never had a fridge at that time {:-{
Yep sounds like the same scenario as mine and we had no fridge either {-)
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I can still remember my father getting "Sloans" liniment on his particular part of his anatomy. nemesis
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Uses for a plastic milk bottle apart from sticking a mast and sails on it.
Hi all, if you need to bail out water quickly try this.
Take a plastic milk bottle with handle, square section, screw the lid on tight and holding the handle use a carving knife to slice off the bottom third at an angle away from you. You can now scoop up water with the flat edge to the floor.
Works as a cheap dinghy bailer as well.
Blocked drains.
I had a drain to clear some years ago and I used a different version, but you need the 1 litre size bottle. For this you cut out a section from above the middle leaving a pint size bottom section but keeping the handle attached.
The plastic bottle fits into a domestic drain, push it down, let the bottom part fill and lift it out and tip away the contents, repeat until you can see the blocked side tube, usually smelly congealed fat.
This now becomes a very lonely job!
regards Roy
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FREE planking!
Next time you go for a coffee at Mc Donalds grab some of the wooden stirrers, these make good planking among other things once sanded/varnished etc ;)
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Hi Tizdaz, I got a bundle of used coffee stirrers a couple of years ago. The wood is of poor quality and there seems to be a coating on the wood. I went through all of them when making two ramps for a boat, I threw away 80% of them, however they did go to the lesser job of mixing glue etc.
I have been making model boats for over 60 years now and I have come to the conclusion that if you use low quality materials they will fail, warp, go brittle etc.
Also glueing some materials can be guesswork, I was given some plastic separators from a music shop many years ago. I made a small model boat, which was fine for a year or so then the glue joints started to fail. I used the right glue for ABS, but was it ABS?
If you want to construct something to last then make sure it is made of suitable materials.
Even more important is to spend time on the right finish especially for wood then the colour needed afterwards.
Hope this helps,
Roy
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Totally agree Roy.....no such thing as a free lunch :o .......... Derek
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Hi all, many of us are members of the Automobile Association, one of the benefits is the 10% discount at Halfords, where many of us get our paints from. Just show your membership card. Also there is a 20% discount I think in M&S shops on the motorway.
regards Roy
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Mate,
It's a bit far for me to travel O0 so will have to give it a miss %) %) {-) {-)
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There was a thread on hot glue guns recently. I pointed out that some have a terrible stand.
Today, while using hot glue, I had one of Homer's Doh! moments. Hot-gluing some wood scraps together I got my solution.
So small it even fits in the glue gun box.
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Apologies if this has already been covered. I found this on a French model boats facebook page. 2mm cotton or similar, stretched or wrapped around sockets and covered in superglue, then sprayed to suit.
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When applying Deep Heat or any similar pain reducing cream to any part of the body, always...but always, wash your hands before going to the heads to take a pee.
It don't half make you hop about if you don't, I can assure you... :o
Rich
And switch the light on before going to the bathroom cabinet for Germoline if you suffer from piles. You might just pick up the Vick by mistake.....Not me, but a work colleague- we chuckled, the rotten lot we were.
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And switch the light on before going to the bathroom cabinet for Germoline if you suffer from piles. You might just pick up the Vick by mistake.....Not me, but a work colleague- we chuckled, the rotten lot we were.
TMI, {-) {-) O0 O0 O0
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My mate had rubbed deep heat on his thighs, then pulled up his joggies, smearing the cream onto his privates, his wife came back home to find him sitting on the couch with them cooling in a saucepan of water. ok2
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...... "My mate" .... Hmmmmm !!!
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classic Andy M a m8 of mine did that down on a security job working down in glast o a few years back and is now nicknamed great balls of fire,he had taken his glasses off in his tnt and just grabbed what he thought was savlon it was dark as well You can imagine the screaming and him running around the camp site screaming in paint a slight and night i will never forget
Dave
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All the comments about the hazards of Superglue reminds me of one of our unfortunate firemen at RAF Hospital Wroughton.
Rather foolishly he had put a tube of Superglue in his trouser pocket. Rather unusually he had a shout, pulled on his fire kit and jumped in his fire engine. Somewhere along the line tube burst, releasing Superglue where you didn't really want Superglue.
It took us humble medics in Casualty about 4 hours to separate his scrotum, his inner thigh, his undies and his trousers.
And the shout, malicious breaking of a call point on the officers married quarters estate. Officers children are no better behaved than any others.
And another anecdote you may not want to hear. I once mistook Ultrabrite toothpaste for my Nupercainal pile ointment. Trust me that is a mistake you only make once.
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If you are going to buy a new multimeter, get one that switches itself off after a period of time. Any additional cost on the price of the meter will quickly be offset by the savings on replacement batteries.
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O0 Brilliant & very true! :-))
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If you are going to buy a new multimeter, get one that switches itself off after a period of time. Any additional cost on the price of the meter will quickly be offset by the savings on replacement batteries.
Just one of the reasons I will only buy analogue multimeters, as long as you don't leave the dial on ohms then there is no battery drain.
The other reason is that I just don't like digital ones, I find them too slow to stabilise the readings and when using it for continuity checking a moving needle is much more visible than LCD numbers.
I've got 4 analogue meters, one each in the car, caravan, workshop & 'pond box', never far from one.
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I don't need to use meters with any real accuracy anymore, just:
Live, dead or burnt out. :embarrassed:
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I don't need to use meters with any real accuracy anymore, just:
Live, dead or burnt out. :embarrassed:
Same here, 'go - no-go'. Needle moves, go, needle doesn't move, gone.
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I don't need to use meters with any real accuracy anymore, just:
Live, dead or burnt out. :embarrassed:
You don't use it to measure ohms, amps and volts frequently?
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A few tips from me. To cut and seal the edges of ripstop pr polyester sail material, I use an olfa rotary cutter blade fitted into a brass fitting which I made, and which clamps to an electric soldering iron. This allows you to cut and seal curves on sails etc very easily but also has other applications, such as running around a template to burn an outline onto wood or plywood which will not rub off as pencil will.
Wanting to reproduce a hull from an old glass fibre mould, but in plastic foam - do not ask - I waxed the inside of the mould well and filled it with expanding gap filling DIY foam from a can. I left it overnight to cure, and it released easily from the heavily waxed mould. I used the foam hull shape as a plug to build a lightweight hull from gummed paper strip, which once removed was later covered with stretch polyester cloth impregnated with epoxy resin. A super lightweight but strong hull resulted.
Bending Perspex. I made a few yacht stands from clear Perspex. These show the boats lines off perfectly. To bend the Perspex accurately I cut a narrow slot in a piece of six mil MDF, mounted the Perspex behind the slot at the proposed bend point, and heated this area with a hot air gun, kept moving and from about five inches. Once hot, the area of the Perspex under the slot will bend easily to whichever angle you require, but do not overheat, practice on a scrap first. Support the Perspex on a piece of MDF as you bend it to keep it flat - and wear gloves too, this stuff gets really hot! Carefully designed, perspex mounts can be used screwed against a wall to give the impression that your boat is floating in space!
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Interesting :-))
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You don't use it to measure ohms, amps and volts frequently?
He's not finished a boat to need to use one - oh - did I type that out aloud.
That fingers resting on the delete account button I guess :}2 O0 {-)
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Making a canal boat out of milk cartons.
https://www.lutonmodelboat.co.uk/Club-Magazines.html
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He's not finished a boat to need to use one - oh - did I type that out aloud.
That fingers resting on the delete account button I guess :}2 O0 {-)
I noticed Martin was very quiet in replying to this comment {-)
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I noticed Martin was very quiet in replying to this comment {-)
I got a meter out just the other day, actually!
My Club500 at final stage and need to check quiescent current on dry load .... if you remember what that is! :P
( "My Club500" = any time in the next 18 months! )
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Don't be bullied into early usage Martin, title of this post does include the word "Quick" but patience is a virtue, take your Time- - - - - - - - Would have put a yawn smiley here but there ain't one.
Regards Ian.
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Martin knows we only comment like that in jest
his shirts prove he has a sense of humour %)
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If you still use the old 2 channel 27Mhtz or the 40Mhtz 3 channel FM transmitters you may find that current rechargeable cells are a very tight fit and the back will not go back on. They seem to be about a millimeter greater in diameter.
Experimenting I found that a 10 cell flat pack of AAA cells at 1.1Ahr will fit in without cutting away any mouldings. Cut the + and - wires in the TX. and connect a female servo lead.
Solder a standard male servo lead to the AAA pack and plug in and play. The charging socket is still connected so easy to charge.
As these Tx's were originally suitable for 12 volts with dry cells no problem on voltage and I have found that switched on they last for a whole afternoon.
I asked The Component shop to make up 3 sets of batteries for me and have used them for over a year now.
Roy
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Deep Heat allways makes me laugh....whilst working at Glastomberry festival one year one of the lads went for a shower and back to his tent ..now picture this..he didnt use his torch but simply went into his shower bag where he kept his germoline to put on his sore bits between his legs and inarvertintly picked up the deap heat well how i howled with laughter at the screaming form his tent and he ran flat out back to the shower screaming as he had plastered deep heat all over his legs and his private parts next morning at brekkie someone who shall remain namless to this day had asked the camp DJ to playGerry lewis hit of great balls of fire for him....all the Security lads nearly wet themselves with laughter when they heard it.....whenever i hear the song being played i burst out with laughter wonder why.....now when Chris Jeffries retired form Corvus security we had a leaving party and someone yet again asked the DJ to play his song now i WONDER who it was yup you guess it right ME lol
Stav
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Ain't THAT the truth! :-))
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Hi for domestic type lubricant for swish curtain tracks and the like there is SP90. Got some and it works well.
Roy