Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working Vessels => Topic started by: Stavros on August 25, 2006, 12:24:43 am
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Well this is it the replacement for the first Paula 111 that I used to own.used to own I hear you say well Paula Mk 1 god rest her little soul was my first introduction to this wonderfull hobby of ours,is now lying on the bottom of LLanberis Lake in probably 100+ft of water.Poor lass she met her demise at the hands of ODIN he mounted her from behind she could not take his amorous intentions and like any other woman turned over and instead of going to sleep she xxxxxx well SANK.Now enough of the reminiscing lets get on with it,8months down the line i decided at long last to start the replacement that I had bought.The replacement I bought off Ebay it was a partly started kit with the old owner having installed the propshaft,rudder tube and servo tray,so at least I had a start.When I finally got to start assembling the superstructure I found that the Clear plastic wheelhouse had become cracked and unusable so having to reconstruct the latter I have sat down coffee in hand and hatched DA master plan,why not try and super detail this little gem.
What I have in mind is Quite simple ,it's got to be as i am a simple person!!!!
Right fully detail the bridge area,with a proper steering console,seats,chart table instrument panel radio station ect.
Fully functional crane which can lift out buoys,a fully working winch to recover the buoys.This combination can and will be used to put a grappling hook on boats that are too far out in the lake to be pushed back too land,once hooked the winch can be payed out and towing will commence(well thats the theory anyway)
Fully working fire monitor mounted forrad.
working navigation lights and work lights.
Poss working radar.
Now this is going to take time so bear with me,progress so far is as follows
Motor installed with speed controller
Rudder and servo fitted
Gantry fitted and servo for fore and aft movement
Wheelhouse rebuilt using 30 thou plastic card,windows cut out
Floor area of wheelhouse cut out prior to having new floor lowered to allow for modifications
Piccies so far will be added as soon as I have figured the way to download them onto this thread!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hi Stavros,
Look forward to watching progress matey ;)
As regards uploading pics... just click on the Additional Options thingy on bottom left of screen.. then browse to find pics on your puta, click then they appear in the "attach" window click post and Mr Martin Mayhems magic will upload them into your message..
Easy peasy
If yam get stuck , give us a shout ;D
Steve
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As promised some photos of the build more to follow
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Cor blimey even I can post photos what is htis world comming to.Right the first piccie is the box!! and what she should look like.Second is a view down from the wheelhouse before mods began.Third is a shot of the rudder servo assembly.Fourth is the wheelhouse roof loosely fitted to the superstructure to check for fit.Fifth is a shot of the lifting boom which has been servod to lift out the buoys.lastly is a shot of the boat it'self.progress has been made today on the wheelhouse assembling the chart table and steering position and crew seating etc
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That's a nice looking boat, i'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out!
Good luck with it!
Voyager.
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Thanks for that it will be fun building it
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Via email to Mayhem....
I would be very grateful if any of your Members could give
me any assistance or details on making the Crane operational
I have purchased the necessary kit and electric motors from
Graupner's but I have no details as to how the motors etc are
laid out in the box section under the crane
any info I could get would be very helpful .
Yours Faithfully
J.B.H. - Manx model Boat Club.
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Oops me forgot that I had started this thread,and the boat is now on the water.I will take photos on fri and post an explanation of how to motorize the crane
Stavros
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Will be very cool to see some pics of this model on the water, cant wait O0
all the best
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Picture taken by Ghost and NO I have NOT changed the motor it is the std one as supplied by Robbie believe you me it is SERIOUSLY fast.The only thing that has been changed is the prop to a Brass 3 blader as opposed to the plastic one supplied with the kit
Stavros
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Paula 111 CRANE MECHANISM BUILD…. see http://www.marinerc.net/scale/paula/paula_iii.htm O0
This is my first post. Ralph1937
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This web site is current see below:
Paula 111 CRANE MECHANISM BUILD…. see
http://www.ef-uk.net/models/watercraft/paula3.htm
Robbe Paula III - The Crane Operation
http://www.ef-uk.net/models/watercraft/paula3-2.htm
(http://www.marinerc.net/scale/paula/paula_iii.htm Not a current web site) - sorry about that Ralph1937
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Hello Ralph, a warm welcome for your first posts. I really liked the link within the Paula III build to making the buoys flash. There are some really talented people out there in modellers world. Thanks for sharing.
cheers
Jim
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Hi Stvros
Is she a MTB in diguise?? That looks to be a better turn of speed than your Perkasa {-) Only joking good work keep it up.
Regards Rob.
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You should see it fly it is like a speeedy boat {-) {-)
Stavros