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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working Vessels => Topic started by: harrin on November 02, 2006, 06:15:47 pm
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Hi everyone,
here's my Loyal class tender in progress. I think you may decide is it super-detailed or not :)
It has working navigation lights, interior and deck flood lights, radar, bow thruster, JJC's sound modules etc. The motor is Graupner Speed 720 Torgue with direct drive and controlled by Robbe Rokraft Navy ESC.
Regards,
Harri, Finland
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Cargo winch waiting for paint. End of the cable drum was very bad casting, so I made better one from styrene.
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great hull...keep us posted with your progress.
chromedome
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Looks very good, i would say without a doubt...Super detailed!
Keep up the good work!
Voyager.
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Nice piece of engneering. Super detail. Keep posting the pics.
Cheers....Ken
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Awesome bridge detail !!!
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Working lights installed, wires running inside the mast. Mast can be lowered for easier transportation.
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Over a year since last posting to this thread, not much happened... ::)
However this is how it looks now. Hull is painted gloss and waiting for decals.
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Some bridge details.
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Noticeable progress today. Handrails on wheelhouse roof waiting for paint (yes, this model certainly is used to waiting... ;)).
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Keep up the good work looking excellent
Stavros
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Radar scanner dry fitted. Shaft is running through wheelhouse.
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Harri,
I am just starting a MS Loyal Tender kit and am very impressed by the kit's completeness and general quality. Indeed it is even better than the MS "mini" Steam Drifter I have just completed. I also enjoyed reading your summary on this Forum and sincerely hope I can match your very impressive quality of build.
I too would like to include a bow-thruster if possible on this great model subject - but I am far from sure if this is a scale feature. Could you please advise if a thruster was fitted to any of the original vessels?
with best wishes John Knaresborough North Yorks :D
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Thanks John,
I'm pretty sure there was no bow thrusters in original vessels. However some of them has later installations. I just wanted a bow thruster ;D
Hope you enjoy the build. I am very pleased to this model so far.
This is my model today. (wow, it starts to look like a ship! 8) )
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Couple more
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I can confirm that while with Govt service none of this class were fitted or retro-fitted with a bow thruster.
Since disposal however several that I have seen have been.
Bob
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Very slow progress, lots of hard work ahead :)
Some pics:
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The detail of your work is outstanding, and I must say that your pics of her in the water are like true art by them self. Magnificent!
Hama
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Just WoW :D
Fantastic stuff O0
Great pics too
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Very good progress in last few weeks. I think I'm getting her ready for summer competitions :D
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There was no flagstaff supplied so I built one from scratch.
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Today working with liferafts. Easier than I expected. Masking tape is a great help for holding pieces together when glue is drying.
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Here's a photo of drive line. Wiring is very messy as usual in my models. Main reason is that there's three different voltages: 12V for drive motor and JJC's sound modules, 6V for bow thruster, water pump, navigation lights and radar motor and 4,8V for receiver, servo, deck and interior lights.
Drive motor is Graupner's Speed 720 Torgue which is very powerful and low revving. Robbe's Navy 535 is my very favourite esc since it's very silent and smooth operating. Actually the whole drive line in this model is so quiet that you hardly can hear any noise when model is in water :)
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Harrin,
I would definitely say your detailing is super!!!Magnificent work and your photos on the water of of a very high standard.
Barry
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thats a cracking boat :-))
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Hi Harrin,
I can only echo whats already been said " Brilliant Job" and again the on water photos are superb.
The only thing I 'm not happy about is,
That I had one for Christmas and its going to be a hard job getting anywhere near your high standard!! but a least I've got yours as a reference point,
and I know who to contact if I need advice.
I'm finishing off a scratch built Clyde Puffer so I won't be starting mine till the summer.
Very very well done and many thanks for sharing it with us all.
John
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Many thanks :-)
The wheelhouse and most of the skylights, boxes etc (there's quite a lot of them!) are glued on place. Now I'm working on anchor winch and crane. Still wondering how to attach cable of cargo crane to the winch drum and wheelhouse still be easily removed.
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Anchor winch and stuff. Cyano is still drying :D
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Harrin
I served on the tenders for 18 years and I would like to draw your attention to the straight stem and narrower fore deck they have, which I find wrong with the kits of the LOYALS.
Also from my photos you will see that the hull underside is not red but chocolate brown - what the Ministry of Defence calls CHOCADMAR and there is no white line at the waterline.
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Magic?
No. I'm experimenting with magnets for attaching cable to winch. Superstructure has to be easily removed. Small knob on winch base is a little magnet. There's piece of steel in the end of cable.
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Excellent detail, great job. Can't wait seeing the finished boat.
Regards
Wilhelm
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Pics of finished Loyal Moderator: http://www.sulara.fi/images/loyal/index.html .
The model is all brush painted, since I'm too lazy to learn airbrushing %)
Cheers,
Harri
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I've got to say, it's not my type of ship. But that is a build and a half................................. O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0
Without doubt, one of the most detailed/best builds I have seen. O0 O0 O0
Mark
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Amazing! :o
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Magic?
No. I'm experimenting with magnets for attaching cable to winch. Superstructure has to be easily removed. Small knob on winch base is a little magnet. There's piece of steel in the end of cable.
like many people have already said, the model is fantastic and superbly detailed.
is that a electromagnet your using for the winch?
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is that a electromagnet your using for the winch?
No, it's a permanent magnet (not sure if this is correct word in English?).
Many thanks for your comments!
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A beautiful job..... :-)) :-))
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harrin,
Yes, that is the correct term for the magnet.
I have the Loyal Tender on my slipway and must build it one day soon. Your job is most encouraging, well done. I intend finishing mine in the alternative buff colour.
Roger in France
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I reply to the underwater colour, all the MoD vessels I have seen including the RNXR Loyal boats had red anti-foul paint, with RN vessels having Black boot topping. I can remember some old Auxilliary Vessels having the old copper Green anti-foul bottoms, but they where few in number.
David.
P.S. As everyone has said it is a fine model a real beaut.
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Couple of sailing pics.
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I, too am building a Loyal from the Model Slipways kit. How does your boat handle? Does she back straight without correction from the bow thruster? How tight does she turn? Is steering predictable, so docking is easy? I have installed a Raboesch bow thruster. Which one do you have and how does it help in handling?
Thanks,
Dave
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It's photos like yours Harri that make me want to invest in a Slipway Loyal class Fleet Tender. :-))
What we need on here is a Masterclass build thread!
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I, too am building a Loyal from the Model Slipways kit. How does your boat handle? Does she back straight without correction from the bow thruster? How tight does she turn? Is steering predictable, so docking is easy? I have installed a Raboesch bow thruster. Which one do you have and how does it help in handling?
Thanks,
Dave
Hi Dave, I installed a Graupner's bow thruster and it's certainly a help when docking. Steering is predictable and the model is very stable, but turning tight as well as reversing needs lot of thrust. She wont't back straight for long as the torgue of one largish propellor will turn the rear end to other side.
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Very very nice i enjoyed building the loyal , Model slipway do make exellent kits
Well done
Jenno
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Hi Everyone, if anyone is still out there as this build log was last posted in 2009. Does anyone have any other pictures from building the Model Slipways Loyal Fleet Class Tender?
I had one sitting around since 2004 (glad I did as they are no longer listed) just starting the construction.
Thanks,
Ed/Rhode Island/USA
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Try the search engine on the front page of Mayhem (outside the Forum) as it provides a more detailed search. There has been several builds of this ship to my knowledge.
Regards
Ken
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Hi Ed
Post the start of a build log and I'm sure people will find whatever you need.
Dave.
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It looks like a lovely kit to build and the one in this thread is a thing of beauty. I was hoping to build one but MS do not appear to be producing it now.
Mrs Spook and I were on a walking trip in Pembrokeshire a few weeks ago and one evening we had a meal at a lovely, quirky little pub called the Sloop Inn in a village called Porthgain. One of the ship models displayed in the pub was of a Loyal tender and I'm sure it was the MS kit. I don't suppose anyone here could lay claim to building it? I'm only sorry I didn't have my camera (AKA my third arm) with me, as I'd left it back at the B&B. :((
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Ringmaster, here is my build log of Loyal Volunteer, completed winter 2010.
http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=27273.0
A quite enjoyable build, plus the finished boat handles well.
Dave
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Oops, I did a Ronald Reagan-I mis-spoke, or mis-typed. The boat was finished early in 2011, not 2010.
:embarrassed:
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I just noticed ringmaster lives in Rhode Island, US. Here is a link to M/V Fintry's website. She is a Clovelly class as I recall, similar to the Loyals. Last I knew she was based in Boston Harbor. So you might get to look at a real one for just a short drive. I corresponded with Fintry's owner when I was building my Loyal model, but I can't find most it now.
http://www.mvfintry.com
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Gentlemen !!!
if anyone has a road trip to see the ship CG mentions, Please get as many pics as possible and post them !
I have one to build and there be No such thing as too many pics !
Tim.
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Here are a few photos from an old MS website. http://www.modelslipway.com/loyal_fullsize/index.html
Hope this helps
Jackie
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My Goodness Jackie, thanks So very much for those pics, they are Most usefull for completing small bits and details, I dont think I have seen these particular shots.
We are Very pleased with Model Slipway kits, I have an Assurance Class Tug underway and of course a Loyal, one of the last few around I think, I found it in Australia and had it packed all the way to California !
Quite happy you are there.
Tim
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Yes, Jackie, I have those pics in my Loyal collection. They were very helpful during my build. O0
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Hi Ed...
i know this link takes you to a German language site (its mine)
http://www.eastonline.de/html/body_llandovery.html (http://www.eastonline.de/html/body_llandovery.html)
but there you can see a few more photo's, i have another 30 photo's of the Loyal Helper
i built my Loyal Tender as the Llandovery.
not only aimed at Ed, but to any one... if any one is interested in the photo's do by all means let me know.. :-))
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Harin, I just wanted to say that this is an Excellent model, Full of detail and quite real looking !
Well Done.
Tim
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here's just a couple
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and here are two of my Model..