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dave1985

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help and advice
« on: August 14, 2012, 11:18:32 am »
Hi everyone just wondering if there are any members that live in the north shields area that could spare a little bit of time and knowledge and have a look at my boat I'm in the middle of building many thanks Dave
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Re: help and advice
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2012, 12:47:13 pm »
Hi Dave

I'm sure there are and I hope one gets in touch soon.
Why not post a couple of pics and see what response you get here. I won't be much use but there are some knowledgeable chaps on here - they usually respond well to pictures and question marks  O0 {-)

Dave
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Re: help and advice
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2012, 02:47:14 pm »
Welcome aboard  :-))
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Re: help and advice
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2012, 03:17:37 pm »
Hi Dave I live a few miles north of you but have you ever considered visiting the Tynemouth MBC, its in Tynemouth Park off Grand parade
and they meet about 10.00 on a sunday morning. 
Some of the members are on this forum and are seriously good modelmakers - I got a lot of help when I first went down there.
Welcome to the forum

Geoff
 
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Re: help and advice
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2012, 04:36:54 pm »
Thanks for the reply lads.hi Geoff I have thought out it just haven't had time to go down with the ship Patten I work. Hopefully I will get down in a few weeks time. In the mean time I will try to up load a few pic of the things I'm not quite sure of, other wise I won't be able to continue until I have seen some one cheers Dave  %%
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Re: help and advice
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2012, 05:03:06 pm »
This is the model I'm building.the biggest problem I have found is a can't pin the hull down to a building board to keep it straight because th top of the hull is curved
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Re: help and advice
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2012, 07:30:42 pm »
Sorry I can't help you there - the things I build are grey and have guns and go at a sedate speed.
Geoff
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Re: help and advice
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2012, 08:51:45 pm »

Hi Dave1985 and welcome to Mayhem.

With regard to your model falling over during it's construction, the recommended support is a cradle underneath.  You need to mark out with paper the curvature of the hull and cut a piece of wood to fit each end. Glue some felt onto the curve and fix the shape to a base board.

Hey presto.... rest the boat horizontal for working on it.

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