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Author Topic: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.  (Read 173991 times)

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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #475 on: May 10, 2015, 06:16:05 pm »

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however, I would prefer, Martin if the person/s who I had the spat with, please have the courtesy of NOT  posting on any of my threads again unless it is of a helpful and constructive nature, and not just waffle.
Thank you.

I will second that!
Welcome back my good friend,NOW  watch the interest build up!
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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #476 on: May 10, 2015, 06:25:55 pm »

however, I would prefer, Martin if the person/s who I had the spat with, please have the courtesy of NOT  posting on any of my threads again unless it is of a helpful and constructive nature, and not just waffle.[/size]Thank you.
I will second that!
Welcome back my good friend,NOW  watch the interest build up!
Mick F


wot on erf woz that post matey..........my eye sight is bad enough without subjecting it towritten word I cant even see, lol
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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #477 on: May 10, 2015, 07:35:21 pm »

Welcome back Neil

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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #478 on: May 10, 2015, 07:39:13 pm »

cheers ned, can't keep a bad man down,  {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)
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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #479 on: May 10, 2015, 07:41:43 pm »

welcome back from me too
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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #480 on: May 10, 2015, 07:48:34 pm »

thank you too charlie..........this is all very humbling., thanks.
neil.

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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #481 on: May 10, 2015, 08:08:19 pm »

 NICE TO SEE YOU BACK O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0
 
 
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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #482 on: May 10, 2015, 08:20:14 pm »

Same from me, nice to see you back Neil :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))

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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #483 on: May 10, 2015, 08:21:43 pm »

 :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))
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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #484 on: May 10, 2015, 08:33:05 pm »

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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #486 on: May 10, 2015, 11:24:57 pm »

 :-)..... "had two months to think about things"   %)

Well with all that contemplation time >>:-( ...at least you could have tidied up the workshop a bit.........& wire tie that bl**dy chuck key to something special {-)........ Derek
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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #487 on: May 10, 2015, 11:32:34 pm »

:-) ..... "had two months to think about things"   %)

Well with all that contemplation time >>:-( ...at least you could have tidied up the workshop a bit.........& wire tie that bl**dy chuck key to something special {-) ........ Derek


sorry derek but as well as the chuck key i've now lost the dyson somewhere in there, lol......daren't look...........don't know whar beastie might be lurking............lost the goldfish the other week............might have grown big teath and be lurking somewhere. %% %% %%
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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #488 on: May 10, 2015, 11:35:21 pm »

at least you could have tidied up the workshop a bit.............     


anyway...........been busy, thinking what insults i can add to my book of one liners ready for publication. {-) {-) {-) {-)
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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #489 on: May 11, 2015, 11:12:54 am »


Welcome back Neil.  Have a nice time.   :-))

Cheers

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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #490 on: May 11, 2015, 01:47:08 pm »

cheers Ken,


neil. :-))
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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #491 on: May 11, 2015, 08:22:59 pm »

Great to have you back on here Neil - I'm finding this build fascinating and, who knows, I might be inspired enough to try my hand at moulding, sooner rather than later.
 
Just keep it coming... :-))
 
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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #492 on: May 11, 2015, 09:26:40 pm »

thanks ray..........will be getting down to casting later this week.......hope to have some fittings out by weekend. neil
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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #493 on: May 20, 2015, 02:16:49 pm »

finally got down to somwe casting, and not in my usual style of looks ok, will be ok, I actually invested in a small set of digital scales that cost me 7 quid from asda. I also invested in a couple of jugs which I  marked A and B for the two resins and plenty of margarine, cream cheese and other assortment of little mixing pouring pots.
I was fed up of not mixing the exact amounts of each, giving rubbery or bubbly castings because of the imbalance of resin to hardener that I was judging by eye...........

and guess, what.............the mixes went great.

I am also using a new resin ( polyurethane none brittle) from another company and it is far less viscous that the stuff I was using from CFS and actually pours very well.........almost like water up until it goes off..........and hopefully this will help when I pour the split moulds with the large and small thin parts.

It also sets white rather than cream in colour.
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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #494 on: May 20, 2015, 02:41:04 pm »

Now then...............I have just pulled the first castings out of the  moulds........and was very very pleased with how my new resin has cast..........the replication of the small detail that I am these days capable of working at 1:43 scale is excellent.........might not please some, but I am happy with the outcome........so onwards and upwards and will now knuckle down to making the three sets needed for me and my friends, who are needing them.
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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #495 on: December 04, 2016, 03:43:29 pm »



Neil sent some photos to me this morning of his Caledonian MacBrayne ferry that he was /is still building, albeit slowly at the moment.

However it took a momentous step forward yesterday when, whilst having some radio gear checked out in Cheshire, he took the hull of the boat to New Brighton and gave it a "tank Test" as he called it in the Model yacht lake on New Brighton promenade, as it is too big to fit in his bath.

He thought that those who had been watching the build in the past might like to see it taking to it's natural element after so long. And not a leak in site, but plenty of ballast needed.

I think he was exuberant and has given him the enthusiasm to overcome his lethargy and crack on with the model.

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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #496 on: December 04, 2016, 05:36:20 pm »

Thanks for posting the pics Jim, it's great to see her on the water, even without the upperworks, vehicles etc..

Hope to see it in it's completed form sometime in the not-too-distant future. :-)

Regards,

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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #497 on: December 04, 2016, 08:07:48 pm »

Jim....please pass the remark on to Neil..... "that many are still watching:-))  ....

.... ok2 also that his build thread for this vessel has approx. 51 thousand views O0

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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #498 on: December 04, 2016, 08:29:58 pm »


Jim....please pass the remark on to Neil..... "that many are still watching:-))  ....

.... ok2 also that his build thread for this vessel has approx. 51 thousand views O0

Derek


Where does it say that, Derek.


That is amazing. I will tell him next time I speak with him.


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Re: JUPITER, A Caledonian MacBrayne Ferry....My new project.
« Reply #499 on: December 04, 2016, 10:07:00 pm »

Firstly, it amazes me that you can miss a topic despite being a member for nearly three years!

Secondly, while reading it and being inspired by the good step by step tutorial on GRP moulds and moulding, it was a roller coaster of a ride as first you left because someone was a daft biffer and then luckily for us you came back and showed us your excellent ship taking to the water  :-)) She looks lovely and cannot wait to see further progress shots.

Re tidiness, the sawdust and odds and sods help absorb spillage of tea dna resin I find :O)

How is your daughter doing at College? I hope all is well.
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