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Vosper RTTL
« on: August 24, 2013, 04:19:50 pm »

Hi All,
Joined up on here a few weeks ago, been lurking for a while whilst I dug the boat out that I started 6 years ago, that still isn't finished! Mainly due to my main hobby being Railways, especially garden railway stuff recently, the boat was left to gather dust.


Anyway, I finally found it in me to get the thing off the shelf and dusted off, which is a Model Slipway RTTL. It still needs painting and the running gear installing, but everything else is pretty much there! Thinking of putting 2.4ghz in rather than 40 mhz which I had originally planned, seeing as though I use 2.4ghz for the railway stuff!
Some pictures of the boat so far:






Cheers,
Steven
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Re: Hello!
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2013, 04:52:53 pm »


Welcome to the forum, nice bunch on here and some great advice if you ever need any.

Very nice, will look rather good when all finished...reminds me I have umpteen projects to do...static, dioramas and a large RC boat that seems to taking for ever... :((


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Re: Hello!
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2013, 05:18:52 pm »


Looks good so far!
 Dust it down get it painted and out on patrol!
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Re: Hello!
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2013, 09:11:36 pm »

Cheers guys!


Still unsure how I'm going to paint it, thinking of spraying the hull and superstructure, and hand painting the deck. I've got a nut brown paint that I think will go well on the deck!
Steven
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Model Slipway RTTL
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2013, 12:13:48 am »

Does any one know if these are still available? I fear their not.Bob
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Re: Hello!
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2013, 11:37:19 am »

They aren't listed on the model slipway site anymore Bob, don't know how long they have been off for, was a while since I bought mine!
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Re: Hello!
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2013, 11:56:37 am »

Many thanks Steve.Have found something here WWW.Kitshackmodels.com that might be the bizzo...wood.Cheers.Bob.
 
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Re: Hello!
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2013, 12:15:06 pm »

Hi Bob,

I found this one as listed in stock:
http://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/model-slipways-ship-kits/model-slipway-vosper-rttl-rc-ready.html

Which model did you find on the WWW.Kitshackmodels.com site, if I may ask?

Regards, Jan.
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Re: Hello!
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2013, 12:20:08 pm »

Blimey thats expensive! I only paid something like £40 for mine...  they are asking for £102? Must be because it's been imported to America?
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Re: Hello!
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2013, 10:37:43 pm »

Hi Pomp,these RTTL's don't appear on the Kitshack Web site from what i can see.I typed in Vosper RTTL Kitshack on Google and just down a bit you see it.There seems to be three different sizes,28,56 and 68 inches plus a 46 inch Crash Tender.They may be new?Hope this is of some help.Bob.
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« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2013, 05:58:47 pm »

Hi Guys,
I think I've done enough work on my RTTL now to justify starting a topic about it.
For those who haven't seen my intro post, It's the Model Slipway Kit, I started this 6 years ago, and it got waylaid, but I've been cracking on with it over the weekend!

This was the boat the other day:



Which swiftly had a coat of primer and then red oxide primer on the hull:



The superstructure has been painted, still need to add details like ladders and handrails:



More later hopefully when the hull has dried...
Cheers,
Steven
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Re: Vosper RTTL
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2013, 09:01:12 pm »

Well, the red oxide on the hull has dried, the finish seems ok, probably not up to the standards of most of you guys but it will do me!
Still need to paint the black on the hull, and try and get the waterline straight. Any tips on how to do this when using masking tape, the tape always just curves off away from the line >>:-(








I've also painted the deck, not so sure about the colour though, maybe after a few more coats of paint?



Cheers,
Steven
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Re: Vosper RTTL
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2013, 09:08:16 pm »

Nice!
Now it starts to look the part.

Regards, Jan.
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Re: Hello!
« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2013, 08:09:48 pm »

Cheers guys!


Still unsure how I'm going to paint it, thinking of spraying the hull and superstructure, and hand painting the deck. I've got a nut brown paint that I think will go well on the deck!
Steven

Thats how I did mine a few years back. It was my very first build and thoroughly enjoyed it.

www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,7644.msg85083.html#msg85083
 
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Re: Vosper RTTL
« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2013, 08:34:19 pm »

Thanks for the link Robert, your deck looks a lot better than mine at the moment, what paint did you use?. Also, how did you get on regarding the motor? I have had my suspicions before reading your thread that it doesn't look like a particularly fast one?


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Steven
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Re: Vosper RTTL
« Reply #15 on: August 27, 2013, 09:09:44 pm »

I was trying to remember, I followed the build in MB magazine, it was a tinlet of enamel. I switched the motor to a Graupner 400 and put in a universal coupling, as well as a mini-servo, cutout and installed just forward of the rudder post, all this made her much quicker and good scale speed and more responsive in turns.

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Re: Vosper RTTL
« Reply #16 on: August 27, 2013, 10:20:45 pm »

Cheers Robert, I will wait till the pond an see how I feel about the speed then make a decision.


Done a bit more this evening, hull now fully painted, awaiting white stripe on waterline. The mast has been done (lost the parts for this!) with some spare pieces i had lying about, and I've clagged a handrail on one side of the superstructure:











Cheers!
Steven
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Re: Vosper RTTL
« Reply #17 on: August 28, 2013, 05:38:51 am »

Model Slipway are usually good for spare fittings, but I'm not sure if they still do this kit.

Robert
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Re: Vosper RTTL
« Reply #18 on: August 28, 2013, 10:19:56 am »

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Which model did you find on the WWW.Kitshackmodels.com site, if I may ask?

Regards, Jan.

  Go to "Search"  bottom of list on LHS
 
 Type RTTL in search box  and enter.
 
   Strange they're not listed in the main add.
 
  Regards  Ian.
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Re: Vosper RTTL
« Reply #19 on: August 28, 2013, 04:30:08 pm »

Thanks Ian!

Both kits are a bit large for me (and my car...) though.

Regards, Jan.
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Re: Vosper RTTL
« Reply #20 on: August 28, 2013, 05:38:26 pm »

Smaller one on this site Jan?
 
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Re: Vosper RTTL
« Reply #21 on: August 28, 2013, 07:57:26 pm »

Anyone got any tips on how to stop the rubber flexible coupling from the motor to the prop from slipping off? Just tried it in the bath tub and it keeps slipping off once it gets to a certain speed?
Not sure what I'm doing in this instance!
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Re: Vosper RTTL
« Reply #22 on: August 28, 2013, 08:24:25 pm »


It's obviously stretched a bit. Can it be replaced  ?

Marks Model bits do have these if you want to replace it.

Cheers

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Re: Vosper RTTL
« Reply #23 on: August 28, 2013, 08:40:01 pm »

Great, thanks for the pointer.
I've just had a good look at the boat and I think I've found a bit of the problem...
The propshaft comes into the bottom of the hull quite close to the bottom, so theres quite an offset between the prop and the motor shaft. I can sort it by lifting the back of the motor slightly if I need to? I think this might help the problem?
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Re: Vosper RTTL
« Reply #24 on: August 28, 2013, 10:21:47 pm »

Hi Steven,

That's not a 'bit of a problem', that's how a motor should be mounted; in perfect allignment with the propshaft without any angle to speak of.

The propshaft in my MAS has a 7-8° angle, so has the motormount:



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