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Which phase of building do you never look forward to ??

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mrlownotes:
Every hobby has its 'ups and downs'.The one phase of building a model boat that I never look forward to is setting the motor mount(s) in the exact necessary alignment.I've used , I believe, all the usual tried and tested ways

a) Locking the coupling with tubes
b) MMM's brass sliding alignment tool
c) Ammeter connected and running the motor to detect least current drawn
d) Line of sight, looking up the tube
e) Staring into the hull for hours waiting for an inspiration from the almighty

What part of building a model do YOU not look forward to ??

TugCowboy:
The deck. I always mess that bit up, lining it up right, making it exactly the right size or whatever I just always manage to get it wrong. If I could only buy one pre-made part of a model boat it would be the flipping deck!

grendel:

--- Quote from: mrlownotes on June 18, 2019, 10:21:29 am ---Every hobby has its 'ups and downs'.The one phase of building a model boat that I never look forward to is setting the motor mount(s) in the exact necessary alignment.I've used , I believe, all the usual tried and tested ways

a) Locking the coupling with tubes
b) MMM's brass sliding alignment tool
c) Ammeter connected and running the motor to detect least current drawn
d) Line of sight, looking up the tube
e) Staring into the hull for hours waiting for an inspiration from the almighty

What part of building a model do YOU not look forward to ??



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I resorted in the end to a model car front axle cv joint, and a built in adjustment to be able to tweak the angle of things.

Taranis:
Windows  {-)

Antipodean:
Sanding, but now I am building planing hulls in smaller sizes it isn't too bad  :-))

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