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  1.    yvesvidal reacted to a post in a topic: Smit Rotterdam by Riotvan88 - Billing Boats
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    I'm now at the point of planning the RC installation for this model. I'm going to add one motor and one speed controllers per propellor running from a 6v lead acid battery. A 4 channel reciver. A bow thruster is already fitted. One channel for main motors, one for rudder, one for bow thruster and one for lighting. I have some questions regarding the setup. Are these motors sufficient for a model of this size. Roughly 3 foot long. Will probably use a 3:1 reduction gearing. For a prop speed of 3-4k RPM. Props are 50mm 4 bladed brass props. https://howesmodels.co.uk/product/mtroniks-m500-marine-brushed-model-boat-motor/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21441779751&gbraid=0AAAAADnynUeE5iH6EwmLgcOpElHwJTaoQ&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhOfLBhCCARIsAJPiopOojOmq524Fn5DHMjJm6r7lOi2getzkLiKo0P1tCgJVtuO4goqNubIaAihbEALw_wcB I also wondered since I'm going to have two speed controllers how will these be connected to the battery? Will I simply wire each SC battery leads into one plug? My last question is for the bow thruster. I guess it will also need an SC. This will be plugged into a receiver channel but will this SC also need to connect to the battery? So 3 SCs connected to the battery and each plugged into a channel on the RX? Any help for this is much appreciated. Thanks guys. Looking forward to fitting this boat out
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    You are probably correct. I've seen both red and black quoted for the antifoul. But Ibelieve most were black. That said I'm probably going to paint below the waterline a dark red because I think it will look better with the dark grey rather than grey and black whcih will be too similar. Although I'll check this first with some test pieces. I don't mind some artistic license for asthestic reasons on my models.
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    Progress so far. Hull almost finished.
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    This is my first wooden sailing ship started in 2020. Slow build. Progress so far,
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    Hi guys, I've an old Revell 1/72 Flower class corvette kit that I'm builing as HMCS Pictou I chose this ship because I've never seen it modelled before (probably because the paint scheme is one of the more "boring" ones) and I really like the ship in a simple paint scheme without the dazzle camoflage. I think the dazzle schemes hide the ships lines and in my opinion the Flower class has quite elegant looking lines. Here is a photo of the ship. I asked google AI to colorise the photo and it created the color one. AI suggested the dark hull color is Royal navy fleet grey RN 507A whilst the lighter color would be RN light grey 507C or wstern approaches white. Anyone know what colors this should be? I think the color picture is probably fairly accurete but I still would be interested in suggestions. Thanks
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    Some progress on my Nordkap trawler. Hull painted and base coats on superstructure. Superstructure rear deck still needs much sanding and final coat. The yellow stripe on the waterline is tape. I will paint a white boot top here before clear coating the hull
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    Small progress, had to make the anchor details for the fore deck before being able to glue down the forcastle deck and finish painting the hull
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    Thanks. It's 41 inch long 1/75 scale somewhat bigger than the billings kit which I believe is 1/90 scale. I'm not sure about the motor setup yet. Most likley a high torque low RPM 600 size motor powered by a 6v lead acid battery.
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    After much messing about I finally got the hull prepped with penetrative epoxy then glassed over using cloth and Gflex resin. Now painted with red oxcide primer.
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    Made a start on the deck. 3D printed jig for deck pattern
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    Superstructure and wheelhouse built up but loosely fit.
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    This is my Nordkap trawler build started in April it is based on the billings plans but since I wanted a small model it is built at 1:75 scale instead of 1:50 like the billings kit. This is my second scratch build alongside zwarte zee also 1:75. In the second picture you can see the small size of Nordkap compared to zwarte zee.

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