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  • Birthday 10/20/1961

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    Rathmines NSW Australia

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  1.    Mark Pearse reacted to a post in a topic: Ranger type yacht by Mark Pearse - 1:12 - SMALL
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  4. Bedford
    I love that last shot, beautiful planking. More use of Huon Pine, lovely stuff!
  5.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: Ranger type yacht by Mark Pearse - 1:12 - SMALL
  6.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: SMS WESPE 1876 by wefalck – 1/160 scale - Armored Gunboat of the Imperial German Navy - as first commissioned
  7.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: Ranger type yacht by Mark Pearse - 1:12 - SMALL
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  11. Bedford
    Mark, I went to the Boat Warehouse on Monday and they have a model Ranger too, not a patch on the ones you build though. Meanwhile, I'm in Rathmines on Lake Mac and building my 2nd 12 inch the the foot model
  12.    Jack12477 reacted to a post in a topic: Ranger type yacht by Mark Pearse - 1:12 - SMALL
  13. Bedford
    Nice planking job Mark, and didn't Cliff draw beautiful lines!
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  17.    Bedford reacted to a post in a topic: SMS WESPE 1876 by wefalck – 1/160 scale - Armored Gunboat of the Imperial German Navy - as first commissioned
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  23. Bedford
    Yes, I've seen and held Johns previous model and it's just beautiful. The man does excellent work!
  24. Bedford
    Well done! She looks brilliant out there
  25. Bedford started following Cyclone-Class Destroyer 1902 by Valeriy V - scale 1:45 - Russian Imperial Navy and 21' Fisherman's Launch by Vaddoc - Scale 1:10 - Plans from Howard Chapelle's "Boatbuilding"
  26. Bedford
    I haven't used it on any models yet, I'm too busy taking Sheriff Brodys advice and building a bigger sail boat.
  27. Bedford
    I use PVA and a little C.A. where applicable unless it's going to get wet in which case I use epoxy. Used WEST on the first RC one I did and it's a nightmare, the stuff goes off while you're mixing it! I now swear by Bote Cote. No nasty chemicals and no hardening anxiety, it gives plenty of work time to get a good job.
  28. Bedford
    Nice to see you making some progress mate, You'll have to elaborate on the restoration project. There are a lot of beautiful, and some quite large, ship models there.
  29. Bedford
    Hey Mark, nice to see some progress. What epoxy are you using and do you know the tricks of how to easily work with the stuff? If not feel free to ask
  30. Bedford
    That's a great demonstration, lovely to see it moving with all oars. If you look at the rudders on RC sailboats you'll find they are normally way oversize because scale size isn't enough so if you want scale rudders you might need to get creative like, and it's a sneaky and historically abhorrent solution but I'm sure you could get a small bow thruster to slip into probably the stern, for proper movement, to help it turn.
  31. Bedford
    All that beautifully intricate work foiled by cheap crap auxiliary components. It drives me mad that I can't buy good quality things like that anymore
  32. Bedford
    It had to be incredibly frustrating having gone to great lengths to get the planking so good only to see it open up. It looks brilliant now but I'd be inclined to get that paint on as a matter of urgency to seal it before the moisture level changes again.
  33. Bedford
    I love the lines of a Ranger, looking good Mark
  34. Bedford
    The Couta Boat is considered such an icon of Australian nautical history that there is one at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Nice to see a model build of one.
  35. Bedford
    On the subject of rudders, I wonder if they were, in reality, more trim tabs than actual rudders, as is the case in tall ships in which the set of the sails does most of the heading work. Having had the helm on a 4 man row boat I can tell you the rudder only has any real effect when the oars are out of the water so you end up with a segmented turn.

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