Maxx Brodeur Posted October 10, 2022 Share #1 Posted October 10, 2022 Allo everyone! My name is Maxx and I'm new to model ship building. I'm a rc sailing passionate and since I started I dream of making a tall ship and sail it. So I bought a Norske Love 1/75 from Billing. So far so good but I know there will be a time when I need experienced people to help me. Anyone else make their ship radio controlled? druxey, mtaylor, Peanut6 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted October 10, 2022 Share #2 Posted October 10, 2022 Great start 👍 Dave_E and mtaylor 2 Quote Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxx Brodeur Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted October 10, 2022 Thank you Patrick! I too have a furry forman Baker and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted October 10, 2022 Share #4 Posted October 10, 2022 Bonjour et bienvenue ici, Maxx! Dave_E and mtaylor 2 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxx Brodeur Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted October 10, 2022 Thank you Druxey! mtaylor, Dave_E and druxey 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonstable Posted October 10, 2022 Share #6 Posted October 10, 2022 Hello from Ontario, and from another brand-newbie on MSW! Maxx Brodeur, Dave_E, druxey and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted October 10, 2022 Share #7 Posted October 10, 2022 Welcome to MSW Maxx, Your project looks to be very interesting and a big challenge! Allan Maxx Brodeur and mtaylor 2 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_E Posted October 10, 2022 Share #8 Posted October 10, 2022 Hey Max, welcome to the forum! 👍😀 Maxx Brodeur, mtaylor and druxey 3 Quote Dave Current builds: Rattlesnake Completed builds: Lady Nelson On the shelf: NRG Half Hull Project, Various metal, plastic and paper models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted October 10, 2022 Share #9 Posted October 10, 2022 Hello Maxx, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor, druxey and Maxx Brodeur 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnLea Posted October 10, 2022 Share #10 Posted October 10, 2022 Bonjour! Comment ca va? mtaylor and Maxx Brodeur 2 Quote The closer you get to Canada, the more things will eat your horses. ~ T. King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouija2006 Posted October 10, 2022 Share #11 Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) Salut Max! Bienvenue à bord! Je vais suivre votre "build log" avec beaucoup d'intérèt! Au plaisir! Edited October 12, 2022 by Ouija2006 Typo mtaylor and Maxx Brodeur 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 10, 2022 Share #12 Posted October 10, 2022 Hi, Maxx! We encourage our members to tag there RC builds with the word "radio." If you click here, you'll see what we've got so far. A few of them are even tallships, like your own project. Good luck! Maxx Brodeur 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted October 11, 2022 Share #13 Posted October 11, 2022 Welcome to MSW, Maxx. Follow Chris's advice as to other projects and also start a build log. The log is a great way to get help. HardeeHarHar, druxey and Maxx Brodeur 3 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaager Posted October 11, 2022 Share #14 Posted October 11, 2022 Maxx, I have zero experience with RC, so everything I write about this is a layman's theory. I suspect that this is another Dennis Moore situation. It seems that in every case - the physics / hydrodynamics of a floating model when under sail does not directly translate to how the actual vessel behaved on water ? Wind is also a sort of fluid in this situation and the safe range is more of a log function than a linear one? (The safe range is narrow?) Much more ballast is needed? The degree of heeling allowed for a model of a larger vessel before it will not recover is almost nil? The hulls are either much deeper and way out of scale or there is wing below the keel. Either one tends to make a model sort of a pig when viewed on shore? (A very personal judgement since esthetics is not something that fits a formula.) Easy access to the bilge after a session is important? It is probably a really good thing for the bulk of the water proofing to be on the inside of the hull? POB is probably about the least efficient and most troublesome method to use to fabricate a floating hull. ( My solo bias is that POF with zero spaces is probably the user friendly fabrication method for an age of sail hull that is intended to take to the water. ) (A hollowed out loaf of sliced bread.) As with modern full size replicas, if you intend much time on the water with it, an electric version of a Volvo Penta would make control and recovery less frustrating. If this is more than a whim, a topsail schooner as a first ( you probably already have sloop down pat ) and then a brig, before wrestling with a three master (4 with the bow spars). mtaylor and HardeeHarHar 2 Quote NRG member 50 years Current: NMS HMS Ajax 1767 - 74-gun 3rd rate - 1:192 POF exploration - works but too intense -no margin for error HMS Centurion 1732 - 60-gun 4th rate - POF Navall Timber framing HMS Beagle 1831 refiit 10-gun brig with a small mizzen - POF Navall (ish) Timber framing The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1838-1842 Flying Fish 1838 pilot schooner - POF framed - ready for stern timbers Porpose II 1836 brigantine/brig - POF framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Vincennes 1825 Sloop-of-War - POF timbers assembled, need shaping Peacock 1828 Sloop-of -War - POF timbers ready for assembly Sea Gull 1838 pilot schooner - POF timbers ready for assembly Relief 1835 packet hull USN ship - POF timbers ready for assembly Other Portsmouth 1843 Sloop-of-War - POF timbers ready for assembly Le Commerce de Marseilles 1788 118 cannons - POF framed La Renommee 1744 Frigate - POF framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxx Brodeur Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share #15 Posted October 11, 2022 So in other words, you don't think it's going to work? ...and thank you for the welcome. HardeeHarHar and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaager Posted October 11, 2022 Share #16 Posted October 11, 2022 4 hours ago, Maxx Brodeur said: you don't think it's going to work? Not exactly - will not work - more that it may be a lot more complicated than it first appears to be. I have a Model Boats catalog of plans from about 1970. It has a lot of plans for pond boats and competition craft. About every one had an under water body that was unattractive. I suspect that there is a serious reason that such designs were done. While it may not be felicitous for first contact to be a warning that you may be in a mine field, it does not change the situation concerning the mines. I took it that by posting photos - you were inviting comments. Often, when I make comments like in the post above, others, who were much more informed and experienced jump in and clarify the situation. The result of the scrum is usually a lot of helpful information. My intention was to meet the first lesson in The Parable of the Frozen Russian Bird. mtaylor and Bryan Woods 2 Quote NRG member 50 years Current: NMS HMS Ajax 1767 - 74-gun 3rd rate - 1:192 POF exploration - works but too intense -no margin for error HMS Centurion 1732 - 60-gun 4th rate - POF Navall Timber framing HMS Beagle 1831 refiit 10-gun brig with a small mizzen - POF Navall (ish) Timber framing The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1838-1842 Flying Fish 1838 pilot schooner - POF framed - ready for stern timbers Porpose II 1836 brigantine/brig - POF framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Vincennes 1825 Sloop-of-War - POF timbers assembled, need shaping Peacock 1828 Sloop-of -War - POF timbers ready for assembly Sea Gull 1838 pilot schooner - POF timbers ready for assembly Relief 1835 packet hull USN ship - POF timbers ready for assembly Other Portsmouth 1843 Sloop-of-War - POF timbers ready for assembly Le Commerce de Marseilles 1788 118 cannons - POF framed La Renommee 1744 Frigate - POF framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocklouder Posted October 14, 2022 Share #17 Posted October 14, 2022 mtaylor and Maxx Brodeur 2 Quote Start so you can Finish !! Finished: The Sea of Galilee Boat-Scott Miller-1:20 , Amati } Hannah Ship in a Bottle:Santa Maria : LA Pinta : La Nana : The Mayflower : Viking Ship Drakkar The King Of the Mississippi Artesania Latina 1:80 Current Build: Royal Yacht, Duchess of Kingston-Vanguard Models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnguy68 Posted October 17, 2022 Share #18 Posted October 17, 2022 Greetings from Ontario! Your ship looks like a fantastic build.... mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxx Brodeur Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share #19 Posted October 17, 2022 1 hour ago, cdnguy68 said: Greetings from Ontario! Your ship looks like a fantastic build.... Thank you! mtaylor and cdnguy68 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flutlo6180 Posted October 22, 2022 Share #20 Posted October 22, 2022 Hi Maxx. Welcome aboard! Quote Ken Current Build Fair American - Model Shipways Completed Builds 18TH Century Merchantman Half Hull Planking Kit - NRG San Juan Felucca - OcCre HM Cutter Alert - 1777 - Vanguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deperdussin1910 Posted March 31, 2023 Share #21 Posted March 31, 2023 To Maxx...if you are still interested... Re: "The hulls are either much deeper and way out of scale or there is wing below the keel. Either one tends to make a model sort of a pig when viewed on shore? (A very personal judgement since esthetics is not something that fits a formula.)" Solution: Make the scale sailing hull you want. Deeper draft hulls are better because they give you more room below deck and can carry more ballast. The larger/longer the hull...the better the sailing characteristics...less corking/hobby horsing. Water proof the hull. Make hatches to be as large as possible to access the RC gear below deck. To obtain windward performance and scale hull appearance, make a detachable keel. Keep your build as light as possible and put all ballast needed for the Load Water Line at the bottom of the keel. Attached picture shows a 25 pound detachable keel for a three masted schooner. Threaded rods are glued into the keel and pass through the keel of the model in tubes and then are secured with wing nuts. This model can carry an additional 25 pounds of internal ballast. The limit to the size of you model is in lifting and transportation restrictions. mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic_Nao Posted April 1, 2023 Share #22 Posted April 1, 2023 Bonjour Cousin, bienvenue ici ! mtaylor 1 Quote Le meilleur apéritif n'est pas forcément le plus cher, c'est celui qu'on partage ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardeeHarHar Posted April 2, 2023 Share #23 Posted April 2, 2023 Welcome on board, and good luck with the RC job. It looks like FUN and a CHALLENGE, which will be interesting for all of us. Please make a build log and keep us all up to date on your voyage! mtaylor 1 Quote Brian Current Builds: HMBV Granado 1/64 Caldercraft; HMS Sphinx 1775 by HardeeHarHar - Vanguard Models 1:64-V2 Completed Build: HMS Bounty's Jolly Boat 1/25 Artesania Latina; Master Korabel - 1:36 Yefin Nikonov's Secret Vessel On the Shelf: HMBV Granado 1/48 CAF Model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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