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We are now over two month in on the
HMS Project and have now had the second build meeting, our model
of HMS Kent will shortly be taking to water for the first time,
although some way of being finished it's imperative to ensure that
the hull is water tight. (27th
November 2008) |
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To the left carrying out some wet and
dry sanding to the forward gun encasement, not much further to go.
To the right all heads down while discussing the ongoing build. |
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To the right, for the first time, some
new part on the scene. Peter and Nick have been busy working
on the rear hanger section, lets hope they don't need all the
hands on the final bit. |
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The pictures below were kindly taken
by Alastair Dengate on his mobile at the Clubs AGM, the rough cut
out of the deck were shown to the remainder of the committee and
the members that turned up, as can be seen some of the
superstructure, done by Dave Shirley was also on display. We have
now also taken delivery of the pain, so hopefully you should start
to see some battleship grey on the scene. (3rd
December 2008) |
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To the left when the deck was laid out
Dave Shirley added part of the superstructure. To the right
the committee and member look on. |
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To the right the discussion were on
going. |
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Today Ray Milliken came over with a
complete shaft assembly to size it up against the hull,
unfortunately the shaft length was a little short (36"), so we
need to arrange to get two new shafts (42") this was necessary to
enable the motors to be mounted between bulk heads opposed to over
the middle of a bulkhead which would affect the integrity of the
hull, nevertheless it was extremely impressive. Ray
performed a small test to see how the shaft performed, in air the
propeller does about 1500 RPM and draws about 2.56Ah (Amp Hour).
Brian and Paul Dengate started to cut the timber for the carrying
box's that the hull will live in. (6th December 2008)
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To the left pictures of one of the
shaft assemblies with a motor attached. To the right the rudder
assembly with the wooden form to fit the hull and servo mounting. |
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Pictures left below show the mounting
of the rudder tubes that Ray Milliken made, it was necessary to
lower them to ensure the rudders have plenty of clearance on a
full turn. Bottom right shows the forward and rear half of
the hulls under going it's first water test.. (14th December 2008) |
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The pictures to the right show the
hull being water tested three small leaks were found and it's now
back tot he workshop to apply more filler and resin |
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We now have some pictures of
components that are fitted to the deck, these are the harpoon
launching system, they are fantastic, and have kindly been made by
Richard Gardner. Richard is now commencing work on the
silo's. |
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A nice touch with the 50pence, to give
some indication of size. |
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Peter Clayton has also been busy and
this can bee seen in the hanger section of the superstructure, I
can not wait to see all these bit mounted to the hull. (20th December 2008) |
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The pictures to the left show the
hanger door, looking forward to the bow, the pictures to the right
show the starboard side of the hanger section of superstructure. |
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Just so you can see it's not all plain
sailing, after filling the house with smoke melting the moulding
compound, the temperature of the moulding jell caused the paint
under the fibre glass to blister and ultimately ruin both the
plug and the mould. However as an exercise fibre glass was
laid in to see the effects. Back to the drawing board and
possibly a second attempt. (28th December 2008) |
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The pictures to the right show the
final casting. If the paint hadn't blistered then this
should have been a perfect result. |
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