1/72 HMS Iron Duke - Type 23 Frigate

[Airborne01]

Two superb build in the offing! They both look absolutely spot-on and are more than inspirational to us lesser mortals!
Steve

[boatman]

Two superb build in the offing! They both look absolutely spot-on and are more than inspirational to us lesser mortals!
Steve

THANK YOU Steve youre all welcome an i think Garry would say the same as they are as the sayin goes we aim to please lol
chrisb

[Tworrs]

Two superb build in the offing! They both look absolutely spot-on and are more than inspirational to us lesser mortals!
Steve

Thank you Steve.

[JR]

Garry .
Probably a good thing that your both not going to use the same boating lake when there finished as there would be nothing else left floating !

Great to watch, I agree with Jim about the electrics , that is indeed a black dark art !

[boatman]

Garry .
Probably a good thing that your both not going to use the same boating lake when there finished as there would be nothing else left floating !

Great to watch, I agree with Jim about the electrics , that is indeed a black dark art !

YES John my ole nimtz aircraft carrier used to mow them down anything in the way as it took so long to stop her end result several smaller vessels deep sixed an yes John eletrics is a very dark art as ive been fitting them in my ships for 30 odd yrs an im still struggleling to understand how the eletrics works

an ive just heard from the gent who is makin my gun fire an gun flash unit an wow its not goin to be easy im afraid as what he told me is a bit complex if i understand him correctly an not a small unit either as he said the plastic box it all comes in is 4 an a half inches long an dont know the wheight but i hope not to heavy but at that length it will be a job to find space in the hull to fit it as in it there is a sound generator unit 'a timer unit 'an a amplefiyer unit ' an a maybe 4 inch speaker so a complex unit i only hope i can understand how to wire it all up an hope you had your breakfast in bed lol
chrisb

chrisb

[Tworrs]

I visited the lake at a local town today, and they were having the NZ National Radio Sailing Championship for RC yachts, I believe that they are the IOM class, and they are 1m long, with the event lasting for 3 days.
The competition was fierce as you can imagine.
I had a chat with one of the local organisers to see whether my frigate would be allowed to sale on their lake, and was pleased to say he said it would be fine, and he was also keen to see the ship. He was impressed that she is nearly twice the length of their yachts.
So in time I know where I will be sailing HMS Iron Duke.

[KarlW]

I built an IOM class a while back, but lack of local facilities means it's stuck at the back of a garage somewhere.
It probably wouldn't be a winner though but it was a learning experience.

[boatman]

I built an IOM class a while back, but lack of local facilities means it's stuck at the back of a garage somewhere.
It probably wouldn't be a winner though but it was a learning experience.

WEL Done Karl was it all scratchbuilt ?
chrisb

[KarlW]

WEL Done Karl was it all scratchbuilt ?
chrisb

Yeah, cut from balsa, strip planked hull then glassed over, carbon fibre keel and rudder, casting the lead keel bulb was fun, first go the mould wasn't 100% dry......sort of went bang.
Race winning boats are fibreglass made from a mould like the real things.

[boatman]

I visited the lake at a local town today, and they were having the NZ National Radio Sailing Championship for RC yachts, I believe that they are the IOM class, and they are 1m long, with the event lasting for 3 days.
The competition was fierce as you can imagine.
I had a chat with one of the local organisers to see whether my frigate would be allowed to sale on their lake, and was pleased to say he said it would be fine, and he was also keen to see the ship. He was impressed that she is nearly twice the length of their yachts.
So in time I know where I will be sailing HMS Iron Duke.

OH lovely to hear that Garry see you have someone intrested in seein her already an no doubt he will tell all his m8 's so she should get a good welcome an how big the lake roughly ? as our nowich pond is about 600 ft long by about 60 ft wide so plenty of room to take big models a pity the local council makes it awkward for us to park up to sail but a special evnts we can get our car right up to the pond edge but only a bout 4 times a yr so i sail alot at sheringham where there is no bother parkin but it a smaller pond but still big enough to take big models so im happy an how the work goin on I/D ?
CHRISB

[Tworrs]

OH lovely to hear that Garry see you have someone intrested in seein her already an no doubt he will tell all his m8 's so she should get a good welcome an how big the lake roughly ? as our nowich pond is about 600 ft long by about 60 ft wide so plenty of room to take big models a pity the local council makes it awkward for us to park up to sail but a special evnts we can get our car right up to the pond edge but only a bout 4 times a yr so i sail alot at sheringham where there is no bother parkin but it a smaller pond but still big enough to take big models so im happy an how the work goin on I/D ?
CHRISB

Chris the lake is quite large, it's about 14 hectares in total apparently, and pretty shallow being man made, so it is very calm.
Garry

[Allen Dewire]

That's some really nice scratchy work going on there Noah Garry...Real nice to hear you now have a place to sail her when she's finished. I guess sailing her in the bathtub wouldn't be too successful, would it!!!...

Prost
Allen

[scottie3158]

Garry, looking very nice mate.

[Tworrs]

That's some really nice scratchy work going on there Noah Garry...Real nice to hear you now have a place to sail her when she's finished. I guess sailing her in the bathtub wouldn't be too successful, would it!!!...

Prost
Allen

Thank you Allen, very kind of you to say. Yes, the bathtub would be a tad small.

Garry, looking very nice mate.

Much obliged Paul.

[boatman]

Chris the lake is quite large, it's about 14 hectares in total apparently, and pretty shallow being man made, so it is very calm.
Garry

HI Garry any chance of you sending us a pic of that lake where you will saill I/D
? an have you got your R/C set yet ? as love to see a pic of it when you can
Chrisb