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Yes Kermit, that will work as well, Glass is handy for cutting things on, I have a large panel that I used to cut ripstop sails out on. The cutting worked fine, the sails not so well as ripstop nylon stretches every way except the way you want.
Well that is a bummer about your camera footage, would it work any better if you faced it to the stern rather than the bow?
Yes Capt’n you can cut almost any shape with it. Its what I do all the plane & boat names, sail numbers etc, however for pinstripe its easier to go to an automotive shop & just buy a roll of it in whatever width you need.
Got some nice pics there Kermit but where is your deckcam footage?
Here is a bit of video from this morning
That’s next on the list of things to do.
Just need to change it from Crash Land to Vertical Land.
I had it in the other mode for the Bad Angel to get his Funny of the Day AND HE MISSED IT.
No second chances though (hopefully)
Well with a little bit of patience & some contact adhesive the X-Vert VTOL aircraft is ready once again to take to the skies.
I haven’t decided whether to refit the FPV camera or not at this stage, might make sure she is flying OK first
Another fine quality production there BA. It’s a pity you missed some (all) of the funnies but there is always next week.
The Bush Mule sure sounds sweet with the Twin Motors, worth buying a twin engined anything just for the sweet sound!!
Nice bit of censoring on the “George” clip, after all we can’t have the pollies having all the fun with their “Black Texta’s” eh!!
Its been a while since this post was updated but the cabin interior has now been designed, printed & installed.
With no plans of the original Chief Seattle Fire Boat (which Rescue 17 was modelled off) I had to work from the only decent interior pic I could find.
So with the pic in hand it was off to the 3D modelling software to try and recreate something similar. It was decided to design each panel separately then glue them together.
Certainly made printing a rather complex design much easier.
Below is the final design of all separate parts ready for printing
Of course there was the ships wheel as well which ended up connected to a servo and now operates with the rudder.
Below are actual pics of the printed & assembled interior
The whole interior is installed with just 2 screws & a 3D printed clip in design so removal for maintenance is very easy.
Only thing left now is to replace the temporary cardboard ceiling lining with a Styrene sheet one and fit the interior light fittings over the LEDs.
Here is a brief demo of the remote 8 channel lighting control system (https://youtu.be/2gOvQzanPjY)
and a test video from Lauderdale Canal
G’day Tug, yes definitely a rare event, judging from previous posts on the matter.
I guess they are getting older & improving their driving skills, or perhaps they are just trying not to stress out poor old Granddad with the endless repairs.
That pic is just Kermit in his BoBo the clown costume.
Ah, bring on summer.
Managed to get a couple of coats of primer on the hull today.
If it all sands up ok in the morning I should be able to get the antique white top coat done tomorrow.
Moose, you have to remember that Kermit may be just a frog but he is also Clown in residence so we all need to cut him a bit of slack from time to time.
With all the varnishing now finished it is time to start the prep work for painting the hull & cabin tops.
After much scraping & sanding all paint has been removed from the hull back to the gelcoat. This was required as most of the original paint was not well adhered to the hull, no undercoat had been used & I reckon there was still mould release wax on the glass hull which would account for the paint peeling & chipping so easily.
Hopefully this time it will be better.
Half way there !
Well, that’s the hull stripped
Now just need to sand the keel & bulb smooth then give the hull a once over with Wet & Dry to clean up any remaining marks then it should be ready for the primer .
