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I have a small model boat that needs a home so a little bump out needed for the estuary.
Poured the resin and sure enough, it's leaking. More hot glue, gaffer tape and crossed fingers.
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Those damned fingers of mine made this quite a painful project, but at least I got this far. I have a crew on order to complete the scene and then I can fix the cabin in place properly (don't look at the gap!)
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Very impressive - great job.
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Nice job and splendid looking lifeboat…….. although perhaps a bit of overkill for the size of estuary - just as well you didn’t have a model of the QE2 kicking around - LOL
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Hound Dog wrote: Tue Jul 08, 2025 7:30 pm Nice job and splendid looking lifeboat…….. although perhaps a bit of overkill for the size of estuary - just as well you didn’t have a model of the QE2 kicking around - LOL
Ideally it should have been a RIB, but 'Rule 1' can apply to boats as well.
Don't look in the goods yard, there's a '32 Ford street rod parked in there.
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Re: WEST ORTON

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It seems my attempts to cure the knocking noise from the rear axle of my old Triumph Spitfire have failed. Although I've replaced all the UJs, wheel and diff bearings it still sounds like a severely unbalanced washing machine on fast spin.
The diff will need to be rebuilt or replaced. The latter is ferociously expensive and the former is something I've not done before.
Deep joy. :roll:
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