Hi All
Summer is here and I want to take a short break from spending ALL my spare time in the workshop.I am going to fill a few hours a week with this build which I anticipate should take me around 300 hours.This kit is a completely different style of building to what I normally post and so are the materials involved.We are seeing a few RC builds on the forum and I hope this log may be of use to someone who decides to build a working model.The model will include numerous working features including deck crane.Control of the model will be via a Robbe/Futaba F14 radio which is fully expanded and also was converted to 2.4GHz by Ripmax for me last year.This system is old tech now but is on of the few that were designed for use in a model boat.With the expansion modules I have fitted,this is capable of 144 different functions,far far more than most modern RC control units.I will cover the R/C aspect and it's implementation when I reach the wiring stage.
There is a bit of a story between me and this model.The kit used to be marketed by the now defunct German company Robbe.I bought the kit around 28 years ago and built to the hull stage but the part built model got badly damaged during some impromptu house moves after a messy divorce.The kit was rereleased a few years ago when Krick had purchased the insolvent Robbe company.Krick has remained fairly true to the original offering but has chosen to make some small alterations to reduce costs.Some of the machined fittings supplied by Robbe are now resin,but I still have the original Robbe parts from the kit I bought all those years ago.The micro geared motors for the working functions are not available but Krick has a different replacement for these.I anticipate some small changes to the mounting holes will be necessary.Biggest improvement though is that the ABS plastic frets are now fully laser cut.Robbe used to stamp these and the cuts never went all the way through the thick plastic.the stamping process also caused distortion of the parts which remained buckled even when cut from the fret.
I will include a brief history of the vessel before moving on to a few box pics(but not a proper review as such) then the build.I am playing catch up though,in one weekend I have the main running gear fitted and am working constructing the rear deck assembly now.This build will move faster than my updates such is the nature of construction.
I also have had lots of issues with my laptop and have a new apple Imac being delivered Monday.Having always used windows based computers I anticipate a bit of a learning curve using it.
Kind Regards
Nigel
Summer is here and I want to take a short break from spending ALL my spare time in the workshop.I am going to fill a few hours a week with this build which I anticipate should take me around 300 hours.This kit is a completely different style of building to what I normally post and so are the materials involved.We are seeing a few RC builds on the forum and I hope this log may be of use to someone who decides to build a working model.The model will include numerous working features including deck crane.Control of the model will be via a Robbe/Futaba F14 radio which is fully expanded and also was converted to 2.4GHz by Ripmax for me last year.This system is old tech now but is on of the few that were designed for use in a model boat.With the expansion modules I have fitted,this is capable of 144 different functions,far far more than most modern RC control units.I will cover the R/C aspect and it's implementation when I reach the wiring stage.
There is a bit of a story between me and this model.The kit used to be marketed by the now defunct German company Robbe.I bought the kit around 28 years ago and built to the hull stage but the part built model got badly damaged during some impromptu house moves after a messy divorce.The kit was rereleased a few years ago when Krick had purchased the insolvent Robbe company.Krick has remained fairly true to the original offering but has chosen to make some small alterations to reduce costs.Some of the machined fittings supplied by Robbe are now resin,but I still have the original Robbe parts from the kit I bought all those years ago.The micro geared motors for the working functions are not available but Krick has a different replacement for these.I anticipate some small changes to the mounting holes will be necessary.Biggest improvement though is that the ABS plastic frets are now fully laser cut.Robbe used to stamp these and the cuts never went all the way through the thick plastic.the stamping process also caused distortion of the parts which remained buckled even when cut from the fret.
I will include a brief history of the vessel before moving on to a few box pics(but not a proper review as such) then the build.I am playing catch up though,in one weekend I have the main running gear fitted and am working constructing the rear deck assembly now.This build will move faster than my updates such is the nature of construction.
I also have had lots of issues with my laptop and have a new apple Imac being delivered Monday.Having always used windows based computers I anticipate a bit of a learning curve using it.
Kind Regards
Nigel