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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Tue May 12, 2020 6:28 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
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T33CNO Gunner
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T33CNO Gunner
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| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Wed May 13, 2020 1:10 pm | |
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davidjt Forum Sponsor
Posts : 534 Join date : 2013-01-08 Age : 72 Location : n wales coast
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Wed May 13, 2020 3:34 pm | |
| hi ,
it looks like a well detailed kit with well explained plan, and all the parts look good quality. hope you enjoy your build.
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Wed May 13, 2020 11:23 pm | |
| Thanks I will for sure. It is actually not so well explained..... but as little as she is still in the EXPERT category I guess this is due mainly to plank on frame perhaps but the very category name gives Billings a get out because the builder is expected to be able to work it out. I will be glass clothing the finished planking but I will still be doing a neat job as I'm not a big fan of filler. The fun will be those personal details and choice of colours | |
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davidjt Forum Sponsor
Posts : 534 Join date : 2013-01-08 Age : 72 Location : n wales coast
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Thu May 14, 2020 8:17 am | |
| hi,
plank on frame is the best part to me, i have built seven lifeboats from scratch plank on frame, and enjoyed every bit. plus another 6 or so other boats. take your time you may find that you can only do 2 planks per day using pva clamping is the hardest part, butting the planks as some will need bending.
happy days david | |
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Thu May 14, 2020 7:24 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Thu May 14, 2020 7:41 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Fri May 15, 2020 6:26 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
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barriew Captain (moderator)
Posts : 2631 Join date : 2011-11-26 Age : 84 Location : Thaxted, Essex
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Sat May 16, 2020 6:26 am | |
| Andy - where did you get the servo mounts?
Barrie | |
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Sat May 16, 2020 8:24 am | |
| Hi Barrie. I had to think hard about that. Short answer out of my bits drawer Long answer I think I bought them on eBay over 3yrs ago beyond my purchase history archive. I've had a good look this morning and cannot find any . I suspect they were a one man band cottage industry They did both sizes | |
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barriew Captain (moderator)
Posts : 2631 Join date : 2011-11-26 Age : 84 Location : Thaxted, Essex
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Sat May 16, 2020 8:41 am | |
| Thanks for looking!
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Sat May 16, 2020 9:49 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Mon May 18, 2020 6:42 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Mon May 18, 2020 7:02 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Mon May 18, 2020 7:12 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Tue May 19, 2020 9:07 am | |
| No modelling today due to an anniversary It seems the Turnigy Trackstar ESC I used in my Lobster boat has become very scare but I found an identical spec and appearance unit under another brandSo I'll be using thishttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hobbywing-QUICRUN-30A-16BL30-WP-SL-Brushless-ESC-1-16-1-18-RC-Car-On-Road-Drift/223427409398?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908103841%26meid%3De2622e0981c84450a2dd0cb8eeac1ce0%26pid%3D100227%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D14%26sd%3D223427409398%26itm%3D223427409398%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2053904%26brand%3DHobbywing&_trksid=p2053904.c100227.m3827 Sorry but I've no idea why the link takes up so much width | |
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Wed May 20, 2020 10:52 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Thu May 21, 2020 12:33 pm | |
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barriew Captain (moderator)
Posts : 2631 Join date : 2011-11-26 Age : 84 Location : Thaxted, Essex
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Thu May 21, 2020 12:50 pm | |
| Very neat planking Andy. I think Billings must have improved the quality of their timber since my last Billings kit. Barrie | |
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Thu May 21, 2020 1:11 pm | |
| Thank you Barrie. Yes the Obeche is certainly machined smoother, it's all to be filled and covered on glass cloth on the outside so only really to be seen on the inside. It's a steel hulled boat in the real world. | |
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Thu May 21, 2020 6:17 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
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| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Thu May 21, 2020 10:07 pm | |
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Roadrunner Forum Overlord
Posts : 1715 Join date : 2011-06-10
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Thu May 21, 2020 10:54 pm | |
| Good looking boat, bring back memory’s of doing a similar hull, one of my early days while I was still learning... leaked like a god damn siv, even after drying it and attempting to seal with epoxy... now consigned to grandparents front window I believe... good luck with your matting, always hate that job :P _________________ I'm Not Anti-Social, I'm Anti-Stupid.
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Fri May 22, 2020 7:01 am | |
| Yes a lovely shape indeed Aron. Just seeing someone else building one pushed me over the shall I/shan't I edge I'm fine with matting having the experience of double coating my Balsa skinned Lobster boat but I'm surprised Billings haven't done a plastic hull version of this. I think planking puts a lot of potential modellers off. Before anything else today I'm going to look at making the rudder shoe removable because once the keel is made ridging with glass it will no longer bend aside. Thanks | |
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Biggs Darklighter Deck Hand
Posts : 13 Join date : 2020-05-01
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Fri May 22, 2020 8:11 pm | |
| Good job spilling those planks! Turned out nicely! | |
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Fri May 22, 2020 8:51 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
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| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Sat May 23, 2020 10:30 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
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| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Sun May 24, 2020 4:37 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
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| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Mon May 25, 2020 2:25 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
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| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Wed May 27, 2020 9:33 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
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| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Wed May 27, 2020 9:44 pm | |
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Roadrunner Forum Overlord
Posts : 1715 Join date : 2011-06-10
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Fri May 29, 2020 10:20 am | |
| Turning out to be a really nice looking boat! Impressed with the quality I’m seeing, billings kits tend to be pvc hulls but this, very Nice indeed, great work so far! _________________ I'm Not Anti-Social, I'm Anti-Stupid.
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Fri May 29, 2020 2:50 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
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| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Fri May 29, 2020 2:58 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
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| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Fri May 29, 2020 10:58 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
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| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Fri May 29, 2020 11:03 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
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| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Sat May 30, 2020 1:57 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
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T33CNO Gunner
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| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Sat May 30, 2020 9:46 pm | |
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T33CNO Gunner
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| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Sun May 31, 2020 4:31 pm | |
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barriew Captain (moderator)
Posts : 2631 Join date : 2011-11-26 Age : 84 Location : Thaxted, Essex
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Sun May 31, 2020 6:34 pm | |
| Andy - I am accused of building too quickly, but I think you take the record It certainly looks as though Billings have greatly improved the quality of their kits. Barrie | |
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T33CNO Gunner
Posts : 152 Join date : 2020-03-14 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Sun May 31, 2020 6:58 pm | |
| Well I only have experience of Billings since 2017 in recent history but in years gone by I started a Norske Love around 1986 and I don't recall any problems with it other than with a growing family I never got further than planking the hull. I also wondered why the heck I bought it as its a static build so wasted time and money. I can only imagine that some individual models were better than others? most likely. No problems to shout about with this unlike some far more expensive kits Cornwall models are far cheaper than anyone else on Billings and every penny saved is certainly ploughed back in in paint etc if you want a good quality result. I really needed a break from the intensity of another model I'm building for something I planned to be around four weeks instead as a breath of fresh air. As for speed I'm not fast but I use many hours at leisure. I have the time and the wife has her own hobby so nothing competes for our time. I have a Hoga tug kit I bought off a club mate and a Nordkap to start as well as my Rotterdam to finish Billings Facebook builders group is very friendly and of course brand specific, I'm enjoying participating there and they're extremely appreciative. Another builder called Carsten started the Boulogne a while ago and it was his posts that lead to me buying the kit. I am of course well in front of him now but I'm sure he is thankful 19 days so far and I can almost see the end but I can't sail her | |
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barriew Captain (moderator)
Posts : 2631 Join date : 2011-11-26 Age : 84 Location : Thaxted, Essex
| Subject: Re: Billings Boulogne Etaples BB534 Sun May 31, 2020 7:03 pm | |
| I must admit I have tended to buy old kits off ebay. The wood quality has been pretty terrible, and of course no laser cutting. I wanted to build the small Andrea Gail, but it seems to have gone out of production I certainly agree you can't beat CMB on price or service. Barrie | |
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