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                        Novelty Radio to Model Ship Project

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                        Vagabond_Astronomer
                        • Member since
                          July 2009
                        • From: Jacksonville, Florida
                        Novelty Radio to Model Ship Project
                        Posted by Vagabond_Astronomer on Saturday, January 19, 2013 3:06 PM

                        Hello All,

                        I posted this over on my blog today - 

                        A Proper Santa Maria Model... As A Radio?

                        I'm going to toss this out there; how would any of my fellow builders here approach this?

                        Cheers,

                        Rob

                        "I have loved the stars too dearly to be fearful of the night..."
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                        Don Stauffer
                        • Member since
                          November 2009
                        • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
                        Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, January 20, 2013 11:13 AM

                        Only if you are an experienced RC ship person.  RC sailing ships are neither the easiest form of RC ship to sail, nor to build.  SM would even be a challenge to an experienced RC sailing ship person.

                        Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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                        subfixer
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Spartanburg, SC
                        Posted by subfixer on Sunday, January 20, 2013 11:34 AM

                        Rob removed an AM radio from the model. I don't believe he is attempting to make it Radio Controlled, he is just using the hull as a starting point to make a model.

                        I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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                        Vagabond_Astronomer
                        • Member since
                          July 2009
                        • From: Jacksonville, Florida
                        Posted by Vagabond_Astronomer on Sunday, January 20, 2013 4:03 PM

                        An RC Santa Maria. I built some 1/144 RC ships back in the early 80's (HMS Hesperus, a sub chaser, small vessels). A sailing ship?

                        Functional rigging on the mizzen would be a bear all by itself, you'd need a false keel to make up for...

                        Oh yeah, it'd be hard!

                        "I have loved the stars too dearly to be fearful of the night..."
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