Hi Tony, Jean-Yves and all, A new source for pop-pop hulls is evolving on the Phlatforum where several members are building radio-controlled boats and planes...
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Tony
tony.hedgewolf
Jan 20, 2010 9:07 pm
Jean-Yves {:^) My main interest is also in the engines themselves - I now have a coil type on the bench, working on a nice powerful burner to go with it. Sadly...
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whitedenims
Jan 21, 2010 4:44 am
There is a $950 3D printing device called the MakerBot that may be of interest to this communty. Additionally, HP is apparently planning to produce a desktop...
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jeanyves_renaud
Jan 21, 2010 8:11 am
Hi Tony, What causes a pop-pop to not get running properly? If you are not waiting for a performing engine I use to say that any pipe closed at its upper end...
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frankmcneilll
Jan 21, 2010 1:08 pm
Hi Kenneth and All, I put up a new home page picture of a virtual model of Britain's magnificent Warrior of 1860 "borrowed"; from the SketchUp warehouse....
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frankmcneilll
Jan 21, 2010 2:13 pm
Hi Tony and Jean-Yves, The same topics come up every now and then. This one seems to be a repetition of Message #498 posted by Vance Bass about a boat that ran...
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Pete
northriver07
Jan 23, 2010 2:14 pm
Hi Frank and gang, I'm a product designer working with CAD.... We use 3D printing & 3D scanning frequently at work. We design and manufacture fans for...
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zoomkat
Jan 23, 2010 7:47 pm
Being practical, somebody needs to make some working prototypes of the desired boats. There was talk of wooden boats and now possibly plastic ones. There is a...
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Pete
northriver07
Jan 24, 2010 1:32 am
Hi Zoom... You make all valid points. From what I understand the Phlatprinter cuts plastic at present. One that cuts thin wood is in the works. Hulls could be...
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Pete
northriver07
Jan 24, 2010 3:11 am
This "Wacky Lassie" could be scaled & modified for a Phlatprinter pop-pop boat hull. http://www.alaska.net/~fritzf/Boats/Wacky_Lassie/Wacky_Lassie.htm Pete...
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frankmcneilll
Jan 24, 2010 11:54 am
Hi Pete and All, I put up another home page picture to show a model of a Civil War ship, CSS Albemarle. Go to http://tinyurl.com/y8s5u4z for information about...
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Pete
northriver07
Jan 24, 2010 4:01 pm
I can relate to the Albemarle... A friend, Carl Kriegeskotte produced a documentary for the History Channel called "The Most Daring Mission of The Civil War"....
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zoomkat
Jan 24, 2010 6:08 pm
Just a reality check, plastic and fire do not mix well in a commercial setting. Wood or metal would probably the only materials that an insurer would...
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Don & Marsha Munsey Jr
bigswede073
Jan 24, 2010 6:16 pm
My Friends, A sister ship to the CSS Albemarle, the CSS Neuse, is preserved to this day in Kinston, NC. Here are a couple of links for the park & the...
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Pete
northriver07
Jan 24, 2010 8:41 pm
Plastic is definitely no the material of choice for a commercial pop-pop kit. I do however think that it is a starting place for a new venture. I have seen...
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Pete
northriver07
Jan 24, 2010 8:44 pm
Don, Thanks. I ran across that name before during my many searches. I may even have the site linked to my favorites. Looks like a place to put put on a "to...
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frankmcneilll
Jan 26, 2010 11:44 am
Hi Don & Marsha, Pete and All, I may have added plans for the card stock model shown as the home page picture. It was designed by Magnus Mørk, a talented...
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Pete
northriver07
Jan 27, 2010 2:18 am
Success! CSS Albemarle cardstock plans have been added to files section. Cautiously downloaded software that could open a .rar file. I extracted the zipped...
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Donald Qualls
silntobsvr
Jan 29, 2010 1:52 am
There's a common program called WinRAR that will compress and decompress RAR format. This format was popular on newsgroups and some mailing lists, originally...
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frankmcneilll
Jan 29, 2010 11:13 am
Hi Donald, I have "silently observed" that most software offered as "free" is about as free as the cheese that trips a mouse trap. Our Pete is Mr. Persistence...
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Pete
northriver07
Jan 29, 2010 11:55 am
... Our Pete is Mr. Persistence Personified. My wife would say "Stubborn";! I have extracted ALL of of the Cardstock Files. They are all individual pages. To...
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frankmcneilll
Jan 30, 2010 1:23 pm
Hi Pete, We need to find somebody to produce models or kits based on those cardstock designs. Maybe Ed Fillion (Deerfield River Laser at edfillion448@... or...
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frankmcneilll
Jan 30, 2010 1:59 pm
P/S to previous message, Links to Deerfield River Laser and Frenchman River Model Works have been added in the links section. If anybody knows of other...
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Tony
tony.hedgewolf
Jan 30, 2010 3:23 pm
{:^) I can imagine what my wife would call me at the moment, if asked about my latest hobby... As it happens,I'm looking for a hull design into which to fit my...
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Don & Marsha Munsey Jr
bigswede073
Jan 30, 2010 3:23 pm
The Deerfield Laser barges (coal & salvage) may provide a better starting point - as is - they are all wood, open frame construction - which would allow easy...
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frankmcneilll
Jan 30, 2010 5:10 pm
Hi Don & Marsha, My post was based on the possibility that somebody who sells laser cut kits might be interested in developing kits for pop-pop ironclads and...
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Pete
northriver07
Jan 30, 2010 11:48 pm
I've worked with Ed Fillion on my Fulton Engine Project. He's a hell of a nice guy. He was a member of Pop-Pop but resigned as he didn't want to take time from...
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Donald Qualls
silntobsvr
Jan 31, 2010 1:00 am
... Some of us remember when most software you could download was genuinely freeware -- this was back in the days before so many companies found ways to make...
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Don & Marsha Munsey Jr
bigswede073
Jan 31, 2010 11:54 am
Pete, I agree with you about Ed - He's great to work with! He has cut a few (tug, 2 barges & small engine house) of his 1:48 kits in 1:64 for my modeling at a...
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np2153
Feb 3, 2010 3:39 am
Hi everyone, A while back I offered the suggestion that a Kitchen rudder might be one way of controlling the speed and direction of a pop-pop boat, and might ...
