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Freelancer II  |
Freelancer - the original.  |
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Yacht |
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Clyde Puffer Martin spotted the Clyde 'puffer ' in a photograph of my workshop on my
website at
www.johnsmodelmadness.co.uk
- The model, one of my fleet of
six assorted craft, was kit built by an ex-naval type. It was sailed a few
times then spent 10 years or so in a cupboard, as was the radio complete
with batteries which ' bloomed '. The Puffer was then gifted to me,
gratefully received promptly renovated. The prop shaft had seized up, not
due to corrosion but to decomposing grease, and soon responded to a spot
of grease of the elbow variety. The board speed controller was replaced
with a with a BEC, as in each of my boats. So to the pond a few days later
and an enjoyable hour or so sailing. It is a great favourite at the lake
as it looks quaint and sails convincingly, also many of the older folk
remember it as the vessel that the old reprobate ' Para Handy ' skippered
in a television series of years ago. |
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