Showing posts with label Damper Van. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Damper Van. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Damper van - Heavy Man !

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This blog does not normally cover die-cast releases, I can't get over the idea that's it's just blokes buying toy cars. However ...
Friday, February 12, 2010

Damper decisions

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Desperation has set in. The Dampervan doesn't float and if the project can succeed that's precisely what it must do. I pondered addi...
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Starting again

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Araldite joins between plastic and stainles steel tube can be broken with a bit of wiggling one you've chipped the glue away. I found th...
Monday, February 08, 2010

Fully loaded Damper

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Fitted with the 9V battery plus the receiver and speed control, the Damper van doesn't sink ! But only just. The water is at the very to...
Friday, February 05, 2010

Battery options

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The Damper van sailed OK last time but only if ignored the gentle sinking going on. My feeling is that the battery pack at the front was to...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Second sail

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Back to the damper van - last time the model had received front and back extensions filled with polystyrene foam. I hoped this would provide...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010

More styrene

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I am determined to keep this thing afloat. Front and back the Damper van has hollow bottomed extensions and while I could just cover the bas...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Damper nose

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If I thought the back end of the Damper van was "fun" then its nose is something else. The flat top went first - I scaled the leng...
Thursday, January 07, 2010

Platform for the back end

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My miniature Hammond will need somewhere to stand so a bit of plasticard work produced a reasonably scale platform for the back end of the D...
Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Test tank trials

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One handy thing with small boats is that you don't need to fill the batch for the initial testing - a wash basin will do. As well as bei...
Monday, January 04, 2010

Adding bouyancy

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Revell didn't really think of the poor modeller much when they designed this kit. Flipping the kit on it's roof, I find that there a...
Thursday, December 31, 2009

Dampervan rudder

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If this thing is to work on water I had better sort out some steering. The easiest way to do this appeared to involve a ready to use rudder ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

VW Wheels

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What with the propeller sticking out of the bottom of the Damper van, the model now won't sit properly on the workbench. I can't be...
Thursday, December 24, 2009

Pleasure in plastic

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This is a fun rather than a serious project and I've found one of the good bits. Since the model is based on a plastic kit, where I can,...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Power !!!

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Since this is a model of a prototype vehicle built by the Top Gear team it's going to need a big engine. This one is a whopper. A Graupn...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Stoppering holes

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The T25 kit is a pretty good basis for a boat. The body is a tub to which you attach the chassis. Of course the kitmakers didn't conside...
Friday, December 18, 2009

Ingredients: 1 plastic kit

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While I might admire the card kit Damper Van, I didn't ever intend it to float. That's too much like hard work and even if I managed...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

Damper Van

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I know what you are thinking, "A badly made card kit, how is that a project ?" You are right. This is a badly made card kit. I p...