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mamods can pull heavy loads (if you make them big enough!)
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bessytractor


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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

steamyjim wrote:
The hull being nackered cant take the weight of anthything as heavy as it ued to be.


I know, and most of its fibreglass now

They did an excellent job of the dock though, it actually looks like its still floating.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My grandad volunteers there
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

steamyjim wrote:
My grandad volunteers there


oh cool, my grandparents live just up the road in Weston-in-Gordano near Portishead, ever been there?
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Aye I been there

Where are you based anywhere near me then?
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Aye I been there

Where are you based anywhere near me then?


I myself live in Chertsey, Surrey, but I come to Somerset every so often. I think its a great place! I always bring an engine or a model boat with me.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What a model steam boat?
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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What a model steam boat?


no an electric tug

I am putting a steamer in my Titanic though
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Sounds good!
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I am putting a steamer in my Titanic though


Sounds good!


don't lol, the hull needs fibreglassing, the planks would leak if you merely looked at them
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