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View allThe lower and upper cabins are joined by gang ways over the paddle boxes which makes this part of the build slow.. First part to make sev…
@jbkiwi Great work JB, At first glance I thought the name on the landing barge "SUBRITZKY" was Russian or somewhere around there. A coat …
As my Remora was charging around the lake today, I happened to comment to my friend Adam (who was with me making the short video of the K…
@zooma Kopy Komander looks good Bob, and appears to be behaving nicely now. It certainly seems to be capable of creating the 'white water…
@ChrisF Chris that boats looks amazing interesting your using strakes on the Hull will be intereing to see how you find the handling.
Somehow I managed to post the video of the maiden voyage lower down in the text below so please scroll down to see the video of it on the…
@paults I’d probably lean toward a marine adhesive/sealant rather than a general-purpose glue. I’ve had good results with Sikaflex 291 an…
@ChrisF Hope you don't have frequency interference problems. I've had to change to 2.4G. Good luck.
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View allI have been very pleased with my copy of a Sea Commander, but it does exhibit a strange desire to “dive” if it should turn RIGHT into choppy water or the wak…
I’m in the middle of building a 1:48 Directors‑class paddle tug — Forceful. I’m using the fibreglass hull and working from plan No. 1292, plus the two Marine…
I've bought the above kit to keep me busy during these dark dank winter months. Originally I had planned to build a 880mm (34.6") Bluebird of Chelsea plank o…
The hull sides have been painted white and will now be left for a week or more for the paint to harden. Reason I leave it that long is I prefer using 3M mask…
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