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View all@RodC I think that, like anything else, it's a matter of not letting your guard down and using good techniques. I do agree that any carel…
OK, now I got my first burn from touching a transformer in the wrong way in about 1967! Joined the Army to be an electronics technician i…
@AlessandroSPQR A few more photos of Nellie G and two more New England boats from the same kit maker
Where did you see the workers? By starting a new thread, you have made it hard to get back to the original post to have a look. Maybe you…
Double Promenades and Blue Swans? When the Victorian’s became dissatisfied with the unreliability of the tide to come onto the Southport …
After day’s careful sanding and re filling the hull it’s time to prime the hull. All planked areas have been masked off. The hull will be…
Been busy with other projects mainly customer clock servicing as this is my third boat build this Summer other work has suffered.
@DJW Ciao David, the details are very precise and well-crafted, but what really stands out is the hull—it is truly beautiful.
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View allI’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…
Bought the plans off the Wooden Boat Store they are quite strange to work to hand drawn and often contradictory first problem is printing them but the free v…
I'm designing what I hope to be an interesting build. It's definitely challenging for me! I started with the Freedom Song Boatworks kit of the Boothbay Harbo…
The build actually started over four years ago and is documented on another forum. I've added some pics that indicate the current state of the build, and wil…
Chocks Away I have found a very small image in CAD format ,that I will modify in Tinkercad or FreeCAD for my next project. Okay the starting point will be a …
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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I bought this boat from our local model shop Rossendale Models about …
Traxxas 3510 Nitro Vee
I just realized I've never posted my first-ever RC boat. My wife gav…
Robbe Skandia Sailboat
I cobbled this together from a very old Skandia kit. Had to purchase …
DragonForce 65
My first model RC. I have done some racing.
A Super Rapier?
I always thought that the Rapier had a much more modern hull design t…
Rapier 2.
This is another Rapier (my second) that I am restoring after buying i…
Original LesRo Sprite
More Like a Swamp Buggy? I bought this model in fairly rough condi…
Midwest #957 Seguin
A FB Marketplace find. Needs ESC and Receiver upgrades, but otherwis…