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View allDave!!! Great set-up! Jealous of the drill press!!! Is it an old "Shop-Smith"? Enjoy the cruise and send pix!!!!!
Good evening to all ship modelers, and specifically to those interested in planing hulls. Before copying the drawings onto a 2D plane (I’…
So, I wrote an email to the Maritime Institute of Ireland to see if they could help with some design specs. I just got this encouraging e…
More realistic pictures of my cluttered workshop will follow as I take them, but these pictures of a Rapier being restored show the type …
The recent (and on-going) interest in the LesRo Rapier has now reached a peak where more people would like to own one than there are avai…
Can you see me? This characterisation of myself in my workshop that chugalone100 has produced is worryingly accurate. It depicts my fondn…
@ChrisF Would you like to borrow my Rapier 1 to accompany the original kit plans and bulkhead templates? You could take a good look at th…
@AlessandroSPQR Thanks Alessandro, and yes, that's my main use for my FDM printer, I use a Creality K1C, amazing machine. It helps me tes…
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View allHi all, A new day, new information and... and new project. Planning to assemble a large scale wooden, or mixed media, replica of the RMS Tayluer which, on he…
The recent (and on-going) interest in the LesRo Rapier has now reached a peak where more people would like to own one than there are available. Very few LesR…
Can you see me? This characterisation of myself in my workshop that chugalone100 has produced is worryingly accurate. It depicts my fondness of the LesRo Rap…
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 had this hull for a few years & am now getting to building a model of Harken Towing’s tug HARKEN No 1. As per my usual it will not be an exact replica o…
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…
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My Workshop (shed). Can you see me? This characterisation of my…
Outboard Fisherman.
The first outboard motor powered r/c model boat that I have seen run …
My RTR/ARTR Plastic Power Boats
I bought the Club 500 first, ready assembled, off a fellow club membe…
Vector 80
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…
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