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11 blogsClassic Model Power Boats
by zooma
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Classic Model Power Boats is a title that I have used for many years to describe the group of model boats that most interest me and that …
1:12 Swordsman from Aerokits Kit Plan and Bulkhead Drawings from Chris.
by zoomaBRONZE
My first ever classic r/c power boat model was built in the 1960’s from an Aerokits Swordsman kit that was paid for from my meagre appren…
Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
by zoomaBRONZE
I 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 cho…
Original LesRo Sportsman Restoration.
by zoomaBRONZE
The original shape LesRo Sportsman is a model that had eluded me for many years, but I always liked the look of it, so when one came up o…
LesRo Sportsman (?) Restoration
by zoomaBRONZE
I have managed to acquire this model boat from a friend. The pictures that I will include as I work my way through it suggest to me (wish…
LesRo Rapier.
by zoomaBRONZE
Rapier1. When the first lock-down came along I dug out a couple of old wrecks that had been thrown away and had been saved from a skip so…
Classic Water-Cooled Model Power Boat Engines.
by zoomaBRONZE
Back in the 1960's when I made my first Classic Model Power Boat kit (an Aerokits Swordsman) almost everyone that ran model power boats c…
Fitzroy Storm Glass
by zoomaBRONZE
I was given this Storm Glass for my 76th birthday last month, and to be honest , I am not too sure what to make of it? This storm glass c…
Vic Smeed Remora from 1964 Model Maker Free Plan
by zoomaBRONZE
When I was at school and in my young to mid teens, I liked to read the Model Maker magazine that was current at that time. Although it wa…
Southport Lake
by zoomaBRONZE
This picture was taken by a friend on Sunday morning after everyone else had gone home to lunch - but it does show the club lake quite well.
How many model boats are symmetrical.
by zoomaBRONZE
Having built, restored, and bought quite a few old model boat kits over the years, I have always been surprised to find how non-symmetric…