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942 blogs · Page 15 of 40Balloon Buster
by GARTH
Balloon Buster is no more will make a 21 inch fishing boat Ran model Thursday at Leander used clear Hockey tape to hold deck on it ran we…
Bluebird of Chelsea
by ChrisG
I have had an interest in Dunkirk Little Ships since assisting a very good friend to move his from Cookham nr Maidenhead down the Thames …
Mississippi River Tow Boat
by StanC
Modeled after a 145 ft length and 48 ft breadth 6000 hp twin screw kort nozzled river tow boat, The Samuel B Richmond was started in 2019…
Atlantic "Tug" [sic] Restoration
by LewZ
Hi all... A while back I was given two Atlantic "Tugs" (by separate people). One was in very good condition (but with the old FM radio) w…
Can someone tell me the make and model of this boat please
by RobertS
I purchased this fire boat off ebay. I would like to know please what make / model and scale size it is please to make sure there is no p…
Veronica - Thames Sailing Barge
by Jerry 001
Hi We’re scratch building the boat with plans from Sarik. She’s 1/24th scale and the original was owned by the company I first went to se…
Restore or burn ?
by flaxbybuck
This is the story of Albert, a pond yacht made by an uncle in 1926 and given to me in 1959. The photos show how she looks now, and how it…
SMIT Nederland Dutchbat harber tug
by Albert90
This kit from BillingBoats, the SMIT NEDERLAND was A harber tug in Rotterdam Netherlands build in 1979. There where 9 of this tugs workin…
Kiel craft 43 inch Raf tender
by Stephen TGOLD
This boat was made from the first batch of models in the 1960 it's well built and along the way has lost a few white metal parts and midd…
M.V. Dante
by WestwindSILVER
Hi All, just thought I'd share a few picks of my current build. The kit is the M.V. Dante by Deans Marine. The kit is a representation of…
Alwyn Vintcent Steam Tug 1:32
by Alannicholls
Originally scratch built in 1:50 scale using plans drawn from photographs. Obtained copy of Constructors Drawings to verify dimensions an…
Aeronaut's Cabin Cruiser Diva - My First Build of an RC Boat
by firefighter
Well, here goes part one of my build blog on constructing the the Cabin Cruiser Diva. As this is my first ever build blog if I'm doing so…
Hallet SK Drag boat
by River Rat
I know this is not the normal build on this site but I thought if y'all want to see it I will keep posting. This is a replica of a boat t…
Building Bella
by AndyB
This is a well known kit and there are plenty of examples to be found via a search of the internet. This kit was acquired via a friend fr…
Winter Project
by GARTH
Picked up a free hull it was a Dumas Boat SKDADDLE- Too was a high-speed racing model boat The model was designed for a gas motor & outri…
Aeronaut Kalle
by CashrcGOLD
Hi y’all. I was lucky enough to sell a few kits I decided not to build, I got them over the past couple of years doing trades with my loc…
£6 paddle boat
by tturpin17
Saw this on eBay I thought it might be a fun thing to build in my spare time and for £6 you can't go wrong. The kit was supplied with las…
Beam Trawler Build (single drag net)
by LewZ
I have been asked by Mike (on this forum) on how I made the fish net for my trawler, so I decided to enter this in a build blog for anyon…
RO-Marin Najade Motor Yacht
by MouldBuilder
This is a model originally produced by Robbe but has now been reintroduced by Krick. I have read the instructions from start to finish. I…
Eventide
by neilw
Have to admit to being a fan of Maurice Griffiths so when Model Boat Magazine announced that there was going to to be an 1:12 Eventide pl…
HMS Diana(38) Heavy Frigate
by cormorant
Some two years ago I built HMS Cruizer, a 1/64 scale brig sloop from the Nelson's Navy series made by Caldercraft, aka JoTiKa. Some of yo…
RoMarin/Krick Happy Hunter Ocean Going Tugboat Build, 1.50th scale!
by figtree7nts
Hi all, This is my Happy Hunter Build! I actually started it over a year ago! But after some personal events. I am now continuing my buil…
Precedent 49" Perkasa
by neilw
A few months ago my wife came across a Precedent Perkasa kit in a charity shop for £50. I've been restoring classic and vintage racing di…
International Dragon "White Lady" DEN 166 1:6.
by AllanM
Pedersens & Thuesens Boatyard put the small town of Bramdrupdam on the world map when, in almost two decades, they built 97 of the world'…