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by pressonreguardless
SILVER
Started the Runabout. Using my Lion Miter trimmer to cut the planks, and my block plane to trim to the chine. Then a sanding block for th…
1/16th Model Slipway Trent deck splitting
by Heners2332
The deck is splitting and cracking on the surface and join to the hull. What glue is recommended to prevent further cracking and fill the…
A Banana Boat??!
by cjanik001
Happy Groundhog Day fellow model boaters. Seemed like a good day to start a build blog after the weather we have been having here in SE T…
LesRo Rapier.
by zooma
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…
Wave master boat
by Stephen TGOLD
This is a classic wave master it was built in the fifty's a nd a internet buy I have stripped out the rc engine and its tanks now on the …
3D printed tugboat
by JSS4
This was my first attempt at 3D printing an RC boat. With plans to print a large navy ship I wanted to confirm that I could actually get …
Model Shipways
by GARTH
Monday, February 16 2026, is a holiday called Family Day in Canada so I decided to build a lifeboat that a fellow in the boat club gave m…
1008 tug mods
by JSS4
Here's another Aliexpress boat, I got inspired after seeing another build on facebook. I don't have the skills to meet his build but I fi…
Converting a toy semi tractor trailer into a decent RC model Unit
by LewZ
Another RC hobby? I'm already into RC scale model boats (since the early 1970's) and RC armor (since 2015) I am branching out to RC scale…
Midwest/Model Expo Fireboat
by chugalone100SILVER
Model Expo has confirmed that production will soon begin on a new Midwest kit: the Fireboat, presented at a scale of 1/2" = 1 foot. To cl…
Classic Water-Cooled Model Power Boat Engines.
by zooma
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…
Krick Paula | Work / Crane Boat
by Heners2332
Kit Build bought from Krick. Formerly a Robbe Kit but now known as Romarin by Krick. 72cm length with a 600 motor ( eventually!)
Seaway tug boat
by Stephen TGOLD
This boat was built in the 1990s from an unknown kit I know what it isn't it isn't a mount fleet models tug nor is mobile marine its a mo…
Palfinger PB-950A (kinda)
by JSS4
I saw this little jetboat on Aliexpress and wondered what it might take to get it properly running. After seeing some breakdown videos on…
HAGGIS 150 Outboard
by HappyHaggis
This came about from wanting to build a harbour support vessel though couldn't find the correct outboard. I spotted some Stl files for an…
A Beginners Vessel
by HappyHaggis
Testing the water with this one as although i enjoy building boats from scratch i also enjoy designing them and printing them which takes…
Building a rowboat 1:6 scale from Model Boat magazine
by bruce1946
Building a rowboat 1:6 scale from this month's Model Boat magazine. I have made many changes to the drawing and it's operation it's been …
Graupner Pollux
by CashrcGOLD
Hi y’all..it’s been a minuet since I’ve been on here. Getting ready for Christmas, the annual NTMS Christmas party, work, etc. I haven’t …
VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY
by Nick Ward
Hi all, just posting a summary of (mainly) previously posted pics to kick off this build log and show progress to date since I first star…
Vosper
by GARTH
Well, I'm about to start my Vosper. I painted the crew, glued the transom in place. made a rudder up because I'm just thinking about how …
MM337 Thorneycroft MTB Model Boat Plan
by cheddarman
Has anybody built this recently? Just got the plans so any advice/help will be much appreciated. At 86 it's years since I built a model!!
Vosper
by GARTH
Well, I was right, the Jolly Red Guy did give me a model boat for Christmas. Got something to do on a cold winter day—a plastic Vosper MT…
GLYNN GUEST KNOCKER WHITE TUG
by Nick Ward
I mentioned in the Vic Smeed Vivacity forum I would do a few smaller builds while chugging through the Vivacity project; the first of the…
Jim's Model Boat Launcher / Retriever
by LewZ
Finally tired of using my launcher (PVC pipe and fittings) and had SSMBC member build me a special one. (He has made a bunch of his versi…