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942 blogs · Page 34 of 40Gribben Head the build begins
by stwdv
well been working hard today
Naval Pinnace (or Royal Navy steam picket boat)
by Lauriem
Finally completed after 35 years, must be a record! Boiler clad in balsa insulation and then mahogany strips. Four channel radio, throttl…
Monster Mersey
by skegness
Put it on display,before I finish off the refurbishment work,still lots of fiddly things to do,but should be ready for the water at nov/d…
Cariad Bristol Bay Cutter
by Northumbrian
I have added the top sail it is ready to sail
Tugboat Serenity (AKA) Jersey City
by figtree7nts
I was looking at my new crew, I just noticed that one of my crew members is a different scale. it's at 1:50 instead of 1:32 it's not to b…
H.M.S.Bulldog / Beagle
by Rowen
Decided to write a follow up entry. Added more ballast to stern to fully submerge rudder blades and converted to 6V, as voltage reducer h…
Clinker boats
by hammer
Just making another clinker boat, a commission. This is the method I have devised to space the planks. Wrap a strip of paper around the f…
Cargo ship
by Deswelham
Just placing fittings around ship to see how they can go together
Adding a search light to the new Crick krane for my tug
by saintsalvio
I was adding accessories to my Aquacraft tug bost and needed to add a searchlight to a Crick krane. I bought this light (photo) but I don…
Tyne class lifeboat
by Robby
This is how it started about 18 months ago.
New competition in SK and CZ rep.
by Othello
The kiel still in one piece is complletly cutted and sanded. Two pieces of support parts for kiel and shaft hole must be glued together w…
Cargo ship
by Deswelham
Bought a hull for £20 off of eBay and kept looking at it, not sure what to do with it. Then got hold of a cabin superstructure for £15 an…
Miniature hinges
by hammer
Managed to find a photo of the hinges at the construction time of the Duke.
HMS Diamond D34 Destroyer
by Pav403
Hello all, I've managed to start work on some of the detailing, it's going to take a while to get the ship looking right. There are a few…
Dumas Chris Craft
by frankburgess
Hi gents Thought you would like to see my latest Ebay acquisition. It very battered but I have lots of the bits! Its 31" long. It is fitt…
60 Pieds open Sailing Boat
by Radioray
this is my first blog! I got the plans for this yacht (60 pieds translated is 60 feet)from a model magazine (Modele Reduit Bateau Aug 201…
Trawler D.728
by Mataroa
this pic is interesting pic in it self theres 3 speed controllers one on right of the pic is for the main motor .one on the left of the p…
espania IV
by hammer
As this is a static model I wanted to curve the sails, as though the wind was blowing. First stage soak cord in white glue over night. Pi…
Perkasa
by Northumbrian
the Crew came today and are all aboard
72" Electric Deep V Twin Motor Monstrosity
by saxon5
Hello everyone! So, I've been searching for a fun community to share this project with for some time now, and here at model-boats, I thin…
Sea Queen
by Northumbrian
life rings fitted nearly finished
MinI version of cult model In SK CZ -Fisher Boat ARTUR
by Othello
Another loooong time is behind us and this model is ready to run. Test on water is successfully behind us, but other projects push this b…
Thames Barge 'Annie'
by chrislang
I've managed to cobble together the Leeboard Winches from various drawings and pic's on the net, plus an assortment of old gear wheels an…
Vosper 73ft R.A.F. H.S.L. 2564 (E-BAY FIND)
by silverfox
After replacing broken and weak deck supports the old deck was refitted. The old aft section was unusable and was replaced with styrene s…