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Billing Calypso

by Doogle

Picked this up at our first scale meet of the season early April, too much going on at the moment, but eventually managed to start this e…

29 updates 37 274 9 1 year ago

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Emma Jr sailboat

by Ronald

This is a 26 1/2” version of the Gary Webb design from bearospaceindustry.com Gary’s Emma is a sprit rig double end sloop which has a wor…

5 updates 5 27 3 1 year ago

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NEW GLASS ON FOAM CATAMARAN PROJECT

by jbkiwi

Started on a 1m catamaran on the weekend as another design as you go project. It will be modelled roughly on the 18' Ron Given (NZ) desig…

18 updates 43 171 15 1 year ago

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Jack D- tug/ work platform for harbour surveys

by Peewit83BRONZE

Based loosely on a couple of photos taken in Dover Harbour, Jack D was scratchbuilt with ply hull,and 3D printed deck and wheelhouse by m…

0 updates 3 16 3 1 year ago

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SWIFT 1805

by GARTH

This model was part of the yard sale find .There was a lot of parts missing but kit box had diagrams & missing parts still had cut out's …

8 updates 4 56 2 1 year ago

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Graupner Optimist re fit

by jbkiwi

Forgot I had the Optimist to re-do so I'll do a short blog on what I'm doing. I had already re-fitted the stays with solid stainless fish…

13 updates 28 127 10 1 year ago

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HMS Medway Queen

by neilw

Following the build of my BYMS and the restoration of my Zambezi River Gunboat sternwheeler I was looking for a new build. Obviously have…

2 updates 17 30 5 1 year ago

Sailing yacht "SAUDADE"

by CDESILVER

Long time ago I built this sailboat - the real one was the winner of the Admirals Cup in 1973 together with "RUBIN" and "CARINA 3". I sti…

0 updates 2 14 2 1 year ago

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Model engineers lathe

by IanL1

Good day to you all. You may recall a number of comments being made and asked about model engineering lathes, I think it was late last ye…

0 updates 7 17 2 1 year ago

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The build of one of Glen L's boats - a model of Thunderbolt

by IanL1

As promised, attached are a series of photos showing the build of Thunderbolt. Its about a 1/10 scale size taken off the original plans u…

0 updates 3 13 2 1 year ago

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BYMS 2079

by neilw

This is going to be a long project, never attempted anything smaller than 1:30, so a 1:48 project is going to be fun. It all started with…

8 updates 31 72 8 1 year ago

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Another tug🤣 Dumas ST74 Army Tug

by CashrcGOLD

Hi y’all. Since I’ve maidened the Pilot, I found myself with an empty workbench. I really like to build, as my building time seems to hel…

10 updates 11 84 4 1 year ago

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HMS Pert (HMT RNAS Steam Side Paddle Tug)

by RPLedm

Pert was a Robust Class Royal Navy tug that served in both World Wars in several ports along England's southern coast and flew the Blue E…

6 updates 10 41 5 1 year ago

Superglue!!

by cheddarman

Has anybody come up with a reliable method of stopping the plastic cap from gluing itself to the glue bottle? Bought two largish bottles …

0 updates 21 10 16 2 years ago

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Push tug rescue

by Doogle

One of my first attempts at building from scratch, although my rc "expertise " was very limited and I couldn't get it to work properly, s…

1 update 2 11 2 2 years ago

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Karoline, Dutch crewman. Part 2.

by Rogal118SILVER

Good evening everyone, Here is my final summary for the creation of my Dutch crewman. Once again I will post the starting photo from the …

0 updates 3 10 3 2 years ago

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Karoline, Dutch crewman. Part 1.

by Rogal118SILVER

Good evening, with all of my vessels I have crewed them with figures. I always think a boat looks strange without a crew showing, this is…

0 updates 4 18 3 2 years ago

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Half Hull side project.

by jumpuglyGOLD

To keep myself occupied while I gather the necessary equipment to jump into my Robbe Topkapi I had the great luck to win this half hull i…

0 updates 8 9 4 2 years ago

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Aeronaut Graf Spee

by whittonm

I bought this kit about 10 years ago from a German model shop. It is definitely old-school, with great detailed plans, detailed stock lis…

7 updates 14 77 8 2 years ago

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Thames barge Champion class model building report

by tomarack

For more than two years I build model Thames barge "Champion class" according to the adapted Chapelle´s drawing (in the book by F.G.Carr)…

11 updates 6 52 2 2 years ago

Jetty for model boats

by Mike StoneyBRONZE

Hello everyone! Who has ever dreamed of a model jetty? We are doing it ! On behalf of our MSC Orion we are looking for ideas from model b…

0 updates 13 10 4 2 years ago

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Aeronaut Pilot Boat

by CashrcGOLD

Hi y’all. So, the “Mystery” has maidened, and handled her sea trials with flying colors. My bench was busy the past couple of weeks with …

20 updates 32 228 7 2 years ago

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Modified Stiletto project

by jbkiwi

Making a bit of a start on my stretched Stiletto (more a Stilapier) at the moment, as it had been put aside while I had a play with a sur…

48 updates 112 539 26 2 years ago

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Aeronaut Jonny

by WestwindSILVER

Hi all, I started a new build during Christmas and I'm just about ready to start painting the haul so I figured its a good time to get th…

7 updates 33 137 16 2 years ago