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“Another former fishing vessel now a private family’s home on the water. Several actual vessels were inspirational and gave me ideas for the finished project.…”

1 month ago by Ronald

Re: Modello RC scala 1/60, di piroscafo armato a goletta, liberamente ispirato alle cannoniere class

“Hi Stephen, yes, I can see the first messages and photos now. There are some repeated texts in the first messages (that I hadn't repeated) and some small ano…”

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1 month ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS SWITCHING FROM A MAIN BATTERY TO A SPARE BATTERY, FOR SAFER NA

“Hi Mirangi, thank you so much for the two links. Unfortunately, the first one doesn't open. Here's the screen I get. However, I went to the Texas Instruments…”

33 posts 8 likes

1 month ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: Fuse position?

“If the boat only has a single motor then place the fuse between the battery and the speed controller, as close to the battery as possible. The the boat has h…”

5 posts 2 likes

1 month ago by VictorC

Line Plans by Lars Halvorsen & Sons Ltd

“If you are intrigued by Line Plans check out this link. It has Collin Archer Line Plans too. https://collections.sea.museum/people/3754/lars-halvorsen/object…”

2 months ago by Ronald

U.S. Easter Rivers - Towboats

“Also, I modified my towboat (about 10 years ago) by implanting rare earth magnets in the tow knees as well as in one end of one of my barges. (Video link bel…”

58 posts 11 likes

2 months ago by LewZ

Sterling boat models

“Great Picture Lew! And (in some cases) the mooring lines do go through the railings.”

15 posts 15 likes

2 months ago by jumpugly

Re: RSO Steyr 1/6th German ww2 field tractor (yes not another NONE boat) although it could do a smal

“Just a boost add, this is the drive system that I eventually came to. The belt drive was a problem at times that could have been fixed maybe by using larger …”

5 posts 2 likes

2 months ago by Northernflotsam

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS SWITCHING FROM A MAIN BATTERY TO A SPARE BATTERY, FOR SAFER NAVIGA

“ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS SWITCHING FROM A MAIN BATTERY TO A SPARE BATTERY, FOR SAFER NAVIGATION. I previously demonstrated an electric motor power a…”

2 months ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: SSMBC meet on May 3, 2026.

“Lewz looks good meet lovely place to sail Philuk”

2 months ago by PhilH

Re: Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?

“Hi Boatshed, I would be happy to make a video of my Kopy Kommander running and behaving perfectly now that the original (perfectly standard kit size) keel ha…”

289 posts 1 like

2 months ago by zooma

Re: (Working Vessel) Pilot Boat 140

“Hi Muddy, do you have any more photos or videos of this beautiful model?”

2 months ago by AlessandroSPQR

A local Boat Museum is adding a Toy & Model gallery this season.

“Beautiful pictures Dave!”

8 posts 22 likes

2 months ago by AlessandroSPQR

Revell 1:142, Northsea Fishing Trawler build & RC conversion.

“Part 4. Around this time I decided not to make the model as the Ross Jackal as supplied in the kit. After a search of this type of trawler on the net and loo…”

8 posts 12 likes

2 months ago by stevedownunder

Returned to the north branch of the Cape Cod & Southwest Florida Shipyard

“Both the Wasque 26 & the Northern Bay 36 sport fisherman survived the transit without damage.First yard work order was to repower the too-slow original motor…”

32 posts 13 likes

2 months ago by Chum444

“I'm getting ready to build the same model where did you find the rudder and a propeller tube shaft and what sizes are they?”

2 months ago by JasonP

Re: My Latest Project

“Thanks for the information Ron. I don’t have a 3D printer so your kind offer of further details will not be necessary.”

7 posts 3 likes

2 months ago by Chum444

Re: Neptune GPRP hull converstion

“as per the crap figure conversion :( 1/12 for failed test subject.. I can sculpt, but it ain't transferring to digital”

3 posts 4 likes

2 months ago by Northernflotsam

Re: Real images vs. AI-altered images

“More by luck than judgement! It's better at some things than others. Must stop now!”

16 posts 5 likes

2 months ago by ChrisF

They are "Wooden Boats", but not scale models ...

“Wonderful pix Dave!!! They reminded me about a cantankerous old fella who lived across the street from me when I was a kid, "Crazy" George Swenson, who was a…”

8 posts 20 likes

2 months ago by jumpugly

RC Florida (rcflorida.org) site is available

“It is taking a lot of work (like building another medium size detailed RC scale model boat), but I am getting the new site running. It is not complete but th…”

2 months ago by LewZ

“The sails were laid out with panel lines aligned to the run of the cloth. At the moment the heads'ls aren't attached to stays, but have a bit of cord attache…”

26 posts 4 likes

2 months ago by Jerry Todd

Re: Legend Models #702 1939 Century Thunderbolt

“Last year, I put the running and RC gear in this boat. I had it at one of the events where we were invited to join and display at a local Classic Boat Club e…”

6 posts 3 likes

2 months ago by DWBrinkman

Re: Bristol pilot cutter - Three Daughters

“Finally with the skills of a fellow sailing group member, I have some photos of 3 Daughters enjoying a breeze. He has rightly labelled the first photo as a '…”

6 posts 3 likes

2 months ago by luckyduck

HMS Dorsetshire

“By a simple twist of fate (thank you Bob Dylan) "Model Boats" magazine that came in today's post has a news item about a book "County Class Cruisers" from Pe…”

5 posts 6 likes

2 months ago by VictorC

“Jason There are a number of ways we build our stands. For me, I use a set of calipers to measure the hull beginning at its widest and then transferring the m…”

2 months ago by Ronald

Adding a Reverse to Forwards Only ESC?

“150amp Sea King with Reverse. After many months of trying to persuade my various Sea King “forwards only” ESC’s to also run with a reverse function, I had al…”

24 posts 2 likes

2 months ago by zooma

Building from plans

“Thanks Will, but as per my post I already have them. Sorry wasn't very clear that I have them in PDF. I'm trying not to start any new builds! Though I've pri…”

43 posts 2 likes

2 months ago by ChrisF

Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker

“Jumpugly, you really struck a chord with me. Just 3 days ago I took Mr Trump literally (drill, baby, drill!) and did some oil exploration with my model plane…”

16 posts 22 likes

2 months ago by IGinBasel

“Just an update on the wiring for the Nav lights. The lights, the battery, the wiring, and the pushbutton are under the wheelhouse.”

15 posts 17 likes

2 months ago by GARTH