HI Dave,
Yes its a TRITON, the kit was started in 1971 by the previous owners father who sadly died last year and his family donated it to me to hopefully finish and sail.
The pond yacht was built by a modeler from south Wales, at the end of the 2nd world war. His son who I met at a show at easter and he offerd it to me for free plus some other bits of modeling stuff. The hull is bread and butter construction and the deck is 1/4 inch thick pine. the keel is 10lbs solid lead. but its missing a forward sail, and some rigging, so if anyone knows how it should be rigged please let me know, apparently the steering is controlled by the sails. But thats all new to me.
The pictured fire boat is one of two part built models from another donor. plus a couple of kits and loads of parts, hulls of various types. The smallest of which is the Triton, and the biggest the pond yacht at 47 inches long and overall height of 49 inches.
I think the total boats that my wife and I have now own is 37, but so far only 13 are ready to use, the rest need repairs or refurbs. I just hope I can keep modelling long enough to finish them all. Arthritis is catching up with me. Thanks Colin.

It's a Triton! Look here for info on adding radio to these old EeZeBilts... http://eezebilt.co.vu/radio.html

HI Colin
Nice to hear from you and I hope you are recovering. Cars always seem to break when times are hard. Hope you fix it soon.

Nice selection of models. The Sea Queen looks in good shape as does the Crash tender. is that a Triton and a 575 yacht?
I like the old pond yacht, although I suspect it's a solid hull.
Hope you can start restoration soon.
Best of luck
Dave

HI to Dave and all who were following this post. Sorry for the delay in following up but I've had serious homelife problems and haven't been able to do any modelling since my last post. And now my campervan has packed up so that is my first priority. Then when its back on the road I'll get on with my models. Pictures today are of models that have been donated to me since june. Most need work to finish or refurb. the 1st will be the Sea Queen. Hope to be actively modelling again soon. Thanks Colin.

Thanks Dave,
Seems that your pictures and dimensions are just what I needed. Will hopefully put photo's on laer this evening.
Thanks Colin.

HI Colin
I have measured the roof and provide the following details: The roof is wider at the rear and has a raised centre
Length down the centre 268mm at rear on each side of centre 130mm and at front on each side of centre 105mm. The length down each side is 270mm.
My roof has a ply base with ply ends cut at an angle rising to 22mm at the rear and 16mm at the front apex of the roof and falling to 5mm along each long edge. This long edge is curved to follow the cabin sides and rises to 12mm in the middle. The base is 10mm shorter than the roof at the front of the long sides reducing to 5mm at the rear. The front and rear of the roof are flush.
I did not build my model so the measurements may not be the same for your model but hopefully will help you contruct a roof. Basically you need to make a plate to fit inside the top of the cabin and then construct a pent roof to fit over the windows and match up the front and rear.
Hopefully the pics will help but please ask if you need any clarification.
I use a 42-38 brushless with an 80 amp ESC. I made a water cool jacket for the motor from a lump of alI and modified the car ESC by fitting copper tube into the alI fins. The water scoop is at the rear by the prop and feeds thro the ESC then the motor and exits thro the side of the hull.
My prop came from Simon at Prop Shop and works really well.
I had to fit a spray rail along the chine at each side as water was splashing into the cockpit and interfering with my crew's phasers!!
I use an 11.1v 5amp Lipo (Component Shop) and have on board monitoring which warns when the battery volts start to drop and also monitors the esc and motor temps. The amps are 45 amp max at warp speed but the wash is very Impressive and not popular with other users. An acceptable speed with the boat on the plane pulls about 20/25amps so I get about 30 mins per charge, longer if I comply with speed limits. Plenty of time for me but the model really looks the part on the water and always attracts attention, usually positive.
Good building
Dave

HI Dave, thanks any help always appreciated. its the top cabin (center) that's missing its roof, I think everything else is there, and only needing a strip off and repaint. I think the hull is okay, but has some heavy glass tape along the chine seam which I will remove and recote the whole hull in fine glass cloth and ezeekote resin, before repaint. Also any idea what size of BRUSHED motor would siute this model as it originally had a diesel which was removed before I recieved her. The reason I say brushed is I have a good selection of them in my hobby stock.
Thanks Colin.

HI Colin
I have a Sea Queen and the plan somewhere. Which cabin roof is missing? I can measure mine and send you the details.
I am sure there are some blogs and photos on the site but it still has teething problems and a search has drawn a blank. I will take some pics and post in Photo Gallery.
Cheers
Dave