3D Printer options for small parts

“@ColRay I had issues with my wrists and hands a few months ago which badly affected what I could do so fully understand. Apart from enjoying working with tim…”

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3 hours ago by ChrisF

Started 2 days ago by JockScott

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New toy / tool ?

“Julian I'm very accident-prone it all started in 1948 while on my first zoo visit was bitten by a Galapagos Tortoise since the I have lost count . Ended up i…”

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3 days ago by ColRay

Started 4 days ago by ColRay

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Lionheart steam Turbine Boat

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1 post 11 likes

Started 4 days ago by markm2

1 11

FIRE

“@zooma Hi Bob, I completely agree with you regarding the use of fuses.”

22 posts 47 likes

5 days ago by AlessandroSPQR

Started 11 days ago by zooma

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Steam Drifter KY251 Violet

“@RNinMunich Thanks very much Doug although I have seen most of the items you linked me to. The auction at Tennants was my actual model ,estimated to sell for…”

8 posts 28 likes

11 days ago by markm2

Started 11 days ago by markm2

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Sail control

“Most transmitters these days can control the throw of a servo, sometimes called volume. If in doubt the Tx. pushed out is sails out. Check that the fully in …”

13 posts 30 likes

11 days ago by roycv

Started 20 days ago by Henri

13 30

Detachable deck

“Lew that's a beaut m looking ship Col”

13 posts 39 likes

14 days ago by ColRay

Started 15 days ago by merchant67

13 39

'Question' Arduino mini servo

“Hi yes I did a search on one of our excellent on-line shops, Howes of Oxford. so a direct comparison on reference numbers. Roy”

16 posts 36 likes

15 days ago by roycv

Started 17 days ago by ColRay

16 36

Sprite

“zooma in just one word..... FANTASTIC . Col”

268 posts 641 likes

19 days ago by ColRay

Started 12 months ago by ChrisF

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Help with the drive needed

“Cobra I will look-up brushless motors”

7 posts 15 likes

21 days ago by ColRay

Started 21 days ago by ColRay

7 15

Just a Thought about the making of a Hull

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1 post 5 likes

Started 21 days ago by ColRay

1 5

Dumas Brooklyn Tug

“Many thanks Dave! It always helps me to be curious with things like this in order to stay on a budget. Especially these days! Everything posted on these page…”

19 posts 56 likes

21 days ago by jumpugly

Started 27 days ago by puttn

19 56

Fire monitor quick release fittings

“@thadlietz Hi Yes I’ll look into that too thank for your reply…”

5 posts 6 likes

22 days ago by Kevin55

Started 24 days ago by Kevin55

5 6

New to model boating

“Probably should start with the basics. What skills and experience do you have with model building? What tools do you have. How much space do you have, work s…”

11 posts 38 likes

24 days ago by LewZ

Started 24 days ago by aminafshar1

11 38

Help locating plans for Shelly Foss restoration.

“Do you still have the build instructions for the Shelly Foss 18" kit Thanks Jim”

7 posts 11 likes

1 month ago by 1Lund1

Started 2 months ago by Thatguyagain

7 11

North Sea Drifters and Steam Engines.

“@lindemann06 Rob, I love the last one there is nothing that beats a full head of steam in all its glory. There is nothing that compares to the pure enjoyment…”

17 posts 84 likes

1 month ago by GaryLC

Started 1 month ago by GaryLC

17 84

1/24 scale Perkassa Fittings Drawings.

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1 post 8 likes

Started 1 month ago by zooma

1 8

Transporting the boat

“@Commodore- Even EeZeBilts need some protection - indeed often more as the hulls are usually balsa. But their boxes have to comply with the EeZeBilt formula,…”

7 posts 42 likes

1 month ago by DodgyGeezer

Started 3 years ago by Commodore-H

7 42

Dumas Miss Circus Circus

“@MichaelM1 Thank you Michael, This will allow me to complete the model that Ed has given to me. I have sent you a PM with my address. Please let me have your…”

9 posts 19 likes

2 months ago by zooma

Started 3 months ago by EdW

9 19

PT Boat Mufflers

“@Mirangi +Agree that variations are likely but these circular items seem to have some sort of “hanger” arrangement.+ The hanger is the push-rod control for o…”

16 posts 22 likes

2 months ago by DodgyGeezer

Started 2 months ago by Mirangi

16 22

Missishipi riverboat

“@LewZ hi now in process of Velcro to attach 2 half inch sheets polystyrene to hull ,well out of water but still wants to tip over when you put top deck on .k…”

8 posts 4 likes

2 months ago by jaguar stype

Started 2 months ago by jaguar stype

8 4

New planing hull design.

“@ChrisF Hi Chris. You wrote """"""+If you don't have a protruding keel usual practice is to have it inside the hull and slot the frames over it. But if you h…”

93 posts 206 likes

2 months ago by AlessandroSPQR

Started 4 months ago by AlessandroSPQR

93 206

Model Expo/Seguin tug 1:32 scale

“@chugalone100 beautiful job! I did that kit about 35 years ago - it was only the second wooden thing I'd built, and it's definitely not in the league yours i…”

12 posts 49 likes

2 months ago by Fishercat

Started 10 months ago by chugalone100

12 49

Missishipi river boat

“Help regired spent a year building a Mantua Mississippi 1870 1-50 wants to turn upside down.can anyone in Germany put me in touch with Pierre Dippel u-tube .…”

5 posts 10 likes

2 months ago by jaguar stype

Started 2 months ago by jaguar stype

5 10

Glue

“@Thanks for your advice.ewyasrover”

5 posts 13 likes

2 months ago by paults

Started 2 months ago by paults

5 13

RAF Crash Tender Monitors. Were they really Red??

“I have done further research and this is what I have found relating to No 93 and as mine is in for a refit, I think I am going to follow this colour scheme. …”

12 posts 37 likes

2 months ago by EdW

Started 2 months ago by Plivez

12 37

Can't Find Stuff!

“Hi, RossM if I did that, I would probably loose half of the parts. I need to spend some time relearning FreeCad so that I can print some of the boat bits lik…”

24 posts 93 likes

2 months ago by Steves-s

Started 2 months ago by ChrisF

24 93

Sea Queen 2026 (Aerokits).

“Hi All Finished the forward cabin roof with a little twist !! I finished the rear of the roof in a Vee to match the angle of the wheelhouse windows. Next is …”

12 posts 41 likes

3 months ago by canabus

Started 3 months ago by canabus

12 41

PT-596 question

“Bruce and All, I had lunch with Al Ross today and I posed the question regarding the 596 boat. He sent me the attached photo of the 588 boat, at the factory.…”

7 posts 11 likes

3 months ago by ToraDog

Started 3 months ago by bruced

7 11

Glass files

“Thanks for your input, having never seen or heard of these before just had me interested.”

5 posts 7 likes

3 months ago by cjanik001

Started 3 months ago by cjanik001

5 7

Boat Plans

“Hello everyone, here are a few more pictures of the Müritz wreck. Take a look at the speed controller... speechless! I'd guess it's from 1980, because the ru…”

7 posts 9 likes

3 months ago by Mike Stoney

Started 8 years ago by captblight

7 9

Maiden Voyage

“Really like the look of Rebecca's fast patrol boat, great finish. Definitely considering building one in the same fashion as my recently completed Sea Urchin…”

6 posts 27 likes

3 months ago by Nick Ward

Started 3 months ago by Clockmaker

6 27

Malcolm Campbells Bluebird K3

“Good idea Bill, The Sprite Plus prototype build is well underway and is getting to the under-coating stage now, although a Swordsman 37 is the model I would …”

7 posts 16 likes

4 months ago by zooma

Started 4 months ago by zooma

7 16

Sails and their rope modules

“@Ronald Hi Ron, thanks for your efforts to make me understand. Unfortunately, I don't speak English very well. I understood well enough with the pictures. Ho…”

27 posts 65 likes

4 months ago by AlessandroSPQR

Started 4 months ago by Mike Stoney

27 65

Bluebird K7 on Coniston Water

“Hi Bill, I have no idea what the current Bluebird Museum/owners have in mind for Bluebird K7 in the future, but the incredible amount of interest it managed …”

10 posts 16 likes

4 months ago by zooma

Started 4 months ago by GaryLC

10 16

A new naval project. What to do now?

“I had opted to complete the Xabec's masts and design a hull in the meantime. Chris F was prescient about this. I've actually done little or nothing on the Xa…”

37 posts 149 likes

4 months ago by AlessandroSPQR

Started 5 months ago by AlessandroSPQR

37 149

Bluebird Z12.

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1 post 1 like

Started 4 months ago by zooma

1 1

Dumas Closure

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1 post 0 likes

Started 4 months ago by Redpopman

1 0

Epxoy over acrylic paint

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1 post 0 likes

Started 4 months ago by Northernflotsam

1 0

TVR1A Steam Engine.

“For Algon, as the above post is somewhat confusing, I thought I would simplify it for you, as there is only two items and three pipe runs involved in this sc…”

36 posts 197 likes

4 months ago by GaryLC

Started 10 months ago by GaryLC

36 197