Sunday sailing and a chit chat down at NorthWest Scale Model Boat Club,Squirrel Lane,Horwich,Lancs.Thought I'd put on my first video,just myself and husband watching a couple of the guys on a pleasant Sunday afternoon.

This is Maxine, a 1960' aerokit Sea Queen 😊 She has been stripped down, hull repaired along with top sides. New brushless motor/lipos etc. Goes quite well and pretty stable as you can see.She is sailed on Wibsey Park lake in Sunny Bradford.

Bought as a wreck off ebay . stripped down,repaired hull and top sides. re positioned the propshaft. Re painted. New Brushless motor/ Lipos etc. Goes quite well for an old girl, Believed originally built in the 60's. Ill try to upload a video of her strutting her stuff on Wibsey Park lake in Bradford.
Edit: I've managed to upload a video of her in action on u tube ,see link below

My Monster Mersey,couple of photo's from a show in Newark
Photo 1 : She is quite big(talus is on a smaller table)
Photo 2 : She makes the other boats look quite small
Photo 3 : The proud owner of the Monster Mersey is next to the stig in the dark blue top

this is work in progress of a scratch built oak planked Coble running on a 540 motor powered by a 11.1 lipo battery there is still a way to go

When in Australia I was taken by the history of HMVS Cerberus, whose hull is now a breakwater in Port Philip Bay. After a lot of research on the internet I decided to build a model of it. it is not totally accurate as I could find no definitive plans. Therefore most measurements were made from photographs and guesstimates of scale from sailors in pics. it is radio control but not, as yet, tried out; still one or two items to be completed: eg mast & anchors. Update all but finished anchors and various
bits and pieces of deck fittings to be placed. New phot shows where we are. The partial print showing below is a painting of HMS Caroline in dry dock. Spent fives years in the RNR here in Belfast on board her.

My 1st excursion into model boat building about a year ago....steep learning curve!!!

Currently powered by 2 x 480 brushed on 11.1v, both motors independently controlled by 2 ESC but soon to be refitted with 2x 1000KV brushless.

Planes beautifully and with twin rudders turns on a sixpence!

Kit built but I scrapped the plywood for mahogany as I wanted something in the "Riva" Style.
Powered by a 1000kv brushless on 11.1v, its quick across the water and very stable.

I sail with the Potteries MBC in Stoke.

Some photos of the interior of the Mersey,what details you see is what is in the real boat

Will be put on display for the first time on sat/sun 2/3 July at a show in Newark,will have talus tractor connected and an overall length of 9ft,then when I get back from show I will put electrics in then put her on the water
Talus 33"
Carriage 66"
Mersey 78"
scale 1:6

Figures are action men

Wahine was a car passenger ferry of the Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand, and completed by Fairfields in 1966. She was lost in a major storm in the Cook Strait in 1968 with the death of 53 people. The model is substantially scratch-built with some fittings purchased. it is driven by two Graupner Speed 500 motors powered from two 6.6V 3200mAh LiFe batteries. it is fitted with twin stern and a single bow rudders, and bow and stern thrusters as on the original. The smoke effect is provided by a Steam Master Unit.

First run in test tank