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david41

Master Seaman 5 years ago

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old wooden clipper (removed the hatch cover)

I have taken the old wooden hatch cover off to find out what was inside there was something that moved around when you tilted the boat found the end of a hand made brass anchor and the remains of some sort of leaf or plant the joints are sealed with tar the inside has been carved out i find it very strange that the two items were sealed up inside i think it is very old possible the 1900

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Colin HFleet Admiral5 years ago
That's a great idea David, with space at a premium for me I have to stick to 1 of each model.
Cheers Colin.
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david41Master Seaman5 years ago
Thank you colin i to am stuck for space at this time of year have turned third small bedroom into a small hobby room and do my bigger boats in the outdoor shed but its to cold this time so try and pick up on small projects.

David
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david41

Master Seaman 5 years ago

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bought as a project a long time ago

I bought this yacht as a kit in Auckland New Zealand 1973 as a project i was in the merchant navy working for the New Zealand Shipping co. on the M.V. Ruahine after we had dropped our passengers in wellington we would move around the coast picking up cargo it has taken me a long time to get the yacht like this a lot of alterations including the R/C

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Mike StoneyRear Admiral5 years ago
Hi David,
is already OK! These are completely sufficient for me as an idea! Thank you and my condolences to your wife
best regards
Mike / Michel-Cl.
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david41Master Seaman5 years ago
Hi Mike.
glad that i could help i took the entire cabin off this evening as i had to fit a new sail servo and on turning the cabin section upside down spotted very small numbers on sections of the wood i then remembered all the years ago that the deck and cabin etc came all marked out so you just had to cut them out very easy the hull was very thin plastic type and was prone to cracking a few years ago i striped the lot down and pumped builders foam inside the hull manage to marsked of the servo and rudder section and it made the hull a lot firmer and was still light i plus i know that it won't sink

Best Regards
David
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Graham93

Vice Admiral 5 years ago

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Bionic Bill and Ben ready for Christmas!

Bionic Bill and Ben getting into the spirit of things this morning at the Buxton MBC socially distanced mince pie event.

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DPTrainerLeading Seaman5 years ago
Brilliant!
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BOATSHEDCaptain5 years ago
That's brillinat. I love it. But poor old santa though doing all the hard work. Give him a miNce pie to keep up his stammina. 🤣🤣
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david41

Master Seaman 5 years ago

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boat Transport and lifting gear improvement

Have fitted quick release pins now instead of a threaded wingnut much quicker to take apart

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jbkiwi

Fleet Admiral 5 years ago

Skiers with extra large cajones

if you think Babs looked ok on skis, check these Aussie maniacs out ! Ski racing at over 100mph. Boats sound fantastic as well.

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RNinMunichFleet Admiral5 years ago
Hi Rick,
While attempting water skiing for the first in S. Africa many many moons ago I hit the water a few times at only 30+knots. And I can assure you the saying is very true - It feels like concrete!💥☹️ Mucho painful 😭
😎
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pressonreguardlessRear Admiral5 years ago
You are absolutely right.
When slaloming on Candlewood Lake I went over so far, hit the water. I thought my eye was getting ripped out of its socket. I loved it😂😂😂
At 130. I think not☹️☹️
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david41

Master Seaman 5 years ago

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Boat Transport and lifting gear

Made This out of plastic pipe and a piece of 15mm copper pipe and 4 wooden plugs plus wheels off a golf trolley will be keeping the rest of the golf frame as a future transporter

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david41

Master Seaman 5 years ago

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maiden voyage

based the yacht on Star Baby

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NerysFleet Admiral5 years ago
What a nice little boat. Thank you David.

Nerys
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RonaldFleet Admiral5 years ago
Well done David!
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jbkiwi

Fleet Admiral 5 years ago

VINTAGE RUNABOUT WITH SKIER

Trying another vid format of the same vid on the vintage speedboat blog.

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RNinMunichFleet Admiral5 years ago
Much better JB👍
Now Utoob offers me HD up to 1080p. Vid works lighter too.
Now even on the distant shots I can see that 'something' is being towed.
Shots near the jetty show Babs quite well now.
Why do you have to shoot in the old (1992😮), closed, Microsoft AVI format?
Conversions of AVI are almost always dodgy I've found.
My cameras use the H264 or 265 codecs and produce MPEG (MP4) files directly.
Never mind, we got there in the end😊
Cheers, Doug 😎
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jbkiwiFleet Admiral5 years ago
That's what the camera shoots in Doug, can't change it, have to change the format in the editor.

JB
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philcaretaker

Commodore 5 years ago

Venetian Night Sailing

Annual Venetian Night Sailing at the Pavilion Gardens Boating Lake Buxton - with the Buxton Model Boat Club.
"Many thanks to all - spectators and participant's".
Phil

More Photos Here :- https://model-boats.com/places/60518#103782

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jbkiwiFleet Admiral5 years ago
Great video Phil, looks like everyone had loads of fun. Good calm night for it as well.

JB
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MouldBuilderAdmiral5 years ago
Great video Phil. Super effort by all. No way that submarine is going to get lost.
Peter.👍
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GARTH

Commodore 5 years ago

Sound Generator for Midwest tug

Had a little trouble getting my sound to work properly but with a little fiddling got it working a lot better had to reverse motor leads & switch transmitter forward -reverse switch so it would work in forward direction .

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PeejaySub-Lieutenant5 years ago
Sounds great, now!
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jbkiwi

Fleet Admiral 5 years ago

Evening cruising with the old Maiami on Orewa River

Thought I'd take the old Maiami out for a run, as it's been a while. Nice evening for it.

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MouldBuilderAdmiral5 years ago
Problematic finger there JB. Nice run though. Your pond has a little vegetation problem. My river also has this in the summer.👍
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jbkiwiFleet Admiral5 years ago
Hi Peter, see what you mean 🙈 ,was just holding the cam on the TX so it got included. Pond ? weed? only weed there is seaweed and mangroves,😁- tidal estuary.

JB
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philcaretaker

Commodore 5 years ago

"Rescue Launch "

Grandad Graham was looking after his 7 year old grandson for the day, grandson Finley asked (several times) - he could help building a model boat. After he had gone home, Graham started to think about a boat he could help build. Graham had come across "HAkits" in a couple of blogs on the https://model-boats.com/ website, he then decided that their Rescue Launch would make a nice model for a 7 year old. The kit was duly ordered and arrived a few days later.
For more info see here :- https://model-boats.com/blogs/99841

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MadwelshmanLieutenant Commander5 years ago
The boat looks great, really nice.
I bet Grandad doesnt even get a look in now though 😂
Some great driving by Finley, smooth turns and not just flat out everywhere.

Very nice.

Will
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Graham93Vice Admiral5 years ago
Thanks Will,

Re the turns. The launch has a custom mixer built in to reduce the throttle on turns. The sharper the turn, the more the reduction. I didn’t want it rolling over attempting to turn flat out.😉

Grandad Graham93
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