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jelley_baby

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 8 years ago

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Fast Patrol Boat

Just renovated this one not been used of several years, I need to get back into sailing, was running on a 400 size motor now on a outrunner Mystery D2632-100 and it seems to go very well, will post it on the water later.

#patrol boat #motor #sailing #sail #outrunner #fast patrol boat

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jelley_babyChief Petty Officer 1st Class8 years ago
Hi BOATSHED,
The wooden block is screwed and araldited ti the keel and supports an Aluminium bracket designed for holding a Brushless motor in an Aeroplane, use what’s available I always say.
The coupling is Silicon tube fitted to brass universal coupling fittings and because the way brushless run is very quiet compared to a normal Unversal Joint assembly.
Will post it running shortly.
Thanks for you interest. Graham
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BOATSHEDCaptain8 years ago
Now I understand. Yes Make do and substitute.
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ChrisF

Vice Admiral 8 years ago

Fairey River Cruiser

Only just seen this thread, don't know how I missed it? Some lovely boats.

Here's my Fairey River Cruiser which is in the process of being built along with a couple of other Faireys. Chris

#cruiser #built

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rcmodelboats

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 8 years ago

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Long Reef PT-50

My father is currently building a 1/20 PT50 Rodriquez hydrofoil. it currently a plug mould with 2 fiberglass halves and a left over wooden plug.

#fiberwood #build #fiber wooden #glass

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rcmodelboats

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 8 years ago

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Manu Wai PT-20

One of friends owns this amazing 1/25 model of the Manu Wai PT20 before her exterior refit and a different friend of mine owns the real hydrofoil.

#model

Liked by jbkiwi and Biscuit and

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jbkiwiFleet Admiral7 years ago
Great model ! I actually exchanged a number of emails with Gary Fry, who is/was the owner of Manu Wai and ran her for a while in Sydney Harbour till engine problems stopped him . Not sure if she is still afloat or if he still owns her, but she was in a pretty bad way a while ago. I think Gary was trying to get a club or museum to take over the maintenance as she needs a lot doing (new motor etc.) Used to see her often on the Waitemata Harbour here in Auckland, and have a photo of her not long before she went to Australia. Was the last working PT20 in the world. As a kid I saw her first public arrival at the down town terminal when she was new. First time I'd ever heard air horns, hundreds of people jumped when the skipper let them rip. Typical Italian stuff !! a space ship in those days, nothing else like her ! Shame to see her decay, hope she is rescued. I will put a pic up when I can. There are a number of vids on You Tube, in both Auckland and Sydney. Just type Manu-Wai in search and you will find them.
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rcmodelboats

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 8 years ago

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Ionia

My 1:48 Ionia. This was originally a bad 1980s kit and converted the kit into the Ionia as it resembled her alot.

#kit

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rcmodelboats

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 8 years ago

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TID Tug

This is one of my friends TID tugs at the Hubertus model boat club

#club #model #tugs #tug #boat club #model boat club

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Krampus

Warrant Officer 8 years ago

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Electric Barbarella

Ahoy Maties! it's been a long time since my last posting. Happy 2019! I just completed my new scratch-built boat "Electric Barbarella". I tried to recreate (with some liberties) one of my favorite boats of all time, the 30-footer Chris Craft Sportsman built during the 1970s. it measures 24 X 8.5 inches. it is powered with a 9.6 NiMH 4200 mAh battery "nunchuck" pack (like the one used for paintball guns), brushless motor attached to a 30A Mtroniks Hydra controller and a 30mm M4 3-bladed brass propeller. The hull (my own on-the-go design) was made out of Balsa wood which later I fiberglassed. For the superstructure I utilized 2mm ABS plastic sheet material. To my surprise the boat turned to be a very stable and forgiving platform. I really feel a very close connection to this vessel as it is my first own hull design.😁

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PeejaySub-Lieutenant8 years ago
She's a beauty!!! (And I am not talking about only the lady in the cockpit!)

I grew up a block away from the river, and there were a lot of pleasure craft in the area. Most of them were pre-70's as I left before then.
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KrampusWarrant Officer8 years ago
Thank you, Peejay!😁
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jugge

Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class 8 years ago

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Fairmount Alpine

A Little bit forward , propshaft and rudders ar mounted
and some things on the superstruktion , im going to start with the running lights tonight

Have a nice day everybody
// Jörgen

#prop #rudder #lights #propshaft #prop shaft #rudder mount

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GaryLC

Captain 8 years ago

Marian Belle'

The TVR1 BB steam engine plant running in prior to being installed in a Mobile Marine hull.

#hull #steam #engine

Liked by Brightwork and watson220 and

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GaryLCCaptain8 years ago
There is a lubricator full of steam oil, follow the inlet pipe back from the two side valve covers and there it is on a tee junction.
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Gravedigger47Master Seaman8 years ago
I can only dream of a setup like this for my wattle its beyond me
I did make a boiler which would have been a big saving.
Unfortunately it went missing during our big move so its dream a lot its beautiful a work of art thanks for posting

Yours truly
Michael (aka-gravediger)
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Mariner85

Master Seaman 8 years ago

VB 30

Just finished adding a crews quarters and pump engine house to the stern of my barge, then added the necessary bitts for stern pushing.

#stern #engine #crew #barge

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reilly4

Warrant Officer 8 years ago

U-181 Type IX D2

Shadowing of U-181 from the subcam on HMS Triumph at the Naracoorte swimming lake. There are other videos and detail photos of these submarines previously posted on this site.

#lake #submarine #sub #video

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Joe727

Commander 8 years ago

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Sea Fox

This Swede Johnson and his yawl and its captain, Popeye. Swede pasted away several years back, I wanted to post this in his memory. He scratch built all of his boats over the years and was well know for his leading edge designs like the US1 Meters and Marbleheads. He taught me to scratch build boats and sails. Yes, Popeye's arm moves with the acting tiller.

#marblehead #build #scratch scratch #sail #wanted #scratch build #sails #built

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