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Sakibian

Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class 8 years ago

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Ashes the scratch built Motor Torpedo Boat

I found this hull at thingiverse last year. I printed the hull from a local shop and rest was handmade.
Firstly I bought a 2426 4200kv brushless 2-3s which was too powerful and too heavy for the boat size. The length is 38cm.
And the 30Amp esc was also too big for it's size.
After that I tried small 180 brushed motor with 20A brushed esc w/brake. it was perfect (still it's heavy😂).
The bridge and deck is made by 1.75mm pvc,torpedos are made of wooden pencil.
Small battery space takes a 2s 500mah lipo. 30mm 3blade propeller.

YouTube video link is here:

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RNinMunichFleet Admiral8 years ago
Excellent video Sakibian, well done👍
and you're very brave to sail such a tiny boat in waters like that 😲
Hat off Sir 😉
Cheers, Doug 😎
BTW: you should put this boat in your 'Harbour', just click on 'Boat Harbour' on the left of the Home page and then 'Add your model boat' at the top.
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SakibianChief Petty Officer 2nd Class8 years ago
Happy that you liked the video , will try to post more videos.
And please don't call me sir haha? I'm still 23.
About the harbour , when I registered here I didn't find my country (Bangladesh), can you please do something while your an Admiral 😛
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Biscuit

Petty Officer 2nd Class 8 years ago

Vosper

Well this started off brushless but it had no soul or character, I bought an Os 40 fourstroke and converted it to be water cooled, I then made my own reverse gearbox and clutch assembly and fitted a water pump so the engine will keep cool while stationary. it has nav lights and a working searchlight that I can move while running.

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jbkiwiFleet Admiral8 years ago
Clever piece of kit, great job.
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Joe727Commander8 years ago
Extremely impressive, a water-cooled four stroke with reverse. You must have some great metal working abilities and nice equipment. Video was fun to watch! Joe
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Biscuit

Petty Officer 2nd Class 8 years ago

Bluebird

Touchwood static kit converted to Rc

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BOATSHEDCaptain8 years ago
Hi Biscuit, I have just watched your video's, nice to see more on the water. I see you have also posted pictures of the Graupner Rhode island F1 tunnel hull. I also have one of these and as yet have not got around to giving it a run. I do not live near any ponds locally where I can be sure I'm allowed to run my models. 16 miles for an electric isn't far I also have IC powered and the nearest for those is almost 40 miles. I get very disheartened with the hobby but still cannot get it out of my vein's. I curious to know where you have fitted wedges under you Rhode island. What's the chance of posting a few pictures of the under side of her to give me some idea as to how you have done this. it would be nice to see so that I could also give it a go so as to make her a little better on her maiden run. Many thanks in advance and kind regards.
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nutrunner

Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class 8 years ago

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nangee the lady val witte zee rotterdam and neptun harbour tug

i now have the witte zee - nangee -smit rotterdam - and neptun harbour tug in my fleet

#tug #smit tug

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figtree7ntsAdmiral8 years ago
Hi, There!

I remember I had the Tug Neptune. Some 35 years ago.
She's a very nice boat. And very maneuverable!
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keithtindley

Master Seaman 8 years ago

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kipper

aero-naut mowe 2 kit. my first rc model boat with a few extras.The kit was ok to build but the prop coupling was a length of silcone tube ? it spun off at the first test run.This was the start of me fitting universal couplings to my boats.The company were being mean using a cheap piece of tube.It runs very quiet and smooth but needed a lot of front end ballast .i made this to try and drag my grandson away from his ipad,phone and the game of fortnite .I tried to get him to help build and run it but to no avail.I now am enjoying a second childhood building boat kits !

#ballast #prop #model boats #model #kit #coupling #build #prop tube #boat building #rc boat

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keithtindley

Master Seaman 8 years ago

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no name

made from a krick felix launch kit.As usual i have made slight changes especially in regards to the final finish of medium oak stain.
The original windows were cut from a sheet using templates provided and some did not fit as they were on the small side.i used some plastic sheet i had to make my own replacements.I also changed the prop coupling for a universal joint(i always do)
I prefer the less is more approach to some models.

#prop #model #kit #coupling #wind #windows #window

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keithtindley

Master Seaman 8 years ago

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samson

artesania kit of the tug samson .I always fit extra bits and pieces as i like to have individual non scale additions made from kit scraps attached or small resin items.They class this model as suitable for the inexperienced,i believe there should always be an adult to assist. The steel propshaft thread was damaged and i found the prop coupling is a bit cheap.The end result was excellent and the tug performs well

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lesliebreame

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 8 years ago

various

A good but very cold day at Ilfracombe pond yesterday. Nice breeze from the north to keep the yacht going but calm enough for Gordons hydro. beating up the place !

#yacht

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lesliebreame

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 8 years ago

shcumshkimmer

nice shot of Gordons hydro at ilfracombe yesterday in the cold !

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davidhgreatbatch

Warrant Officer 8 years ago

Pride Of Hythe

1/96 Linkspan Model Constructed By D H Greatbatch

#model

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DennisRobothamPetty Officer 1st Class8 years ago
A very nice model and expertly constructed, well done that man. its always pleasing to see another boat on the water, long may our hobby continue.
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MouldBuilderAdmiral8 years ago
Wow. That model looks real. Either it is a model or very large ducks. Superb detail.😊
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Elsrickle

Warrant Officer 8 years ago

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RAF Fire float

This is a old model I purchased to renovate after few months here is the completed build. Must give many thanks for all the advice and help given to me by the members of Model Boats, and thanks to all the other builds I gathered a lot of the information to the build. Tried to get a near original model but a few discrepancies as not all to scale. We’d more practice and experience this is my third build so am still learning.

#model boats #model #members #build #advice

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cj39Recruit8 years ago
nice work mate. and she looks the part on the water.
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jbkiwiFleet Admiral8 years ago
Nice work
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Mikep

Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class 8 years ago

Dumas Cobra

Dumas Cobra 28” long weighs 5 1/2 pounds

#dumas

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JBRCfloatsLeading Seaman8 years ago
Hi, I'm in the process of building the same Dumas Cobra. How do you keep the motor cool? is there any way I could get pictures of the motor, wiring set up and how you placed the batteries in the boat. I retired in 2004 and started the model at that time. I've been working on it since I retired.
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