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Mikep
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Dumas USS Crockett
Asheville Class gun boat model is 51” long weighs 22 lbs. hull covered with 2 layers of 2 oz. fiberglass cloth and resin. All plywood and balsa construction finished with fiberglass resin and Model Master paints. Working radar mast, turrets, desiel sound, whopper sound, general quarters sound, sierene. Power is MACK
Drives 12 volt system 2 x 2 6volt 3000 nimh each drive. Very fast in the water.
Liked by DELVEIN and reilly4 and
3 comments
  • DonnieboyWarrant Officer
    Boat looked great.The boat ran just fine.Not too much over scale speed.It's good to have a little more speed to avert obstacles,especially oyher boats that don't know where they are.
    Liked by rcmodelboats
  • Joburg-sailorPetty Officer 1st Class
    Ooops, apologies Dumas USS Crockett, my video post ended up on yr site..should have been on SA Valour Class Frigate.
Mikep
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Sterling Emma C Berry
Model is 49” long and with ballast keel added weighs 17 lbs. hull is covered with 2 layers of 2 oz. cloth fiberglass cloth and painted with Krylon spray can paint. Hitec sail winch servo for main sail and standard servo for jib. Model has auxiliary 6 volt electric power to compincate for my sailing ability’s and wind conditions.
Sails are Mylar.
Liked by Ronald and Northumbrian and
Mikep
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Dumas Chris-Craft Cobra
Model is 28” long weighs 7lbs. Hull covered with 2 oz. fiberglass cloth deck covered with 3/4 oz. fiberglass cloth and resin finished with spar varnish. Power is MACK 5045 motor and 2 6 volt x 3000 nimh packs.
Liked by doghouse and RNinMunich
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  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Very nice job, luvly woodwork 👍👍
    At first I thought that was a swan sitting on the hatch in the first pic😲😁
    Cheers, Doug 😎
    Liked by Donnieboy
Mikep
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Sterling Runabout
All the feed back on my American Scout seamen on deck I think this will really get some colorful comments. Sterling runabout 30”
weighs 5 1/2 lbs. power MACK 5045 motor 12 volt 2 x 3000 nimh batteries. Pilots head turns with rudder movement passenger waves flag on elevator input while towing skier. Built to impress my granddaughters.
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Mikep
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Sterling American Scout
American Scout C2 cargo ship power MACK 3-1 drive 12 volt 2 x 6 volt 3000 mah batteries. Harbor smoke unit model weighs 15 lbs.
Liked by Brightwork and Nerys and
6 comments
  • MikepChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    Thanks for the kind words Glyn, Railings are straight pins cut to length and horizontal railing are Thread.
  • GlynRecruit
    Got it - they certainly look the part. Best regards,
    Glyn
Mikep
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Dumas Express Crusier
Dunmas kit MACk 5045 motors and hardware. Two layers of 2 oz. Fiberglass cloth on hull 3/4 oz cloth on deck Klass Coat epoxy paint . Model has cabin lights and running lights. Power 2 x 7.2 packs.
Liked by Ronald and Zdenek and
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  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Very nice tidy job Mike 👍👍👍 Lovely finish.
    Like the mahogany transom, might do that with my Sea Scout!
    Crew ain't bad either 😉
    Cheers, Doug 😎
    Liked by Donnieboy
RedRider
Petty Officer 1st Class
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Commission 44347
This is a Dumas kit for a USCG Life boat 44' built in Curtis Bay Maryland Coast Guard yard. I've been working off and on this model for a couple of years.
Liked by Inkoust and doghouse and
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  • ibobideRecruit
    I also have the same model, i struggled a bit with the balsa planking but eventually managed it. I was never happy with my UK version of the upperworks so ive since stripped it all down & am basically starting all over again but with the hull intact
    Liked by figtree7nts
f4u7
Recruit
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Vickers Vedette 1/96 scale
Scratch built from a 1975 free plan, hull is balsa frames sheeted with basswood and covered with 3/4 oz fibreglass cloth, superstructure is styrene sheet, missile launcher from balsa block, forward bofors torpedo launcher from styrene sheet and wood dowl, photo etch ladders, white metal handrail stanchions, other fittings are brass and resin, lw-02 radar and directors are from shape ways rudders and stabilizers are balsa block, you get the idea.
Liked by bilge rat and reilly4 and
2 comments
  • GlynRecruit
    A very nice execution of the old Model Boats free plan. I still have those plans (somewhat tatty after all these years) as well as the MB magazine they came with. How does she sail? Best regards, Glyn
    Liked by teejay
  • f4u7Recruit
    Many thanks for your kind words, I've not sailed her yet, only test tank and had to up the water line a little bit for more stability, I also scaled up the plans to true 1/96 as the plan is around 1/100, the 1/96 fittings I bought from fleetscale were out of scale to the plan, and using the 1.1 water line length noted in the magazine article.
    Liked by Donnieboy

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