I recently acquired this lovely boat off eBay,...she cleaned up nicely, and runs quite beautifully since I re engined with a Torpedo 850, on 14 volts.

Now, I would love to know is this is a one off, or a kit?

The build quality and layout would suggest a kit, but what do I know?

I'm sure the massed wisdom on this site can provide me with a clue...

Overall length; almost 50"

Any ideas?

Brian.

Night sailing, still more to do, work in progress.

Purchased from an old collector. Not sure how old, I was wondering on how do I clean this ship without damaging it. Quite a nice model. I was also wondering if anyone had any ideas of what kind of ship this maybe.

Nov.1 2016 weather great for Nov. here in Burlington Ontario at Spencer's boat pond . I'v posted a build log on this Midwest model but never showed it on water

I scratch-built this lot, and it includes some major navy units as at Gibralter 1943, Force H.

Hi

Back in the early/mid '70's I took a pilgrimage aboard Manxman from Llandudno to Douglas on a day trip. I took a number of on-board photos which these are some. I intended to make a model of her but so far have not succeeded! but that is nothing new. I enjoy the planning and thinking about it! Anyway, if you would like more, please let me know.
Edward

Recently built from an Aeronaut kit, this is a 1/24th scale Pilot Boat based on a German design. Powered by two 540 brushed motors with 3 bladed brass props it attains something like scale speed. The colour is Volkswagen Bright Orange, courtesy of Halfords and the non-slip deck is acrylic green mixed with silver sand then covered with a silk finish varnish.
The boat was filmed at an illuminated regatta staged by Bournville Model Yacht and Power Boat Club on their lake in Bournville, Birmingham
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VGMBC Saturday morning sail.

A spin around the Knap boating lake at Barry, in my super yacht "Voyager"

The San Pedro is a North American Push Boat.

She weighs in at 21 lbs
L.O.A. is 30"
Beam is 12"
Draft is 3" 5/8"

Her Engine Room Consist of:

Two MFA 919D 540 Type Motors with Single Ratio Metal Gearbox 2.5:1 Reduction
Two Mtroniks Viper Marine PNP 15
One Action Electronics Throttle & Rudder Mixer
Two 6 Volt SLA Batteries in series
Running time is estimated at 2 hrs

Return to building model boats after 45 years and first with R/C.
Fine kit by Mountfleet, though white metal castings getting a bit tired. Don't take it out sailing very often as it takes a lot of lead which I load each time. Quite a handful to launch. Sails well though.

Enjoyed making this superb kit from model slipway. Having to cut out the polystyrene sheets proved to be no problem. With 2 motors and bow thruster, thought it would be good for the steering competitions, but its a bit wide in the beam for our rather tight course. Working searchlight and rotating radar.

Scratch built IOM; including sails. Had to have a go after seeing one that a club member built. Made mostly from cedar venetian blinds. Sails well, I'm just not too good racing it but occasionally get reasonable placing.