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Ronald
Fleet Admiral
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Neptun
Was given this as a hull which had been started 25 yrs ago, along with some superstructure parts. Without other materials to finish it off, I gave it what I could find and here is where it is today.

Motor is 340 Graupner geared 3:1 & 7.2v 2400 NiMH

Can not provide any specific sailing details until it has been in the pond which could be awhile...se my front and back yard!
Liked by Cashrc and Colin H and
3 comments
  • RowenCaptain
    Looks good Ron, what scale is she?
  • Colin HFleet Admiral
    Nice quality model. Look forward to seeing it on the water.
    Cheers Colin.
    Liked by watson220
StuartE
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
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Mowe 2
I hadn't built a model of any sort since I was 15 years old and that was a control line aeroplane with a glow worm engine. 45 years later and regressing nicely back to my teenage years, my wife bought me (reluctantly!) a RC Boat Kit - Mowe 2. I had been wanting to build again for many years, but children and family and home situation did not allow.
So, over the cold Autumn and Winter Months I carefully put my spare nights to good use, rather than watching night after night TV box sets and re-watching the entire James Bond movies, not once but 2 or 3 times....
Anyhow after 3 months...the finished product. I should have started a blog but didn't know of this site until a few weeks ago.
Not a brilliant finished job, but a satisfying one, and it sails nicely on Bushy Park boating lake in Kingston-upon-Thames.
Now o nto bigger and more complicated things...a Fairey Huntsman 31.
This time I'll do a blog....👍
Liked by Cashrc and RNinMunich and
2 comments
  • DonnieboyWarrant Officer
    Good looking boat.Nice clean paint job.Looks good on the water.
  • retirement-hobbyPetty Officer 1st Class
    Nice job, looking forward to your next project!
davidhgreatbatch
Warrant Officer
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PS Waverley
Nice day sailing down the pool today with my Model of
PS Waverley
Liked by Brightwork and andrewhill and
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  • Richard7Petty Officer 1st Class
    Hi David, just came across your model of the Waverley & I just wanted to congratulate you on a first class model boat! The detail is fantastic, its a truly wonderful model. It reminds me of a trip we did a couple of years ago on the Waverley from Tower Bridge - Southend Pier - Whitstable Harbour and back, spent a lot of time down in the Engine room, it brought back many memories when I was about 6 years old when my Grandad took me on a day trip on the Waverley.....
    All the best
    Richard7
JOHN
Midshipman
FREDERICK SPASHETT
Hi just to remind us of summer days during the cold spell we have. Sorry about the audio but this is the fishing trawler I built a while ago - having a sail around the lake in South Shields. We didn't catch many fish that day :-)
Liked by rcmodelboats and Ronald and
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GeoffA
Able Seaman
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Moorcock
I bought the Moorcock from a fellow boater and decided to rebuild her as the Moorcock. The hull was stripped bare and the prop-shaft tube removed and completely remade with a new prop. The hull was then repainted and the life boat and davits added The superstructure was cleaned up and remade with a Robbe spring loaded grappling iron added to the rear deck.She is powered by a 24v scooted motor salvaged from a garbage bin and has 4 x 12v 7amh SLA's to provide power. She is a good strong vesel to sail and is often used as a recovery tug.
Liked by Brightwork and Inkoust and
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  • ads90Warrant Officer
    You have made a vey fine job of her Sir - looks great on the water.
    Alan
    Liked by Inkoust and nick
Smaragd
Petty Officer 1st Class
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Robbe Smaragd
Here's my Robbe smaragd, its about 30 years old and recently I have refitted some electronics. sailwinch replaced for the genua fore sail. it just did not function very well.
It sails like a beauty and very steady on coarse.
Liked by jbkiwi and TOWN3810 and
Smaragd
Petty Officer 1st Class
1 / 7
IRC 88 robbe sirius
here is my Robbe Sirius, the Stock maritime tuned version.
I traded an iphone 5c for this model.
it was in a used state without any working electronics.
Completely removed all electronics, stickers and rigg and started with sanding.
resprayed the hull in oyster 'pearl metalic' and started building up with new fittings , electronics etc
Sails like a beauty !
Liked by TOWN3810 and figtree7nts
jelley_baby
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
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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.
Liked by Inkoust and Colin H and
3 comments
  • jelley_babyChief Petty Officer 1st Class
    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
  • BOATSHEDCaptain
    Now I understand. Yes Make do and substitute.
Joe727
Commander
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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.
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