- tduggan🇬🇧Leading SeamanI like the colour the tug is an excellent tugLike 2Liked by jozwa75 and swordfish
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2,625 posts · Page 163 of 219I have two and they are both great fun
- CraigRobothamPetty Officer 1st ClassLooks Awesome , great action shots . Might get a couple of these for my fleet as my son loves the speedLiked by fireboat
The superstructure of the model is largely light-ply and paneled to resemble the orginal. She had an open top deck and as you can see the navigation pods were open to the weather.
A semaphore signal arm was included as radio was not yet used to communicate with each other on the Mersey.
The model is approx1/48 scale and built from a couple of photos and sketches that exist. She is powered by two 340 electric motors and controlled with 2.4ghz radio. A 12 volt battery gives the power. Both decks are individually planked.
She has sailed at Hoylake.
This is a scratch build from plans, of the "Angel's Gate II" , at the Los Angeles Maritime museum. This example has a bilge pump, diesel horn, and will be adding a fire monitor. My nephew is pretty excited about it, he is 4, and already has been practicing with the transmitter!
- lubberlandAble SeamanHI there Cap'n Jim, Glad you like it. The sails are all controlled by the winch line round the after deck. I'll try to post some pics soon, Cheers, Lubber.
- circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd ClassBRAVO ZULU! The towing and mooring lines are great detail, and the marlinspike is great nautical jewelry.
- jtdavidPetty Officer 1st ClasshI damon.
thanks for your comments , if you need any help with your build, you only have to shout, keep to wood. 👍 and I am a real believer in card board on some of the deck work, allways give it a coat of resin 👍 it has taken me a lifetime to get where I am now and have never lost a boat yet with the materials I use.
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- commodoreMaster SeamanHi! Alan
I built an Elke in January 1974 for my son. We sailed it together for a couple of years and then he lost interest (girls!) it spent the next forty five years in my loft (The model - not my son) until l resurected it a few years ago and, after a bit of a dusting and a spot of glue, relaunched it. it still had the original McGregor Digimax radio and speed controller fitted which, after renewing the batteries in both the receiver and tranny, still works a treat. I've since added a crew and some other refinements and it's often included in our Club displays. Hope you get as much enjoyment from your model as we have.