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davidhgreatbatch
Warrant Officer
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HMS Sussex
1/128 Scratch Built on a GRP hull. Built her 20 Years ago and sail her on Mary Stevens Park Pool, Stourbridge.
Powered by four 385 electric motors
Liked by Brightwork and RNinMunich
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  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Looks great 👍 Same scale as my Belfast and Graf Spee. Shame we can't re-enact the Battle of the River Plate! I live in Munich.
    If you ever come to Bavaria .... Cheers, Doug 😎
    Liked by Dave M
chumbucket
Master Seaman
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Creepy
This is Creepy,a springer tug that is 5 yrs old now.He pushes #1200lb pumpkins for the pumpkin regatta along with saving many of the PMPBA club members boats from certain sinking or floating away.I never go to any of the club floats without him.He runs a Harbor freight 550 motor running a Target Hobby 320amp ESC,on a 5000mah 2s lipo battery.The plans can be downloaded free off the internet and takes about a week to build for the experienced builder,Great for the new boat builders to do because its an easy build tug.Simple door skins,some balsa,1/2a running gear from Dumas,1.5 brass prop,2x2 rudder from aluminum,cheap 2channel radio,ESC from Target Hobby.
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  • jarvoLieutenant
    Thank god we dont have 1200 pound pumpkins floating around our lake!!!! just goes to show what these small tugs can do

    Mark
Ronald
Fleet Admiral
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Michael (formerly Carol Moran)
My grandson Michael helped me build this kit last winter. We had fun researching existing tug boats of the era, and upgrading some of the details. After the bath tub test, I changed from direct drive to a 3:1 ratio motor to keep it running at a scale speed.
Liked by hightide and figtree7nts
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  • figtree7ntsAdmiral
    Great job, on the Tug Michael AKA Carol Moran.
    I see the grandson is an aspiring model builder again great job.
ads90
Warrant Officer
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Northlight Clyde Puffer
I have just completed my Puffer and am quite pleased with the outcome. The components are quite good but do need a bit of fettling but this is what our hobby is about. This is my third Caldercraft build so I am used to their quality and sparse instructions.   As usual for Caldercraft you need to have your thinking cap on as the A0 plan and the 'instruction book' do not match up but of course they do expect you to have a little bit of experience in model building. it has taken me about 6 months to build working on and off over this time. it has a large hull which is easy to house the motor, ESC, RC and batteries, etc. (I installed 2 lead acid 6 volt batteries, one on each side amidships) which gives stability and ballast. Being a large deep hull it needs a lot of ballast, even in its short length.I have only tested her in the big white nautical test facility at home so do not know how it will perform on our lake but hope to try it out on Sunday if the weather is set fair. Tried her out Wednesday and she sailed really well - maybe a little more ballast in the bow but not too concerned.
Liked by chrys and tomarack
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  • stwdvAble Seaman
    Hi, I am thinking of purchasing would you recommend ?
    Regards
cormorant
Lieutenant Commander
Pilot Boat
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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Liked by John2 and suntugs and
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  • cormorantLieutenant Commander
    Hi Colin
    Yes, I did brush paint the deck with an inexpensive acrylic.
    The sand mix was trial and error. I started off with a thin mix and gradually added more sand, testing it on scraps of plastic, until I was happy.
    A brushed coat of satin varnish waterproofed and added to the realism.
    Best of luck.
    Steve
  • ColinTPetty Officer 2nd Class
    Thanks Steve I will let you know how I get on.
    Regards Colin
figtree7nts
Admiral
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San Pedro
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
Liked by suntugs
manyboats
Petty Officer 1st Class
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Tsekoa
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.
Liked by Sinc5508 and Inkoust
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SkipperVGMBC
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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My 1.12 Scale Arun Lifeboat
Running on Twin Brushless Motors. At Cold Knap Lake Barry, Vale Of Glamorgan.
www.vgmbc.org

Motors Are E-Max GT2820/07
Liked by jfstoker and circle43nautical and
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  • SkipperVGMBCPetty Officer 2nd Class
    Hello Skegness..I am using 2 E-Max GT2820/7 brushless Motors. These Are UK purchased from BRC Hobbies (based Northolt) Cost £20.95 each.. these are 850 KV..using Twin Mystery RC 70A Forward Backward 2-7s Brushless ESC (with Ubecc) about £20 or less on EBay (HK).

    Run Time..1 Hour, mix of fast and slow Sailing..Depends on use.
    Using 2 X 7.2 NMH Volt Battery Packs..at 5000mah each.

    She Goes Like fast, and cuts through water lovely.
    Have A Similar Setup (Different Emax Motors) in my Models By Design interceptor 42 Boat (42 inch length)..Tooo Fast for me..lol..Any Other info PM me for phone number..Happy Sailing
  • SkipperVGMBCPetty Officer 2nd Class
    E-Max Number is GT2820/07..sorry about my error
frankburgess
Master Seaman
Sirius Star
This is my replica model of the Sirius Star designed by Max Coote of Ripmax, around 1954.
I found the drawings on the internet, and built the model from scratch. The boat is 41" and I have fitted an electric motor taken from a childs ride on car, 50 amp Chinese controller, 50mm prop, and 12 volt 7 amp lead acid battery.
It also has a Murco diesel fitted in the wheel house to give the boat a 50's appearance!
Sea trials soon!
Liked by Colin H
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  • jarvoLieutenant
    Hi Frank, great project looking superb, where did you find the drawings?? or could you scan a copy to me please?

    Mark
  • frankburgessMaster Seaman
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    Speak to this gentleman, he was very helpful and his charge reasonable.

    Best Regards
    Frank
robtroi
Master Seaman
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Voyager
Its maiden voyage took place at the Knap at Barry South Glamorgan. with the VGMBC.
It's a Robbe kit "San Diego" built by a chap on this website "sharpy1071"
Leopard 4074-1400Kv water-cooled motors 100A Mystery ESC's.

After a few teething problems with transmitter setup, everything went fine.
Liked by Brightwork and Colin H
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  • don6398Leading Seaman
    😊 Great looking boat. I love it when a boat gets up on plain .
    Liked by Inkoust
  • sharpy1071Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    Good to see my old boat on water, glad your happy with it. Our pond is beginning to weed up again so it would not have had much use down here!!
    Liked by Rod and figtree7nts

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