46 inch Crash Tender rescued from E-bay. Currently in the process of total restoration and have had to scratch build the entire super structure. Have fitted a Merco 61 engine with tuned pipe (the noise is awesome).

Have gone for it with the radio control- - employing a Robbe F14 plus an extra 8 channel module with decoder. So far extra controls are : each monitor (scratch built using brass pipe & sheet) left & right (using Robbe pulley set to give me 270 degrees travel), two Irvine water pumps, (real car) hooter, winch (using gearbox from Maplins) and movement for jib and search light.

I sail at Brentwood in Essex - where you can still run IC boats.

This has twin 600 motors and was a derelect two months ago, it still has a long way to go! Rod is not happy with the crane jib and may make another.

This is an original 46 inch Aerokits Crash Tender from c1966. it was restored by Mike Cummings who runs the Vintage Model Workshop group.

It is powered by a Graupner Speed 900 running on 18V. This picture was taken in Bushy Park, SW London.

This is a boat that's just recently been refurbished.

It's an Aerokit model (48 inch long) and was originally an I.C engine. Michael is now converting it to electric power.

This is a model of a sidewall hovercraft fire and rescue boat (Hovermarine HM218) built by James Ramsey.

This started its life as a broken hand vacuum cleaner. Opened up there are two squirrel cage fans. He obtained pictures, sale data, amd small GA drawings from a Hovercraft Museum and was able to scratch build.

It has twin motors operated through mixer and two ESCs, steerable fire monitors plus nav lights, deck lights, flasher, fire pump, siren, rear mast lights and serch lights operated from the transmitter via a Digiserv unit.

Barry Sullivan's fireboat, built in 1969 from the aero kit. This was his first boat and was given to his son, then brought back and refurbished. it was then given to his grandson and brought back again for refurbishment last year.

Dusseldorf that's recently been finished by Dave Gibson. He has still got a few bugs to Iron out on the electrics such as rudder and motor twitches.

He also thinks it seems to be a little under powered and noisy (however his last build was a motor torpedo boat) so it may just be a little getting used to.