Where do you sail your boat?... Where you can get the best pictures.
1/36 scale LA Fireboat #2 challenges the Portland Fire Bureau's 1927 fire boat, David Campbell, at the Portland Maritime Heritage Festival 2008.
We Lost...New pumps for next year though. - - - 1/36 scale model uses twin graupner voith schneider drives, and twin ESC. Main power is 12volts for the drives, and auxillary pump, and one 6v for the main monitor pump.
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Where do you sail your boat?... Where you can get the best pictures.
1/36 scale LA Fireboat #2 challenges the Portland Fire Bureau's 1927 fire boat, David Campbell, at the Portland Maritime Heritage Festival 2008.
We Lost...New pumps for next year though. - - - 1/36 scale model uses twin graupner voith schneider drives, and twin ESC. Main power is 12volts for the drives, and auxillary pump, and one 6v for the main monitor pump.
This tug is in scale 1:25, used two 900 motors. Still need a lot of details. Models are based on my own fiberglass hull
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On the picturesI is my not finished Tito Neri, based on Graupners kit. As all my heavy tugs Tito have installed water ballast instead lead
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Hi, I am about to build the Imara with a finished weight of 19kg. Your choice of water ballast is of great interest to me as I will not be capable of lifting mine when finished. if you are able to email me some details of how you constructed your ballast tanks, it would be greatly appreciated.
kind regards
Peter email: (PM Only - Admin)
Hi, I am about to build the Imara with a finished weight of 19kg. Your choice of water ballast is of great interest to me as I will not be capable of lifting mine when finished. if you are able to email me some details of how you constructed your ballast tanks, it would be greatly appreciated.
kind regards
Peter email: (PM Only - Admin)
This tug is based on my own fiberglass hull. She is 91 cm long, two Schottle drives with Speed 900 motors
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The boat is scratch built,designed by Hal Harrison,contruction plan in Marine Modeling mag.whitch was designed as a freelance coastguard patrol boat .made from balsa/cardboard sise 18" aprox.weight 2.5kg.
Our model is 36"twin motors and all moving parts and weight is 10kg.
This is the latest pictures of Vigilant Star on the lake at NewBrighton Wirral
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The boat is scratch built,designed by Hal Harrison,contruction plan in Marine Modeling mag.whitch was designed as a freelance coastguard patrol boat .made from balsa/cardboard sise 18" aprox.weight 2.5kg.
Our model is 36"twin motors and all moving parts and weight is 10kg.
This is the latest pictures of Vigilant Star on the lake at NewBrighton Wirral
LCT 247 built from scratch by some one ?
Bought off Ebay, it runs on 7.2volt with a johnson 565 motor. Go's like the wind.
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A couple of photos of a friends model of a WW2 Liberty ship
She's approx 5 foot long and runs on 12 volts , looks pretty real l!!!
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This is my latest project, bought for spares, but I wanted a challenge, so I'm putting her back to how she should look. She's a old one I do not know the make but she is of a equivalent size to my other Fire Floats...
Any info appreciated..
Have added a photo of rudder set up any comments??
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This is my latest project, bought for spares, but I wanted a challenge, so I'm putting her back to how she should look. She's a old one I do not know the make but she is of a equivalent size to my other Fire Floats...
Any info appreciated..
Have added a photo of rudder set up any comments??
She's getting ready now, will keep updating as work progresses.
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HI I have a Fire Boat like this, but did not know about its origins I find it much easier to work on than the Aerokits model. I must remember that it is a Norstar Kit. Regards Graham
HI I have a Fire Boat like this, but did not know about its origins I find it much easier to work on than the Aerokits model. I must remember that it is a Norstar Kit. Regards Graham
HI well due to poor health , I actually sold this boat ( about 2 years ago ) The guy that bought it is also on this site. if I can ffind his name/email , 'll send it to you..
Regards Bob J 😀 😡 👍
HI well due to poor health , I actually sold this boat ( about 2 years ago ) The guy that bought it is also on this site. if I can ffind his name/email , 'll send it to you..
Regards Bob J 😀 😡 👍
this model has been extended by 2 inches for better handling looks the part powered by a single Graupner speed 600 on 8.4 volts built from liteply weighs 4 pounds all up,built 2004 and sails at the Goole club waters near the coal hoist ,Goole docks (saturday afternoons)
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fairey swordsman from free plan In model boats 1999
this model has been extended by 2 inches for better handling looks the part powered by a single Graupner speed 600 on 8.4 volts built from liteply weighs 4 pounds all up,built 2004 and sails at the Goole club waters near the coal hoist ,Goole docks (saturday afternoons)
Rescued from e-bay.
Decaperm, MonoPerm motor ? was wired for 6 V but very slow so have fitte a Viper Marine ESC and wired for 12 V - not sure if it would take 18 V - any advice would be appreciated.
As no pond near Camberley I boat Sunday mornings at the Stoke Park pond, Guildford. Not a large pond but great for scale and small to medium speed boating.
Second picture of a Skimmer scratch building (plans from Model Boats magazine Sep 2007) - work in progress.
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Rescued from e-bay.
Decaperm, MonoPerm motor ? was wired for 6 V but very slow so have fitte a Viper Marine ESC and wired for 12 V - not sure if it would take 18 V - any advice would be appreciated.
As no pond near Camberley I boat Sunday mornings at the Stoke Park pond, Guildford. Not a large pond but great for scale and small to medium speed boating.
Second picture of a Skimmer scratch building (plans from Model Boats magazine Sep 2007) - work in progress.
this model was from the sixtys just got the hull and cabin
the cabin has been wired 12v it has an m f a 850 motor which
is water cooled just been tried once the speed controller
failed so try again ? will update as I go along
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this model was from the sixtys just got the hull and cabin
the cabin has been wired 12v it has an m f a 850 motor which
is water cooled just been tried once the speed controller
failed so try again ? will update as I go along
