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CraigRobotham
Petty Officer 1st Class
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Bullet
Joysway Bullet Brushless RTR Deep Vee

Water cooled 2815 Outrunner brushless motor. 50A water cooled brushless ESC
Top speed: 45 km/h. Powerful 37g rudder servo. CNC aluminium alloy rudder. Shaft drive system: 3mm flex cable drive. Twin blade nylon propeller.
Length: 740mm (29.13"). Beam: 180mm (7.09"). Weight: 1140g (2.51lb) (Model only).
Hull materials: ABS injection moulding
Get about 35 minutes out of a 11.1 v 2200 mah lipo
But most of all good fun 😊
Liked by ron1956
3 comments
  • CraigRobothamPetty Officer 1st Class
    Absolutely Neil :-)
  • ron1956Leading Seaman
    very nice, and good battery life 😀
Northumbrian
Midshipman
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Falmouth Oyster Dredger
I have made the sails & starting to put them on winch servo fitted running line is on it runs around the top of the deck
Liked by Ronald and Northumbrian
2 comments
  • hammerLieutenant
    Looks good. Are you just controlling the main.
  • NorthumbrianMidshipman
    HI hammer thanks for your interest
    the main & both jibs are on a line running around the top of the deck onto a drum servo & the transom rudder is push pull on the servo
    cheers Bob 👋
chrislang
Warrant Officer
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Hooligan Free
Aquired as response to grandsons'Can't we have one like that' request on seeing other club members ' Hooligan boat'.
Cheap second hand commercial speed boat steered by shutting down port or starboard motors and only on/off on pretend transmitter.
Now modified with proper ESC, 2.4 radio with servo operated rudder and upgraded to take 8.4v NiCad.
Length: 30 inches_ Not yet sailed in modified form !
Liked by BOATSHED and John2
1 comment
  • BOATSHEDCaptain
    Looks like a nice mod on her. I have one but wasn't happy with it as it didn't have a very good radio range. But did go quite well in the radio range she had. That should be a lot better now you have done this to her. I gave my brother one that I got from a boot fair that cost me a £5er. He ripped out the insides and has fitted it with a small brushless motor and 2.4gh radio and it is not so much a hooligan but more of a total maniac. But good fun.
gordywill
Recruit
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HMS Manxman and HMS?
Bought these two for £50! The smallest is HMS Manxman, a scratch build, 6v electric motor drive. it,s just shy of 3ft long. The second ship came to me as apparently HMS Tanganyika, however, on looking at photos of the ship bore no resemblance. it is almost definitely a colony class cruiser of ww2. Possibly HMS FIJI, Nigeria,Jamaica,or Trinidad. The two pillars amidships with the orbs are not what these ships had(?). So much work has yet to be done. The second ship is 5ft 6inches long, made entirely of wood, with a Marx Decaperm 6v Motor powered by a large 6v 10ah gel battery which doubles as ballast, along with 5 large lead weights. Transmitter is a Futaba t6exa, the receiver and servos are Futaba also. I would be interested in knowing some tips about building techniques, best materials and paints for waterproofing etc. And maybe some opinions on it,s identity as swear it looks like HMS Fiji. I have browsed some lovely builds on this site so far, and they really are a credit to you all. Thanks. Gordon
Liked by Northumbrian and CraigRobotham
lubberland
Able Seaman
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Elsie & Olwen
Here's a few more pics showing my home made winch from a Lego 9volt motor unit which is controlled by a servo and two micro switches. There's a ring on the deck line that all the sail lines are tied onto. Cheers Lubber. PS. The large mainsail is counter ballanced by the deep hull shape right aft. Regards.
1 comment
  • twofloats12Leading Seaman
    could you do a simple electics diagram for me as i have burn out two sail servos 😱
    Liked by Inkoust
lubberland
Able Seaman
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" Elsie & Olwen "
A scratch built model of a Gloucester USA fishing schooner 1900 era. Pine plank on frame, 2 channel radio with a Lego 9volt drive unit as sail winch controlled each way by servo and micro switches, the deck is planked on a thin ply sub-deck and deck openings are sealed with Vaseline. The deep keel slides up into a box through the keel and secured with a bolt.
Liked by Mikep and Northumbrian
4 comments
  • CapnJimChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    HI Lubberland,
    A boat after my own heart! Looks really good. Like the level of detail, even if you can't see it on the water. Which sails are controlled by the winch?

    How successful is the sailing peformance with all that sail area aft?

    Regards,
    Cap'n Jim.
  • lubberlandAble Seaman
    HI 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.
hammer
Lieutenant
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CARIAD
This is a Chris Brown fibreglass hull for Cariad, it was a reject so Chris let me have it cheep. I like to be different so I built it as Spray of Newport. Sailed well on internal ballast only just adjust the rig to suit the conditions. Two sail arm servo one on main other on fore sails. Rudder controlled from under the deck by servo 3. The westerman ( who sails the boat for the pilot) holds the tiller which moves his arm. A forth servo pulls a string passing up his leg through his arm which is a spring. When the spring is compressed the arm waves in a random way. ( the idea came from the toy animal on a stand when the bottom of the stand is pushed in the animal falls down.)
Liked by Ronald
veecee27
Able Seaman
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Scratchbuilt RAF FIRE Boat
Single 550 Brushed Motor and Reversible ESC, 2S LiPo, 2.4GHz Radio System, Turnigy Blue Prop, 2 x 9G servos for rudder and lights.

Functional Nav Lights and wailing siren.

OA Length 690 mm, Beam 180 mm, AUW 1656 grams.
Liked by circle43nautical and petercbrown and
Robin Stobbs
Master Seaman
Wannabe Police Launch
My own design deep "V" hull with upper-works loosely to 1:15 scale replica of the Mitchell 31 boats previously used by various Hampshire constabularies in and around the Solent. The intention is to fit this model with a working, rotating, radar scanner using the servo motor and gearbox from an old video camera lens system; working lights including flashing blue police lights and a sound-alike "wee-wah" siren - just for the hell of it (and because I can)! Technical details: Hull length: 867mm. Construction: GRP layup with 1.5 and 3mm ply and balsa deck, cabin etc. Motor: MFA Torpedo 850. Propeller: X50mm plastic. Battery: 2 x three cell LiPo pack in parallel. Speed controller: Mtroniks Viper 25Amp. Radio: Hobby King 2.4GHz.
Liked by jbkiwi and CraigRobotham
2 comments
  • Robin StobbsMaster Seaman
    My son says this is way off a replica of the Solent police launches of that time: a) it moves too fast, b) it's not billowing black smoke, c) it's not making enough engine noise, and d) it's not towing half the Solent behind! 😀
  • don83000Able Seaman
    Looks nice and goes well for a brushed motor.
ralphwilmot
Master Seaman
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RADAR using 3.7g micro servo
Using a 3.7g micro-servo. it is possible to install this small unit within many of the existing model Radar parts or scratch built models to create a working model Radar setup.

Here is an example of one fitted to my RNLI Trent lifeboat. I am using the bottom of the servo housing to clamp this unit to the underside of the base of the kits Radar platform, this helped to reduce the overall height and to maintain the scale size.

These servos are available on eBay at £1.89 including postage from China or Hong Kong.

I found this easy to mount and I have kept the servo electronics, connecting this servo to a spare channel on the receiver. This enables the radar to rotated in both directs at adjustable speeds or just stopped. I usually have it adjust at slow : scale speed, setting this with the trim on the transmitter.

Photograph of working Radar installed into Trent RNLI model.
2 comments
  • Dave MVice Admiral
    Used the same on my Trent. However mine is very noisy and I intend to replace with a 6mm micro motor that runs off 3v and is almost silent.
  • ralphwilmotMaster Seaman
    HI Dave
    Yes the gear noise is a problem, tried to fill the gear box area with some light grease but not a good solution ..messy and too restrictive.
    Going to only run the radar when under way, switching radar on via a mercury switch and the forward momentum. Noise not a problem that way and it won't wear out as quickly.

    Thanks Ralph
modeltugman
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
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Maggie B a modified Southampton
this is the Maggie B she is a modified Sothampton R T R tug. there is a video of her in the video section. the main casing was taken off and the lower three quarters of it was cut off, so that it reduced the overall height., she is fitted with two M tronic speed controllers and a new larger5,000millI amp battery which is fitted across the hull behind the motors and in front of the steering servo, she still has the original props but they are now turnig outwards to go ahead. she is now a very handy and stable boat.
Liked by jarvo and fireboat
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  • figtree7ntsAdmiral
    I like your modification!
  • greybeardsRecruit
    Hello to all my Fellow ShipWrites, I have been away for many months due to the Passing of a lovely Lady that was a huge part of my life. After re-locating in the Fall, I plan to finish off projects that have been waiting far to long.
    I have a great lakes freighter that needs finishing, a build of a 1/72 scale Gato class submarine and a small scale fishing boat that needs to come out of the box and take a space I have for her on my book case. Cheers to All ....Viewing your Works has cheered me Up...see you in the fall with updates.....

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