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GARTH
Commodore
Smit Nederland
Just a short video of the Smit Nederland at Leander boat club dock Hamilton Ontario Canada . Tug ran great in our messy bay pool .
Liked by figtree7nts and MouldBuilder and
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  • Martin555Fleet Admiral
    Hi Garth,
    She looks good on the water.
    I bet your matt is happy with the work you had done for him.

    Martin555.
jbkiwi
Fleet Admiral
FAIRACRE BROADS CRUISER, NEW MOTOR AND ESC
Fitted the new 550 45T brushed motor as a replacement for the ancient and slow 70s Graupner monoperm. Goes a lot better now and has a decent speed range. Handles and rides quite well for a skinny boat. Prop is a Graupner 40mm 2 blade (don't know the pitch, -fairly fine) Using a 2200mAh 2S LiPo battery which probably gives around an hours running slowly, or 30 mins of hooning around.

Battery was only charged to 8.25v and ended up at 7.7v. (45%) after about 3/4 hr. I'll probably fit a Hobbywing ESC as well, for a bit better reverse action, as the El cheapo car one is a bit slow finding reverse at times.
Liked by MouldBuilder and Brightwork and
philcaretaker
Commodore
"Bella & Bellissima"
Aeronaut Classics !
With 3 visiting models, "Bela" is popular model at our club. "Bella" is now joined by her big sister "Bellissima".
Liked by mistyoptic and Scratchbuilder and
Rogal118
Captain
brave borderer 4th sea trial!
Typical yorkshire weather, after 5 minutes it chucked it down so had to make a quick retreat. used just one 2200 3s lipo for now but need a bigger lake/pond really as can only give full power for 3-4 seconds, so stop -go is not good but was hoping to get some good photos-videos, but the rain stopped play till another day.
Edit, forgot to mention. most of run on centre prop only. the last 5 seconds or so is full power, well nearly.
Liked by SimpleSailor and MouldBuilder and
3 comments
  • RowenCaptain
    Looks good Roger,
    Whilst the comments on paralleling LI-POs are correct. I have never had an issue. I have used two identical cells and fully charge each separately until the charger cuts out.
    Would never try two partially discharged cells as then the current might flow from one to the other creating the overcharge rate problem
    Recently decided that rather than use two cells, why not use one at once? This reduces weight and eliminates the concern.
    Think you need a larger pond! Glad to see the weather is consistent with my memorys.
    Rowen
    Liked by Scratchbuilder and jbkiwi and
  • jbkiwiFleet Admiral
    Hi Roger, goes so well on one, you could have left the other two motors out!

    JB
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philcaretaker
Commodore
MODEL BOAT SAILING - AT BUGSWORTH BASIN
MODEL BOAT SAILING - AT BUGSWORTH BASIN
Bugsworth Canal Basin, the head of navigation of the Peak Forest Canal, was the largest and busiest inland port on Britain’s narrow canal system and the only one to survive intact. Famous canal and tramway engineer, Benjamin Outram, built the 14 mile long Peak Forest Canal from Dukinfield to Bugsworth, although plans to extend to Chapel Milton via Whitehough were never realised. Construction of the six mile Peak Forest Tramway in 1795 linked Bugsworth Basin to the limestone and gritstone quarries in Derbyshire, and the canal linked Bugsworth to Manchester and the trans-Pennine canal network.
Liked by Seanympth and Graham93
alan44
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
1 / 10
Shannon class lifeboat
Here are some pictures of my Shannon class lifeboat, she’s been a very slow build, but getting there now.
Liked by ARL58 and Rookysailor and
11 comments
  • flundleAble Seaman
    Its correct in every respect and its the correct texture too.
    Every single part of the kit was drawn in 3D cad (123D Design) and produced on a Forms2 3D printer. Then everything was scaled down to 1/16th scale and thse are now available from Tony Bakewell, the new owner of Speedline Models. See facebook👍
    Liked by Martin555
  • JohnS7Leading Seaman
    Looks amazing, first class job 👌
philcaretaker
Commodore
More "Sculduggery" with Graham !
"Bill & Ben" are out of "Lock down" in Buxton. Seen here at the Pavilion Gardens with the BMBC.
Liked by MouldBuilder and billmcl61 and
4 comments
  • Graham93Vice Admiral
    Hi Gary,

    You might have something there! I think his expression probably has more to do with the threaded rod glued into his nether regions which attaches him to the thwart! 😂🤣

    Graham93
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  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    I seem to remember warning you about that Graham 😮
    Same for Ben and the smoke for his pipe I suspect 😮😭
    Whatever, good to see at least Bill in action again 👍
    😎
    Liked by Martin555
philcaretaker
Commodore
"Hoga" Pearl Harbor Tugboat.
BMBC member Adrien tells us more about "Hoga."

Billing Boats "Hoga" Pearl Harbor Tugboat.
Liked by Brightwork and stevedownunder and
2 comments
  • T33CNOSub-Lieutenant
    That is lovely. I built mine recently but opted for clear coat to make it interesting at shows. A picture from the maiden voyage
    Liked by Brightwork and Griss and
  • GaryLCCaptain
    That planked hull is a work of art, and can be appreciated for what it is and the work that went into it. Painting is for hiding mistakes and filler. Regards.
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