- lesliebreame🇬🇧Chief Petty Officer 1st Classi know what you mean about speed and i am always trying to get more from my steam boats!!! they are very slow compared with your petrol and brushless jobs but my aim is for more speed .i am working on steam turbines at present which are very inefficient and not that powerful but the intention is eventually for more speed !! you want to try coal fired boiler boats [ i make my own ] . there is much to do pondside what with stoking and water filling and oiling and all and i get loads of fun ..... much more than sailing my old electric crash tender which was fun to build but boring to sail . les breameLike
- BOATSHED🇬🇧CaptainIt is surprising just what you can get a Crash Tender to do. They can be very fast and also handle very well on the water. Those Vosper hulls are amazing. That's why they were used for the fire tenders and MTB's etc. But then the Fairey hulls like the Huntsman and Spearfish also handle very well at speed.Like
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180 posts · Page 7 of 15- rolfman2000Warrant OfficerIs there a shark to go with it? Nice model though 😊Liked by Inkoust and Commodore-H and
Grp Hull and this time using 2 mm plastic.
Balsa wood and again what ever I could find laying around.
The decking is just printed paper and stuck down with Varnish.
Just needs some ballast and it is ready to go.
Again a home made grp hull and everything else Balsa wood and a few bits I could find about the house..
Well this one too has been scrapped and the hull reused.
Or set aside for another one at a later date.
So at this time is just a fitted out hull
A springer tug.
I made a mould and then made a few just in case i was to the point of everything going wrong at least I could start another one.
Apart from the home made GRP hull everything else was made in Balsa wood.
Since been scrapped but the hull and all the electrics ect have been reused again for another version..
Scratch built from plans in a woodworking mag 30+ years ago.
Just completed Thames Barge (Isla May)
- NorthumbrianMidshipmanall ready to go new paint & varnished added new leather seating windscreen made from a plastic salad bowl 45mm 3 bladed brass prop 850 brushed motor powered by a 11.1 5000 mah lipo
O and new cowls from the model shop 👍
Length: 905 mm
Width: 145 mm
Material: poplar plywood 3mm, balsa standard 1 mm, 1 mm linden wood, laminate fabric 120gr and 43gr.
Engine: Mig 480 7.2V
bidirectional DC 7.4V regulator
Propeller 35 mm Graupner
spruce strips 2x6mm
Length: 610 mm
Width: 195 mm
Material: plywood 4mm plywood airline 0.8mm, ironing mahogany bar.
Engine: AC Brushless Turnigy XK2845-1980KV inrunner
Controller: 40A
Battery 2x 2200mAh 30C 3s Lipo
- Dave MVice AdmiralRealistic looking model. is it built from scratch or a kit? Might you post some more detailed pics of the insides? You could start a build blog and descibe how you constructed the model, plus post some pics. Only 4 pics per post so best to take the pics and then post with comments. More pics and more comments can then be added.
Thanks for sharing
Dave 😀