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Mikep
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Dumas USS Crockett
Asheville Class gun boat model is 51” long weighs 22 lbs. hull covered with 2 layers of 2 oz. fiberglass cloth and resin. All plywood and balsa construction finished with fiberglass resin and Model Master paints. Working radar mast, turrets, desiel sound, whopper sound, general quarters sound, sierene. Power is MACK
Drives 12 volt system 2 x 2 6volt 3000 nimh each drive. Very fast in the water.
Liked by DELVEIN and reilly4 and
3 comments
  • DonnieboyWarrant Officer
    Boat looked great.The boat ran just fine.Not too much over scale speed.It's good to have a little more speed to avert obstacles,especially oyher boats that don't know where they are.
    Liked by rcmodelboats
  • Joburg-sailorPetty Officer 1st Class
    Ooops, apologies Dumas USS Crockett, my video post ended up on yr site..should have been on SA Valour Class Frigate.
Mikep
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Sterling Emma C Berry
Model is 49” long and with ballast keel added weighs 17 lbs. hull is covered with 2 layers of 2 oz. cloth fiberglass cloth and painted with Krylon spray can paint. Hitec sail winch servo for main sail and standard servo for jib. Model has auxiliary 6 volt electric power to compincate for my sailing ability’s and wind conditions.
Sails are Mylar.
Liked by Ronald and Northumbrian and
Mikep
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Dumas Chris-Craft Cobra
Model is 28” long weighs 7lbs. Hull covered with 2 oz. fiberglass cloth deck covered with 3/4 oz. fiberglass cloth and resin finished with spar varnish. Power is MACK 5045 motor and 2 6 volt x 3000 nimh packs.
Liked by doghouse and RNinMunich
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  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Very nice job, luvly woodwork 👍👍
    At first I thought that was a swan sitting on the hatch in the first pic😲😁
    Cheers, Doug 😎
    Liked by Donnieboy
Krampus
Warrant Officer
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Fishfull Thinking
Greetings from Germany! I've been out of the net for a while and rebuilding this boat with a totally new superstructure, paint job and electronics. I obtained the fiberglass hull measuring 24.5 X 9 inches from a California fellow via E-bay. Formerly a 45-footer Chris Craft at 1:24 scale, this updated vessel was inspired on a 1970s 30-footer Chris Craft Tournament Fisherman and on 1970s 28 and 33-footer Bertram boats. 😁 The Chris Craft in the attached picture from an early days brochure was the very only Chris Craft utilizing a Deep-Vee hull. The story goes that they apparently copied their boat following the lines of a Bertram 28 based on famed boat designer Ray Hunt. Bertram sued in court and Chris Craft ended up building less than 200 boats of this type. After all, the Chris Craft vessel ended up being better than the Bertram in terms of cabin space and overall value. Highly cherished within the American sports fishing community, many of these boats are still up and running.
Liked by Brightwork and doghouse and
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circle43nautical
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
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USCG ICEBREAKING TUG
ON THE WAYS: 1:48 SCALE USCG 140' BAY CLASS ICEBREAKING TUG; FIBERGLASS HULL WITH WOODEN CABIN/SUPERSTRUCTURE KIT FROM COAST GUARD MODELS IN CHICAGOLAND. WILL BE REPRESENTING ONE OF THE CUTTERS I SAILED ABOARD IN THE EARLY '80s.
USCGC KATMAI BAY (WTGB-101), H/P SAULT STE. MARIE, MI, USA.
Liked by Ronald and SelwynWilliams and
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  • circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    Tank you! Just received kit about an hour ago. Life's good, I reckon. Shegoes well with the matching scale cutter. This is truly a dream come true!
Krampus
Warrant Officer
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Juntilla
So, here's my current project in the works. I got a nice 25-inches Deep-Vee fiberglass hull a while ago and now (finally) have a concept for it. Almost by accident I came across a plan for an American bass boat which in turn reminded me of a boat that caught my attention when I was a kid while reading a boating magazine. The boat is a 28-footer from a now defunct firm named Uniflite. it was a small deep-sea sports fisherman called "Salty Dog". Uniflite was very well known within the American boating circles during the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Uniflite created and supplied PBR river patrol craft to the US Navy between 1965 and 1972 for rivers in Vietnam using an already existing pleasure boat hull and adapting jet nozzles for propulsion. So, I just created a prototype template of the cabin so more to follow 😎.
Liked by Ronald and Brucef102 and
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  • sandkbChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    Looking forward to seeing your progress on this project.
Krampus
Warrant Officer
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Dirty Deeds
Some pics of my favorite build. Made on a barebones fiberglass hull. Runs with a NIHM 10.8 battery, a 540 brushed motor and a 30A controller. Pictures taken by the Olympia Park pond in Munich, Germany.
Liked by Brightwork and sandkb and
6 comments
  • KrampusWarrant Officer
    By the way, you may get some Viagra (10.8v Nihm battery) on Ebay. You will find them with either AA-type cells and C-type cells. I do prefer the C-type cells. Expect to pay around $45-50 USD. I bought some from a German store named "www.Conrad.de", but it seems they no longer offer them.
  • Dave MVice Admiral
    Hi AllenA
    HobbyKing have a battery sale on at present and some are in the UK so no import taxes if you are careful
    Dave
    Liked by AllenA and John2
Krampus
Warrant Officer
Dirty Deeds
Trial run of "Dirty Deeds" at the Kochelsee, an alpine lake near the town of Murnau, Germany. Fiberglass barebones hull made in the UK, rest is scratch-built inspired in 1970s Bertram 38 with other elements from Bertram 42 and Bertram 46 convertibles. Originally running with 9.6v NIHM battery, now running much better with 10.8v. Re-powered boat at
Liked by BOATSHED and Dave M and
Krampus
Warrant Officer
Berrinche
22.5 inches RC boat inspired on 1970s Chris-Craft Commander 36, 42 and 45 footer boats. Model equivalent to a real-life 36 footer vessel. Barebones fiberglass hull from a UK manufacturer. Powered with a brushed 500 motor, 30A controller, 9.6v NIHM battery. Video made during first trial at the Eibsee lake in Bavaria, Germany.
Liked by Inkoust and BOATSHED and
wcolombo
Leading Seaman
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PT Boat 673
PT Boat scale 1/20 length 1.22 m, Motorization one brushless motor and two 550 14 v motors , fiberglass hull, superstructure in acrylic laser cut, details in resin and 3D print.
Liked by Gravedigger47 and Zdenek and
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wcolombo
Leading Seaman
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ATF Zuni
ATF Zuni fleet tug. The model in the 1/48 scale is 120 cm long and has light, smoke and sounds functions. Made from American Navy blue prints. The hull is in fiberglass and the superstructure is in acrylic laser cut.
Liked by Gravedigger47 and Ronald and
3 comments
  • John2Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
    Very nice!
  • circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    BRAVO ZULU! WOW, WHAT A SPLENDID BUILD, SIR

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