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reilly4
Warrant Officer
Long Range Air Sea Rescue
A short video to celebrate sailing 3 x 1/24 scale Fairmile D's as well as a Vosper 73' Type 1 at the same time.
Graham's boats are scratch-built onto fibreglass hulls.
My boats are totally scratch-built.
it is best viewed on a larger screen in HD.
Liked by Ray and RNinMunich and
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  • ToraDogCommodore
    Absolutely wondrful! Top notch job all around. What a incredible pleasure to watch.
    Liked by reilly4
  • StephenSRecruit
    Brilliant. Best war film I've seen in years.
    My mtb's of mtb 389. Built 40 odd years ago and left in the loft where it collected dust and soot. When I retired I brought it down, fitted a Graupner 700 motor in and ran it on 14.4v. It plains very realistic. Thanks for the video...👍
    Liked by Steves-s and Norway and
EricMB
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
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Atlantic 85 1/12 scale scratch-built
More work on the little boat today #lockdownfun
Liked by Martin555 and Ianh and
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  • Martin555Fleet Admiral
    Hi Eric.

    Looking good.
    I would be interested to see more photos of this Lifeboat and its crew.

    Martin555.
reilly4
Warrant Officer
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Hellenic Navy - La Combattante IIIb class Fast Attack Craft
More great photos in this series taken by my friend at Albert Park Lake in Melbourne. These of my P28 - Ensign Simitzopoulos. Great wave patterns. These photos were all poster size in detail. I have had to shrink them to get them posted here. This boat is in my harbour.

The 1/35 scale boat is scratch-built, mainly from Balsawood and marine ply with a fibreglass covering. The guns can elevate and rotate. The radar units both rotate and there are LED navigation lights that I forgot to turn on. There is also a flashing red LED strobe warning system. It needs a little work to get the 4 LEDs a bright brighter.
Liked by jbkiwi and Brightwork and
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  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Okey dokey, look forward to the circuit detail👍
    Liked by doghouse
  • EscrichPetty Officer 2nd Class
    Please explain me the complete problem and I'll try to help you as much as possible.

    Regards:
    JMEC
reilly4
Warrant Officer
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Z-39 German WW2 Destroyer
My scratch-built 1/72 scale Type 1936A (mob) destroyer, photographed by a good friend at Albert Park lake in Melbourne.
It has rotating turrets linked to the gun directors and rotating torpedo tubes, the front 6" guns elevate and there is also a ship's horn.
Liked by Brightwork and doghouse and
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  • RookysailorRear Admiral
    Good way of revolving the turret Doug, but I've
    taken the easy way by using a servomorph from
    Action electronics😀https://www.componentshop.co.uk/p96-servomorph.html
    using a couple on my 1/96 USS Kidd destroyer, will post when finished.

    Peter😎
    Liked by RNinMunich
  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Hi Rooky,
    Bit late getting back to you on this - bin kinda busy🤔
    I hear where you're coming from (as our colonial brothers might say. Sorry Ed 😉)
    Back then there wern't no Action Electronics / Component Shop so I just did what seemed logical! Worst (and smelly😝) part was making the circuit board.
    No PC, CAD or even photo-reactive circuit board back then.

    Yep, I know the Servomorph. I've bought one to experiment with on a Plastic Magic project.
    To drive the gun turrets on a 1/350 King George V battleship, where there ain't enough room (never mind weight margin) to mess about with cogs and pulleys.
    I'm thinking two micro servos, Y lead, or even independent AB and XY turrets.
    My German Turnigy re-brand has two pots that I can assign to these!

    Many thanks to Colin-H for sending me the KGV kit in a wonderful package of 'stuff' as recompense for renovating and converting his Taycol Supermarine motor.
    Was like Christmas all over again 😊
    Cheers, Doug 😎
Krampus
Warrant Officer
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Electric Barbarella
Ahoy Maties! it's been a long time since my last posting. Happy 2019! I just completed my new scratch-built boat "Electric Barbarella". I tried to recreate (with some liberties) one of my favorite boats of all time, the 30-footer Chris Craft Sportsman built during the 1970s. it measures 24 X 8.5 inches. it is powered with a 9.6 NiMH 4200 mAh battery "nunchuck" pack (like the one used for paintball guns), brushless motor attached to a 30A Mtroniks Hydra controller and a 30mm M4 3-bladed brass propeller. The hull (my own on-the-go design) was made out of Balsa wood which later I fiberglassed. For the superstructure I utilized 2mm ABS plastic sheet material. To my surprise the boat turned to be a very stable and forgiving platform. I really feel a very close connection to this vessel as it is my first own hull design.😁
Liked by Brightwork and Commodore-H and
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  • PeejaySub-Lieutenant
    She's a beauty!!! (And I am not talking about only the lady in the cockpit!)

    I grew up a block away from the river, and there were a lot of pleasure craft in the area. Most of them were pre-70's as I left before then.
    Liked by Krampus
  • KrampusWarrant Officer
    Thank you, Peejay!😁
reilly4
Warrant Officer
Higgins PT Boat
This Higgins PT boat was built and sailed by a good friend of mine. it is scratch-built. it uses a single Turnigy 3639 1100kV brushless motor and LiPo battery. it is pretty new and has not had its number painted on as yet. its performance is excellent.
Liked by Brightwork and figtree7nts and
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  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    'Hail to the Chief' 😉
  • DonnieboyWarrant Officer
    Nice model and a good runner too.Like your water also.
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
reilly4
Warrant Officer
Schnellboot & Fairmile D
Both boats are 1/24 scale The E boat belongs to a good friend. it has just had a new camouflage pattern added. The Fairmile D is scratch-built, it took nearly 4 years to build, launched in 2011. The sound effects were added for fun. The location is Albert Park lake in Melbourne, Australia
Liked by jbkiwi and John2 and
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  • andyhynesLeading Seaman
    Excellent boats. i have scratch built a vosper 510 1/24 scale known as the long boat. Im also building a 73" vosper 379 which has become a bit of a project? its a bit big and i am not looking for trying to sail it in my local pond. last time i tried it i nearly chucked myself in the pond to the delight of some onlookers.
    Liked by suntugs
  • reilly4Warrant Officer
    Thank-you. We use car drive belts to assist with launch and retrieval of the boats. They are easy to carry about, maintain their shape in the water and don't slip from under the hulls. these belts are about 900mm long so you won't have to bend far when launching.
reilly4
Warrant Officer
HMS Triumph
Scratch-built Trafalgar class submarine 1986-87. it uses 2 x Engel piston tanks for the diving system. This video was at the Task force 72 regatta at Naracoorte in SA in November 2016.
Liked by circle43nautical and John2 and
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  • John2Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
    Looks good and sails well 😁
  • circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    BRAVO ZULU! VERY COOL!
admiral
Leading Seaman
photo taken of my collection 20 odd years ago
I scratch-built this lot, and it includes some major navy units as at Gibralter 1943, Force H.
Liked by rcmodelboats and SelwynWilliams and
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