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rmwall107
Petty Officer 2nd Class
Richards Swordsman
Old fairey swordsman i bought off a friend as a project, First time on the water after a 14 month refurbisment.
Liked by Bryan-the-pirate and BOATSHED and
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  • ads90Warrant Officer
    Richard
    That looks perfect to me - no mods necessary.
    Alan
    Liked by Dave M and RNinMunich
  • canabusLieutenant
    Hi Richard
    Great looking boat and sits very well in the water.
    Good turn and turning.
    Well done!!!
    Hope you have many a good years with the Swordsman.

    Canabus
    Liked by Dave M and Gascoigne and
sharpy1071
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Fast Patrol Boat by Veron Swordsman
Just got back from lake and had some fun with my son. His Veron Swordsman that I bought from a second hand shop £30.00. Flew the Canadair again against a stunning sunset, and a shot of my Veron Fast Patrol Boat with its new motors (555's) running on 10v A123's, very scale speed but could do with a few more volts to really bring it on the plane.
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  • sharpy1071Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    HI Ian, yes Phil did start from a very young age. I've seen photos of him at the Great West Aerodrome (now Heathrow) with free flight petrol in the 1920's.
    If your going to I of W it's worth calling into Westbourne Models on the way that's if your going along the coast.
    If your going brushless be warned that the ESC's are a lot of money. I would recommend the Graupner one. I have one and cannot fault it. its a bit strange to program at first but once I got use to it no probs. You can have it for planes, cars, helicopters or boats, it changes the start up differently, I had nothing but trouble with some cheap ones until I went to Westbourne emptied my wallet and put it in my Huntsman by Precedent, the slow speed is fantastic you have so much control and when you open it up it is smooth. I put a water jacket on it and it is always cool no matter how I drive the boat. if you do go to Westbourne let me know, if you like, and you could come in for a drink (tea!) would like to meet you,
    speak to you soon, Brian
  • ianed57Sub-Lieutenant
    Thanks Brian- pm sent. All the best...Ian
john saunders
Leading Seaman
Aerokits Fairey Swordsman
First trials of freshly restored 1970s Aerokits Swordsman rescued as a wreck from ebay (I was the only bidder it looked so bad....!) earlier this year. Was diesel powered and had loads of lead ballest glassed into hull which had to be cut out and replaced with new ply with the rest of the structure lightened and stiffended with new ply. Now fitted with Turnigy 600 Typhoon Brushless and 90A Seawing ESC and 55 min Graupner prop. Handling is excellent and turns really well using a small size Graupner rudder with fast acting large angle Hobbywing servo. Joined my collection of 34 and 46 Fireboats, Sea Hornet, Sea Queen and Commander, all restored over the past 3 years. Aerokits have come into their own with clean and quiet brushless power we could not dream of in the 1960s
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  • r1950Recruit
    love boat
froggyt996
Petty Officer 1st Class
aerokits
Aerokits Sea Queen & Swordsman at Fleetwood Classic & Vintage Model Boat Days

Thanks to John Lockett for the footage
4 comments
  • BillD203Leading Seaman
    Look great and taking that choppy water well. Nice one 😎
  • Chris BLeading Seaman
    Great Video, what a beautifully balanced boat, it just cuts through the chop, it must be a real pleasure to have it one the water 😊
larrywhetton
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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swordsman
free down load plan of swordsman scratch built looking for more plans Iam a new boy at 74 years old to model boat building so find your web site help full . larry
2 comments
  • Peter HS93Warrant Officer
    Very Nice boat Larry, what motor is in it.

    peter
  • larrywhettonPetty Officer 2nd Class
    thank you peter it uses standard 540 ,turning a 30mm prop ,7VT power I would like more but don't no how aim begin er to model boats cheers Larry
dbninja
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
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my Sea Rover project
took me a while to find one.... my Aerokits Sea Rover.. I have never actually seen another? so pretty rare compared to fire boats and sea commanders.
the camera lies.. its no where near as good as the camera makes it look. but it is all there.
will be getting the full restoration, hull is sound, superstructure is very fragile.

my Aerokits fleet now includes..
34" fireboat x 2 (1 restored)
fast patrol launch
sea scout (restored)
sea rover
sea commander
fairey swordsman

David
Liked by doghouse and Bryan
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  • triumphjonMaster Seaman
    following a couple new modifications my sea rover has been re motored with a vision 600 without the two torque rings , now running a 7.2 or 9.6 battery pack fitted under the rear floor , Ive also reinstated the box at the stern which has my steering servo mounted underneath it , the "box is to full deck height with a removable top for servo acsess , Ive included a helm position c/w a period helmsman ( hes still got his teddy boy quiff ! ) although Ive not fitted the roof over the cockpit , Ive also cut a door into the front cabin , which will in time have a pair of opening barn doors & a small hinged top hatch over them . working 3mm led navigation and cabin lamps have also been fitted although Ive used a more modern cover for them , After looking through one of my magazines the sea rover bears a very close resembelance to a moody 27 gentlemans sports boat of the mid sixties !
  • BigChrisRecruit
    I have two sea rovers - both bought off e-bay. The first is in virtually original condition down to the original motor and speed controller although the speed controller now seems to have given up the ghost so will be replaced with a viper plug and play. I have added a small mast and wired in nav and masthead lights. it sails beautifully and creates a load of interest at the pond side
    The second more recent acquisition is an abandoned project, but with most of the construction work done. I have had to rebuild the windscreen frame and I have done this by laminating plasticard. I have to say the finished affect is pretty good although purists are probably tearing their hair out at the very thought of using plasticard! Ah well everyone is entitled to their opinion.
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Leading Seaman
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Aerokits Boats built by Christian Sheppard-Capurro
This is an Aerokits 34" built over 20 years ago and runs an Enya glow engine with Futaba 2-ch radio (upgraded from 1 ch). All fittings were built from scratch.
The second boat is also from the 34" kit, re-cut into a Hants & Dorset RAF HSL. Also powered by Enya.
The third boat used to be an Aerokits Sea Commander, converted into RAF 63ft Pinnace.Powered by an ancient diesel.
The fourth boat is an Aerokits Swordsman flat out in the Bay Of Gibraltar. Big Enya!
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