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Re: Oceanic
Hi Nerys, we had the superrch-hit">yacht / tug Itasca here in Auckland about 10yrs ago getting a full repaint, while tied up at a wharf downtown. She was covered in white shrink wrap and the painters worked under it. They did a beautiful job on her. …
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Re: Oceanic
His Doug Thanks for your comments Your research matches mine. One bit of info suggested that she will be used to tow floating "Power Stations" to locations around Turkish coasts and then be converted into a Super rch-hit">Yacht for the owner. As to …
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Re: Southampton Tug Boat
… h my model boats as well as teaching me how to fish. I flew RC planes early on using OS pixie single channel radio - then graduated to a 4 channel Futaba - 27mhz of course - planes mostly diesel powered - electrics being unheard of then. Li …
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Night Watch
To Fleet Admiral RNHQ Munchen Wind Force 3 to 5 Westerly Sea moderate, visibility good. High Water 0924. Bristol Channel patrol together with units of LFG will again patrol waters of North Somerset and Devon coast. Information gathered from …
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OC BC patrol to Fleet. Mid patrol report. Intercepted small rch-hit">yacht, 8 miles NW Croyde Bay. 5 elderly gentlemen informed me that they were members of organisation called 'Refugees from Brexit' and were escaping to Ireland. All appeared well, …
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Re: "Genie"
… what I'd rather spend that sort of money on - a full sized rch-hit">yacht, Just ridiculous!! It's become a rich couch rch-hit">yachties game. I see them where I run my boats, all turning up in their Land Cruisers, Mercs and BMWs, and most live in exclusive …
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Mickey Finn
Purchased original Rojair Mickey Finn from Ashton Models 35 years ago - hull suffered damaged so made a F/G mould before repairing and sailing. Made spare hull from mould and there she sat for 35-40 years. Original Mickey was sold many year …
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Vale of Glamorgan Model Boat Club
… South Wales. Perhaps I'm prejudiced, I was sailing my pond rch-hit">yacht here before WW2, now it's a Dragonforce 65 and a Thames Barge. (and others).
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Re: Graupner Optimist 1978
With childhood memories of my STAR rch-hit">YACHT purchased in Bridlington circa 1958 - the Graupner Optimist was my first RC rch-hit">yacht, purchased second hand (also with Futaba 4ch 27mhz FP4FN TX when livinging in Wellington NZ 1978. Happy Days ! Phil
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… Belorus 0 Report on Bristol Channel Patrol 10/09/19 After circling Flat Holm and Steep Holm, proceeded down channel. Sighted Car Transporter outward bound from Avonmouth. Radar sighting of vessel on a course from western end of Gower penins …
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Night Watch
… dmiral Report on night patrol 09/09/19 Sea moderate, wind force 2 - 3 SW. Good visibility. Rendezvoused with two units of the Welsh Navy and patrolled the designated area from Flat Holm westwards. Spoke two rch-hit">yachts heading up channel, but no …
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looking for plans
The standard ship's lifeboat as used to be found on merchant ships and of which I think the original photo on this post is a conversion, were a pretty hefty clinker built boat. The most popular sizes were 24ft, 26ft and 28ft, thirty footers …
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Re: HELP needed on a hull.
… to see, on another forum, all the effort you put into researching and building the ketch 'Irene'. A vessel I have known, or of, throughout my life. As a child, I frequented Barry docks and she was a regular visitor to Ranks Mills. My uncle …
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EeZeBilts From Keil Kraft
… ent material in the first place like plywood. I have foam aircraft that are immensely stiff and light. Far more so than balsa, although without that rather crude packing tape they get dented like balsa, but are far less brittle so take cras …
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Cargo carrying under sail- today!
… watch?v=pby3pITr0VQ This is pretty neat too, How to build a rch-hit">Yacht - Double quick time! Same as us, just a tad bigger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TPAWwMrCks Out with the saws and planes lads 'n lasses! Never thought of tongue and groove …
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Help identifying this model boat
… com/ I am guessing that the cost of a set of sails for your rch-hit">yacht would be similar to those quoted for the Bearospace 'ANNIE'. $225 may sound like a lot but, from what I can gather, his sails are pretty well at the top of the pile. Check wi …
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Batteries in a DX5e
… the fens, there's a LOT of water and now one of the model aircraft fun club has allowed me to use some private water of which he is the bailiff. That useful crossover thing again. If only there were just model clubs, all in, eh? My interest …
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Batteries in a DX5e
Know what you mean Martin, it's a bit like the rch-hit">yacht sailers here, they all sail the same boats and they all turn up, take over an area for most of the day and if you dare to try and launch a boat while they are racing watch out. It's quite …
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Back for Summer
… less time for modelmaking. I have done as bit on the model rch-hit">yacht, but my slot racing contacts have kept me busy and I have built a small track in the shed to test the cars I make. Still nobody interested in having a model boat get together …
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46" RAF Crash Tender
… ry Industries Products) also did a matching model of the 'Mercury' - a Vosper high speed rch-hit">yacht built for Stavros Niarchos in about 1960, and based on the Brave patrol boat class. Three gas turbines - 60kt plus. Still in existence, though no …
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Back for Summer
… wift VVT. 4 doors, 4 seats and space for my models, be they rch-hit">yachts or aircraft. I really must try to get some stuff done on the Chris Craft (Sea Hornet), Darby One Design and Spitfire Outboard racer. I treated myself to an inrunner brushles …
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46" RAF Crash Tender
… ay planked and varnished looks very nice, on a sports boat, rch-hit">yacht or fantasy designs, but totally inappropriate for a naval, RAF Marine Branch or working boat. It would be far too labour and cost intensive to maintain. Not to mention downri …
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Warminster Model Boat Club Open Day 9th June 2019
… h West area. We are also holding Club 500 racing as well as rch-hit">Yacht racing (mainly Dragonforce 65) during the day http://warminstermbc.co.uk/
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Cruise Liners
… ?- look like multi story hotels fallen over . During an enforced stay at home been looking through my files & tidying them up . Another contender being the plastic bottle types that masquerade as cabin cruisers & motor rch-hit">yachts or am I just b …
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My Retirement Plans !!!
… nd the Sailing Boats Group consists of 2 x Unidentified R/C rch-hit">Yachts. Finally there is a concrete Narrow Boat Planter to paint...definitely will not float, it weighs 15kgs!!! So having been forced to give up gainful employment , (I was manage …
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Torbay & district model boat club
Do you sail at Youngs Park? If so when. I have a 4ft RC rch-hit">yacht that I would like to sail there if possible. Do you have a contact number so that we can get together. Peter
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define a model boat
… are kit built models but could i include a speed boat or a rch-hit">yacht that is purchased as a completed boat,factory made and ready to go ? members views / comments welcome.
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Pretend deck planking
… ply for construction and decking it is much lighter than birch but is much stronger than light ply . The decking is a light straw colour and of very close uniform grain one coat of danish oil 'can be applied with a soft brush if you are wo …