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Deans Marine LST 388
… e say "the dog who" !!! There was a famous ad for the Union Steamship Company, with British actor Peter Thornton standing on the bridge of the ship babbling something about 'importing back into New Zealand', that was about 40 years ago and …
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Gorleston Model Boat Club
… e a few regulars down the pond most Sundays. Even had a new steam boat this week! Most of us are still in hiding though. I'll be glad when we get back to the 'old' normal
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Cruise Liners
… mme about the Billion Pound cruise ship Ugh!. The old tramp steamers that my father served in when I was a kid before the war had more grace. The only thing to compare with modern cruise liners are the abortions called car transporters. The …
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I'm getting ready to build my Trent class Lifeboat and Humbrol paint
… ust finished my Dusseldorf. Working on a super yatch tender Steam powered Scratch build from Photots, and fiber glass hull, right now. https://model-boats.com/blogs/83378.and my Dusseldorf https://model-boats.com/blogs/71068#72438
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Esc motor pairing.
The steam engine I saw Colin looked quite narrow and had a shaft coming out of it on each side. I wouldn't have thought it was any wider than twin electric motors, but there, I'm no authority on these new fangled steam and infernal comboost …
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SEA COMANDER RE-FURB.
Yep, there are limits to those old steam powered PCs Colin
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Esc motor pairing.
Nerys, steam power is out of the question, as its quite a slim Hull. So it will be twin motors with individual driving paddle wheels. Although the plan shows single drive. Cheers Colin.
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Esc motor pairing.
… cular ship, or just a generic paddler? If she isn't already steam powered, will you convert her to steam? I see there is a steam engine designed for paddlers on the market. Cheers, Nerys
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Esc motor pairing.
… an vouch for the P94 action component.I use it in my paddle steamer.Very helpful when turning as the unit is hooked into the rudder servo.I have independent paddle wheels that when the rudder is turned port or bow the wheel opposite the tur …
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Centurion Model Boat Club
… s busy with a Stuart Triple on his Myford - makes beautiful steam boats but hardly ever sails them as they are a bit heavy to transport - so needs two people to get them out . Only have one real sea type boat a large tug part complete somew …
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SEA COMANDER RE-FURB.
… instantly. Bob was the Curator of the War Museum but loved steamboats had 3 Saito engined model boats and a full size 19ft Steam Stuart Turner powered launch used on the Vaal. Many happy memories there.
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SEA COMANDER RE-FURB.
… between the carpark and the boat club. The Model Engineers steam track runs around and across the dams and is nearly 2k's long So we have a great drawcard!
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SEA COMANDER RE-FURB.
… 12" Lindberg Tug and friend Neville with his 6 ft Branksome Steam Launch. Amounted to hurricane conditions for my tug - but no problems . Branksome simply continued as normal ............. Not been back since
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Holidays
… days, then either sail home again or go home on the paddle steamer for a few days, then back by paddle steamer , another few days in Weston, then sail home. I think my mother gave birth to kittens on numerous occasions in those days, but s …
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Chris Craft runabout engine
… d run. Swore I would never build another Engine that wasn't steam. Some things are almost impossible to miniaturise. Good Luck
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PS WAVERLEY.
… opyrightGAVIN SAXBYImage captionEyewitnesses say the paddle steamer struck the pier A total of 24 people have been injured after the paddle steamer Waverley collided with Brodick Pier in Arran. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said …
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Nostalgia
An ad for a steam set from 1979 - love the price - could afford one or two of those !
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The Cruel Sea.
… letely ignorant of such things they liken a model boat to a steam roller. Nerys
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The Cruel Sea.
Running steam can be an issue for some clubs and I'm not sure why the pressures are not that high so as to cause a problem. But we must go by the rules of the club. I'm lucky as my club allows steam but I must say I'm very careful when I ru …
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The Cruel Sea.
I saw a steam engine advertised at what I thought was a good price recently and my thoughts immediately went to building an African Queen or a Borkum lookalike. Problem, steam and IC not allowed on our lake. Cheers, Nerys
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Mt. Washington - Dumas Kit
… awhile at this time and working on and old Mantua HO Mikado steam engine kit I got off ebay. Tiny stuff!!! Best regards, Jeff
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interested in Norfolk Boats / boating
… d a lot over the years. I particularly enjoyed trips on the steam launch Falcon I often wished I'd lived nearer the Broads so that I could sail there more often, and Eaton Park looks like a lovely place to sail model boats, especially with …
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Scratch built boats
All that steaming! looks like an early Herreshoff H28 with a cabin mod, ? (similar boat in NZ 1958) Pretty much only undertaken by restorers these days, also the timber is not so available any more. The cost would be prohibitive. JB
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SEA COMANDER RE-FURB.
… ill be laminating two sheets of 1/16 balsa and curving with steam to get that curve. Still waiting on my ESC to arrive. Motor is size 700 with 320a ESC and the 12v 4.5a battery. I put the boat into the water on Sunday, no leaks and the batt …
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Very nearly two Fleet Admirals.
… will be giving us the royal wave from the flag ship as you steam past. I have just finished a tub of ice cream which just happened to be in a GOLD container, so I have created a small congratulatory tribute-pic (complete with obligatory of …
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Model vertical boiler
… launch but had an idea to use an electric motor to run the steam engine and cover the motor with model of a boiler .With that it would cut the costs of buying a working boiler and gas tank.Any one know of a model steam boiler kit . Rick
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Model vertical boiler
I will be using a steam engine as I have the Graham TVA engine I built.I was just trying to cut costs down with different thoughts and these replies are very helpful thank you all. Rick
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Model vertical boiler
… very helpful. I wasn't sure if Rick wanted to use an actual steam engine and power it electrically or hide an electric motor in a casing such as might be used over a steam engine in an open launch. All of it would be possible. Given that mo …