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Hi Nerys. Always good to hear your thoughts. Otherwise known as a sterile alcohol swab for the protection of the skin from infection by external bacterial infection.😂😂😂😂....Sorry my wife is a nurse.🌈 Regards Bill.

7 days ago by 🇬🇧 Scratchbuilder (

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First launch for three boats

Yes, the water got busier with swimmers and kids after 1 p.m. so best to go in the morning to have uninterrupted water. The rudder issue discussed earlier this week was not an issue 😎 A couple of short video clips. The claxon horn is set-up to sound when doing a turn to Port.

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Yesterday went for my annual eye exam. I've been wearing glasses for over 65 years now.All testing went well no need for new glasses. But do need to go in for cataract surgery so a time is being set up to see the specialist. In discussing the procedure the Dr.said that with this procedure I will not need glasses again as they insert a lens on the eye with my prescription. When I told my wife she said "I may not recognize you without glasses" She may not I may not it will be strange at first. Good news is good news. Rick

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Peter, I will be interesting to see how long it stays clean LOL!! Martin555.

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Other than boat building, what authors do you read?

Bought a dozen Dick Francis novels on Ebay recently, bargain price. Ideal reading matter for the long drawn out hours of dialysis. Nerys

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3 days ago by philcaretaker

Tid tug

Today was the first time on the water for the tid tug to check the ballasting, speed and wether I had any leaks. All seemed fine, so for my second build from plans I’m really happy. I still have a fair amount of work to do on her, but at least it’s very usable. It’s got a 540 motor with 6:1 reduction gearbox driving a 50mm prop, and it plods along nicely but has a bit of extra speed if I need to blip the throttle. It is built in 1/24 scale from plans purchased from Sarik, and has a 6v Pb battery.

5 days ago by Brucep

Flower class corvette

Not built to a specific ship, but made to my liking. Way to fast on the water at the moment with a 360 motor and 35mm prop, so going to try a 30mm prop

14 days ago by Brucep

Vesper mtb

My first attempt at building an rc boat from plans. A long way from perfect, but it looks good on the water.

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RNLI Shannon class lifeboat

This is my Speedline Models “Shannon” lifeboat at 1:16 scale. Possibly my favourite build so far, it took the best part of 5 months! Running on brushless motors pushing water through Oceanworks jet drives (very much like the Hamilton’s on the full size) very scale like.

18 days ago by Skydive130

Tugs.

Two new tugs on the lake all scratch built.

22 days ago by tugnut

Morston - H A Kits (small version)

She's finished and sailed well on her first outing on a wet miserable day. The wind was blowing hard and there was a bit of a swell on the pond at Clevedon, but I was very pleased, she seemed a little bow heavy until I remembered that she is a model of a working boat, not a cruiser and then I realised that she looked right! Everything worked she turned and ran well, no photos of this one unfortunately it was raining too hard but when she is sailing next time I will add the photos of her on the water. Really enjoyed building my first model in 52 years a big thank you to everyone who has helped with their advice and encouragement. I will hopefully build another one soon, certainly not as long a gap as the last time!

24 days ago by Seanympth

Vliestrom

Presently re building the Vliestrom Old part built ( bought 3rd hand kit) with most parts missing. scratch building ( and 3D printing) missing parts still lots of details to be added

27 days ago by Yoda

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