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955 blogs · Page 3 of 40Bluebird k-7
by jumpugly
GOLD
Hello all! Before my two week sojourn out to California starting tomorrow... Here she is, all 31 inches and 4.8 pounds of 3D printed 1/10…
Chris-Craft Style
by GARTH
I think I mentioned this model on another blog.And now it's become a Build Blog. So here we go. This model required a battery box, so I h…
Italeri Elco 1/35
by jostro65
Hey all, newish to RC boats but keen scale kit builder. Usually don't go for converting my scale models, but I picked up this Elco along …
Lindsay M a scratch built Wasque 26 ft
by Chum444SILVER
Awaiting graphics to finish off THUNDER& METEOR so pulled this one off the shelf to resume the build. I’ll start at the beginning posting…
My Latest Project
by Ronald
I have been adding furled sails to my latest project, Corinna Mae. Patterned after the Selma’s furled sails. This model carries my daught…
Pride of Baltimore 1981
by Jerry Todd
My first official job, when I was 16, was working on the construction of the Baltimore Clipper schooner Pride of Baltimore. On my 21st bi…
Trawler
by GARTH
Haven't been working on my deep- sea trawler for a while. I needed to build some railings on the deck, but didn't want to wait and buy th…
Thames Barge - Veronica
by AndyB2
This is a well know model. I think there used to be an active group of TB modellers, this seems to have been maintained through a Faceboo…
JUANITA STERN WHEELER
by chugalone100SILVER
A good hello to all members. Now that I finished The Fireboat, I would like to add to the forum my favorite build, one you are all famili…
Dumas Pay n' Pak
by jumpuglyGOLD
Hey gang! As you may already know I have the Bluebird K-7 on the shelf for final detailing, the C-2 cargo ship Matson "Pacific Trader" aw…
Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
by stevedownunder
LT100 My Way. With this build log there is a lot of ground to catch up on I have been building this model for more than 20 years. I do no…
Scratchbuilt Esso Deutschland 1:150
by JockScott
When I first posted a thread under ... a dreamproject.. I didn't realize it was the wrong forum category. So here is my built blog. I wil…
Something a little different-Horizon Harbor Tug
by CashrcGOLD
Hi y’all. I turned 65 last month, and in preparation for celebrating making it this far without getting myself seriously injured or spend…
HMS Macedonian: a working RC model in 1:36 scale
by Jerry Todd
I've been into the Hornblower series of books since elementary school, but it was C.S.Forester's The Captain From Connecticut that lead m…
MTGMB
by fid2b
Easier to form lower skins than I thought, laminating from the 32thou helped a lot.
MODEL EXPO STEAM TUG "SEGUIN"
by chugalone100SILVER
Hi guys, This will be the first entry in another of my build logs. This time I’ll be showing my approach to building the Model Expo Steam…
1930 Cris Craft Runabout Dumas Kit 1230
by pressonreguardlessSILVER
Started the Runabout. Using my Lion Miter trimmer to cut the planks, and my block plane to trim to the chine. Then a sanding block for th…
A Banana Boat??!
by cjanik001
Happy Groundhog Day fellow model boaters. Seemed like a good day to start a build blog after the weather we have been having here in SE T…
Wave master boat
by Stephen TGOLD
This is a classic wave master it was built in the fifty's a nd a internet buy I have stripped out the rc engine and its tanks now on the …
3D printed tugboat
by JSS4
This was my first attempt at 3D printing an RC boat. With plans to print a large navy ship I wanted to confirm that I could actually get …
Model Shipways
by GARTH
Monday, February 16 2026, is a holiday called Family Day in Canada so I decided to build a lifeboat that a fellow in the boat club gave m…
1008 tug mods
by JSS4
Here's another Aliexpress boat, I got inspired after seeing another build on facebook. I don't have the skills to meet his build but I fi…
Converting a toy semi tractor trailer into a decent RC model Unit
by LewZ
Another RC hobby? I'm already into RC scale model boats (since the early 1970's) and RC armor (since 2015) I am branching out to RC scale…
Midwest/Model Expo Fireboat
by chugalone100SILVER
Model Expo has confirmed that production will soon begin on a new Midwest kit: the Fireboat, presented at a scale of 1/2" = 1 foot. To cl…