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956 blogs · Page 30 of 40Emma C. Berry Sailboat
by carpemoment
I took my Emma out for a second "real" water voyage, tethered of course. Overall I am pleased with my progress. I need a more powerful se…
Building my Carina sailboat from scratch
by Hellmut1956
I have started the building from a plan I did purchase. So building from scratch is probably the right term. I am 61 years old and I have…
Maree III sharpie 10 Rater
by steve-d
Maree III is a 10 Rater Sharpie design by A Wilcock dating back to 1958. MM plan MM/504. I first built her in 1996 but as with all these …
coastguard
by Northumbrian
I bought the hull from a member on here i stripped the insides and redone it to take the rudder servo i then made the motor mounts from p…
Vintage style yacht designed by "Vic Smeed"
by lhpen
Any one interested in buying my Yacht ? ''Starlet'' Vintage style yacht designed by "Vic Smeed" all plywood construction, 11" beam x34" l…
1-35 scale S100 schennllboot
by teejay
Hi all for the second blog report on the schenllboot I am going to go over the rudder an propeller shaft assembly in more detail. The fir…
Aerokits/Jotika Sea Queen
by Ianh
I made this from a 54" long piece of Melamine shelving. shallow cut a centre ine down the middle 1/16" wide. The board was then marked in…
Tug "Joanna E"
by Ballast
Partial rebuild project. It is a 1/24 scale Thames Tug which has a superstructure that is wrong and out of scale. I intend to rebuild the…
Range Safety Launch?
by NPJ
The ‘Range Safety Launch’…………. Intro. I am now the owner of this boat. Wooden, good hull lines and hull paint work but needing to be fini…
1/12th scale Cygnus GM32 Fishing Boat "EXUBERENT DH142"
by Ballast
But not without incident ! On getting her out of car I snagged the aerial 'Y' on top of 'A' Frame and that said goodbye to that and my dr…
Restore An American Nirvana Yacht
by CB90
Ok start by removing all I can from the hull, rudder, mast, stickers, stays. etc a) Sand down the hull and wash with white spirit. b) Fil…
Revell 1/72 Flower Class Corvett
by Mikep
Revell model at stern you see a small servo with micro switch for the Ram whooper sound module. Pic with upper deck on side shows speaker…
Cygnus GM32
by Bucaneer16
My latest project, Cygnus GM32. Going to be a fwd wheelhouse, other detail not decided yet! Any one have any build detail of running gear…
Deans Robert E. Perry Libertyship
by Mikep
Added 5 lbs of shot to the hull and installed sub floor.
Totnes Castle 1894
by hammer
I have posted this on another site, but will continue here if there is interest. I have a plan taken from a book some time ago. Drawn my …
Clyde Puffer
by lesliebreame
Members might be interested in the preliminary construction details of our Puffer . Shown is the steel laser cut keel with frames slotted…
Scimitar-class patrol vessel
by CB90
Two vessel in it class (1) HMS Scimitar (2) HMS Sabre Launched: December 1992 Displacement: 24,000 kg Builder: Portsmouth Armament: 2 × G…
Pride of Hythe
by jfstoker
Built from a excellent Linkspan kit
Northwind 36/600 rebuild
by Cozwhy
ABC Hobbies put out this ABS hull kit with mostly ABS fittings. I bought one used on eBay and it had a broken bulb to keep connection. I …
Renovating my Aerokits Patrol Torpedo Boat.
by MouldBuilder
Started the long job of sanding down today. I think this is going to take a while. During last week I spent the time removing all of the …
Volvo Ocean Race
by GrahamP74
So I have taken all the parts that need remaking off and have sprayed the hull. She will be named ‘The Inside Edge’.
1/48 Flower Class Corvette
by Mikep
Preparing to build a 1/48 scale WW2 Flower Class Corvette, just recieved the hull from Fleetscale excellent quality also purchased from t…
Dumas 1203 Coast Guard Lifeboat (RNLI Waveney conversion)
by Skydive130
So here we go again! I have decided to give other projects a rest for a time in favour of this little gem. Pick up off eBay for less than…
Chris-Craft Special Runabout
by Westquay
OK, you know and I know that this is an Aerokits Sea Hornet, BUT, with a little reworking, it becomes a very passable Chris Craft Special…