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1,127 blogs · Page 2 of 47Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
by zooma
BRONZE
I have been very pleased with my copy of a Sea Commander, but it does exhibit a strange desire to “dive” if it should turn RIGHT into cho…
King Of Hearts
by neilw
Collected this one last week, it came from the Ron Wem collection - have a look at his site as he made loads of amazing boats. I also bou…
Venice water taxi
by Willem
I'm building a Venice water taxiboat from scratch. The hull has been build from triplex covered with mahagoni stripes. There is still a l…
Aeronaut Pilot Boat
by Cashrc
GOLD
Hi y’all. So, the “Mystery” has maidened, and handled her sea trials with flying colors. My bench was busy the past couple of weeks with …
41 inch Fairey Huntsman short kit from Sarik Hobbies
by RaymondS1
Almost water ready, just the front railing to add and "bob's your uncle" Beautiful boat to build and an ideal scale to my mind. This is t…
It only took a smouldering cigarette …
by Ronald
While touring the Museum of the Gaspe, they told us a near disaster caused by a cigarette smouldering in the trash. The fishing vessel di…
Water Cannon
by Alannicholls
From Photograph to 3D to Resin Print. Working water cannon in 1:31 scale.
RAF Launch.Childhood Revisited.Part 1
by Scratchbuilder
Evening All. On Christmas Day in I think in 1962 a little boy opened a big box and there was an RAF Rescue/Fire launch kit in all its glo…
Police boat
by TonyB1
Started to scratch build a police boat back in March, build so far. Have now started on the superstructure, so more pictures to follow.
Free Lance Fishing Boat --
by NorthernflotsamSILVER
Well thought I'd start a build blog for the fishing boat I working on. The boat is build from an Gifted hull that I believe came from an …
Bluebird k-7
by jumpuglyGOLD
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…
30” Skiff
by Ronald
Bought this almost complete scratch built sprit sailing skiff for 50$. The person made every part following the instructions from a book.…
Turtle
by Brightwork
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Gravy boat
by Doogle
A fun project to hopefully bring a smile . Picked this up for the grand sum of £2.99. A "bit " unsteady afloat, however some ballast will…
Star Wars Patrol Boat (1/6 scale)
by LewZ
This is a model I built several years ago. Someone gave me an old wood hull which I turned into an experimental boat, and wound up being …
Automatic Bilge Pump for RC Boats
by LewZ
I just finished putting together a circuit, testing it and creating a video for an automatic bilge pump. This circuit can also be used to…
Seaspan HAWK with "Z" drive build
by bruce1946
Progress on my Seaspan Hawk. this boat was just the hull and deck, with 2 Z drive motors. Everything from the deck up was destroyed. the …
Graupner Ton 12 Krabbekutter
by Trident73
Last year I was given a well-worn but mostly intact Graupner Ton 12 Krabbekutter kit by a neighbour clearing out his parents old home. I …
Norfolk Broads Ice- cream boat
by Peewit83BRONZE
45 years ago I sold ice cream from a boat very similar to this model which nearing Completion. It is only 13 inches long and vaguely 1:12…
HMS Medway Queen
by neilw
Following the build of my BYMS and the restoration of my Zambezi River Gunboat sternwheeler I was looking for a new build. Obviously have…
Island Supporter "Borkum" (with some modifiactions)
by MartyV
Kit is by Krick and it will be steam powered. Scale is 1" to 1 foot. Only have a few hours into at this point.
CGINGA IV
by ChrisG
I am pushing the boat out really early in fact in its embryonic stage for this build blog and I might regret it but hope not. It has been…
MV Sarinda
by steve-d
Sarinda is a WWII 72 foot HDML (Harbour Defence Motor Launch ML1392) that saw action as a Channel Marker at Gold Beach for the D-Day land…
Clyde Puffer
by Rockbag
Hi Guys, I am building a Clyde Puffer (electrically powered) and am wondering if anyone that has built this model knows of a suitable sou…