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34 Inch crash tender

“I have only just come accross this,she has a 600 size motor,electronize esc,and she runs on a 7.2 volt stick battery,,she is actually built by the previous o…”

18 years ago by Dazz

34inch crash tender

“a few more photos of my crash tender, mainly of interior layout which I hope is of interest to you all, the bow section and foreward cabin I have filled with…”

18 years ago by chiffs

“my 34inch crash tender, originally powered by AM diesel and free running (pretty hairy) now OS 20 powered and radio much more relaxed, built this one about 3…”

18 years ago by chiffs

Boats at Bournville Boating Lake

“RAF Seaplane Tender RAF Crash Tender RAF Safety Launch Police boat project”

18 years ago by Police Boat Captain

Aerokits 34 Fireboat first trials with new power set up

“first tests (after build started 30 yrs ago !) showed great speed and great handling too but short battery life on 12v set up and 700 series motor so now tes…”

18 years ago by john saunders

perkasa 1/32 scale the wooden one

“this model has a 12v marlin motor I am in the process of fitting esc and batterys old kit the gun was from nauticalmarinemodels the figures will be the modif…”

18 years ago by Michael R

Seaplane Tender First Test

“This is my boat a Seaplane Tender on its maiden voyage. It is a deans marine kit. In the video it is running at about half speed which is about scale speed f…”

18 years ago by Police Boat Captain

Aerokits Sea Hornet and 34 Fireboat. Took 30 yrs to finish !

“I began these kits when working overseas in the late 70s and never got to finish them off but a chance meeting members of Knightcote MBC in Warks this summer…”

18 years ago by john saunders

R.A.F. Crash Tender "On Board"

“This is a video clip of my Fireboat at Southport boating lake in June this year. The idea of an on board cam was thanks to another member who submitted a vid…”

18 years ago by fireboat

Crash tender speed check

“Further to discussions on the forum these pictures show measuring speed with a Garmin Geko 201. They were taken 30/11/08 on a partly frozed lake, Bradford Mo…”

18 years ago by am35

Aerokits 36" Fireboat

“Following a significant amount of restoration this old and original Aerokits 36" Fireboat was rebuilt from a wreck to a nice, working model. A full (new) whi…”

18 years ago by Peter C

Vigilant Star owned by Gerry

“Here is a video of our boat (Vigilant star) sailing at New Brighton boat lake on the wirral every Wednesday. The boat is a semiscale (Coast Guard Cutter), de…”

18 years ago by gerry

46 Inch Aerokits Crash Tender Restored By Mike Cummings

“This is an original 46 inch Aerokits Crash Tender from c1966. it was restored by Mike Cummings who runs the Vintage Model Workshop group. It is powered by a …”

18 years ago by Member

Completely refurbished Crash Tender

“Six months on and the boat has been completely refurbished and is seen here operating the fire monitor at Branston Water Park. The video clip was taken on th…”

18 years ago by fireboat

“This is one of the Aerokits models, however it has recently been stripped down to the wood to apply a fibreglass coating. These video clips show the boat und…”

18 years ago by fireboat

“Getting closer. Thats another evenings worth to this stage. Still a little fairing to do. Will try for the deck next.”

18 years ago by vnkiwi

“preliminary hull shape - still a ways to go - will spend at least a couple of hours each day if I can and try to have the final drawings available on the for…”

18 years ago by vnkiwi

94 Made from Mike Cummings Kit on first water trial

“As promised the power set up is detailed in the special section on that subject. These pictures taken at Silvermere Lake Cobham Surrey show 94 on her maiden …”

18 years ago by mrpthesailor1

bs631 grey paint, with that touch of green!

“example of bs631 cellulose grey matt paint, aerosol application, details in the forum on "what colour" posts”

18 years ago by pmdevlin

RAF STEEL FIREBOATS

“These are the two experimental Vosper FF. No.80 was steel and the un-numbered one aluminium.”

18 years ago by rafwebfoot

RAF FIREFLOATS AS USED BY THE RAF

“photos show the various types of FF as operated by the Marine Branch of the RAF. No type. 1 is a 37.5ft conversion., Nos 2&3 are 40ft conversions and No.4 is…”

18 years ago by rafwebfoot

“puffer scratch built made from old wardobe plywood for the frames then plated up in thin ply like it would be when built looks nice in the water.”

18 years ago by russell

“puffer scratch built made from old wardobe plywood for the frames then plated up in thin ply like it would be when built looks nice in the water.”

18 years ago by russell

“fire boat found on flea market in very bad condiction re stored by me to what you see in photo .I am a retierd shipwright living in the wirral chesire”

18 years ago by russell

“Built using the Aerokits plans and information from the original Air Ministry build spec. Boat is 1/16th scale - twin motors with a mixer.”

18 years ago by moonlight

34" 1968 Fireboat built as a Practical Electronics Proj

“My Dad built this Fireboat 40 years ago, following the Practical Electronics magazine article. I watched as he built the plywood boat then built the discrete…”

18 years ago by Steve B

“This tug is in scale 1:25, used two 900 motors. Still need a lot of details. Models are based on my own fiberglass hull”

18 years ago by Hansen

“This tug is based on my own fiberglass hull. She is 91 cm long, two Schottle drives with Speed 900 motors”

18 years ago by Hansen

my boat VIGILANT 1

“The boat is scratch built,designed by Hal Harrison,contruction plan in Marine Modeling mag.whitch was designed as a freelance coastguard patrol boat .made fr…”

18 years ago by gerry

USS Robert E Lee , A Liberty ship

“A couple of photos of a friends model of a WW2 Liberty ship She's approx 5 foot long and runs on 12 volts , looks pretty real l!!!”

18 years ago by Bob Jones