Sterling boat models

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“Great Picture Lew! And (in some cases) the mooring lines do go through the railings.”

15 posts 73 likes

6 months ago by jumpugly

A local Boat Museum is adding a Toy & Model gallery this season.

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“Beautiful pictures Dave!”

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6 months ago by AlessandroSPQR

They are "Wooden Boats", but not scale models ...

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“Wonderful pix Dave!!! They reminded me about a cantankerous old fella who lived across the street from me when I was a kid, "Crazy" George Swenson, who was a…”

8 posts 67 likes

6 months ago by jumpugly

HMS Dorsetshire

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“By a simple twist of fate (thank you Bob Dylan) "Model Boats" magazine that came in today's post has a news item about a book "County Class Cruisers" from Pe…”

5 posts 13 likes

6 months ago by VictorC

Stand

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“Jason There are a number of ways we build our stands. For me, I use a set of calipers to measure the hull beginning at its widest and then transferring the m…”

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6 months ago by Ronald

Adding a Reverse to Forwards Only ESC?

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“150amp Sea King with Reverse. After many months of trying to persuade my various Sea King “forwards only” ESC’s to also run with a reverse function, I had al…”

24 posts 66 likes

6 months ago by zooma

Building from plans

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“Thanks Will, but as per my post I already have them. Sorry wasn't very clear that I have them in PDF. I'm trying not to start any new builds! Though I've pri…”

43 posts 175 likes

6 months ago by ChrisF

Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker

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“Jumpugly, you really struck a chord with me. Just 3 days ago I took Mr Trump literally (drill, baby, drill!) and did some oil exploration with my model plane…”

16 posts 74 likes

6 months ago by IGinBasel

Water-jet drive

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“I can weld Ali but do not have the equipment, I used to do it at work when I worked for an engineering company. The equipment is now available at a reasonabl…”

12 posts 27 likes

6 months ago by EdW

Sealing a horizontal prop shaft

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“Hi Eric, Even the best “stuffing box” will be defeated by a leak in the hull …but I am pleased that you have found the cause of the leak…..and that you now s…”

25 posts 86 likes

6 months ago by zooma

Boat Identification

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“More pics.”

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6 months ago by GageHunt

two motors one esc

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“Hi all, as far as fuses go I do not use them as I have small boats with about 15 - 20 Watts power and the esc can deal with a stall current. It has never bee…”

40 posts 110 likes

6 months ago by roycv

Is it 100% real or is it AI modified?

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“another.. old but may as well add”

49 posts 315 likes

6 months ago by Northernflotsam

World Model Boat Clubs

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“As a current member of the Mid Thames MBC and having spent 16 years living in Finland, I only wish I knew then that sailing at the MTMBC's water was so easil…”

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6 months ago by Oxford-Dave

LiFePO4 BATTERIES (Lithium-Iron-Phosphate batteries)

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“Hi Alessandro, When I get around to making a couple of battrie packs I will wire in ballance leads in the same manor as the Hobby King packs I have, then it …”

33 posts 77 likes

6 months ago by stevedownunder

FLAG MAKING TUTORIAL

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“THE HOMEBOUND PENNANT This type of pennant served a different purpose. Some ships in the U.S. Navy marked their journey home by flying a homeward bound penna…”

9 posts 38 likes

6 months ago by chugalone100

Smoke generator - question

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“Thanks all for the info. Some experimentation called for methinks.”

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6 months ago by Yabbie1

Model Boat Show in Switzerland

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“Wonderful models. Quite a variety. Great video.”

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6 months ago by Hsailer

Atlantic (Aquacraft) RTR tug info needed

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“Chum, et. al., I'm continuing the discussion on US towboats over to a new topic: "US Towboats on the Eastern Rivers". Lew”

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6 months ago by LewZ

Steam Glorious Steam.

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“Oh Gary, thou cometh so truly to the point . . .”

20 posts 131 likes

7 months ago by IGinBasel

"New" Kid on the Block: Meus Racing?

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“The US Navy used the ELF to keep in touch with it's nuc boomers. I thought about renting some band width to run my sub while tracking it on the SOSUS network…”

16 posts 30 likes

7 months ago by ToraDog

not a boat

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“I hope he’s got his swimming shorts on.”

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7 months ago by Alan R

AWOL, MIAor KIA!

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“Dave, your refreshing blend of irony, seasoned with a good pinch of cynicism, is exactly the recipe for sitting back and letting today’s global madness roll …”

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7 months ago by IGinBasel

Robbe Atlantis Fttings

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“Hi, thank you for looking. This is the "Wood Kit" #1133. It is miss-titled as the "Fittings Kit". I have the "Wood Kit". I too saw it on the USA eBay.”

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7 months ago by Hsailer

Warship lighting

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“Hi folks, I've got some questions about lighting on warships Another few projects I have pending or underway revolve around warship lighting. Primarily a LCS…”

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7 months ago by JSS4

Happy Easter to ship modelers

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“Happy Easter to you as well have a nice day”

6 posts 42 likes

7 months ago by RogerA1

Glue removal.

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“There's a series On BRITT TV about these boats, https://www.google.com/search?q=british+narrow+boats&oq=british+canal+boats&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCwgIEAAYFhgeG…”

8 posts 41 likes

7 months ago by bruce1946

Anyone tried Solar Powered RC boat?

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“Any photos of your vessel?”

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7 months ago by Ronald

plans

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“Julian, an Internet search didn't throw up any information on this model. Where were you trying to buy the plans from? More information and photos would be n…”

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7 months ago by ChrisF

Post-Scotland inspiration

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“Today I presented my model at our Spring Metro Marine Modellers Club meeting. “Grace” is a model I created to tell people about God’s Grace. My friend, Peter…”

10 posts 65 likes

7 months ago by Ronald