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Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker
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Master Seaman
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📝 Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker
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Country: 🇺🇸 United States
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What a fabulous story. Will you totally restore the boat or only part of it?
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chugalone100
Commodore📝 Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker
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Country: 🇺🇸 United States
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Ronald,
It’s always great to hear a story with a good ending. I’m glad you were able to bring her back to life after all that.
Now she has an even better role—what a perfect centerpiece for your grandson’s bedroom. I’m sure it’s something he’s really proud of, especially sitting there alongside his Lego builds.
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It’s always great to hear a story with a good ending. I’m glad you were able to bring her back to life after all that.
Now she has an even better role—what a perfect centerpiece for your grandson’s bedroom. I’m sure it’s something he’s really proud of, especially sitting there alongside his Lego builds.
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Hsailer
AlessandroSPQR
📝 Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker
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Country: 🇨🇦 Canada
Online: 58 minutes ago
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Well I hope it never happens again. It’s been said “live and learn”, and I did just on that day. I didn’t know the wheelhouse cover had drifted off as the hull sank. A man found it on the far side of the pond a couple days later and returned it to me.
After stripping the guts from the hull and resting them in containers of Rice, most of the gear was restored after a couple months.
The tugboat did sail again but it was retired from service to be a lamp in my grandson’s bedroom on a shelf along with his Lego prizes.
After stripping the guts from the hull and resting them in containers of Rice, most of the gear was restored after a couple months.
The tugboat did sail again but it was retired from service to be a lamp in my grandson’s bedroom on a shelf along with his Lego prizes.
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Chum444
AlessandroSPQR
chugalone100
Leading Seaman📝 Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker
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Country: 🇺🇸 United States
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Glad that you got your boat back.
The motor controllers that I have designed and built go to motor stop in the event of loss of transmitter signal. The motor control described is an accident waiting to happen. If the boat went out of range it would go to full astern.
Newer radios can set default positions for each channel for loss of signal.
I usually use builders spray foam to fill space so that the model will stay afloat even if full of water.
The motor controllers that I have designed and built go to motor stop in the event of loss of transmitter signal. The motor control described is an accident waiting to happen. If the boat went out of range it would go to full astern.
Newer radios can set default positions for each channel for loss of signal.
I usually use builders spray foam to fill space so that the model will stay afloat even if full of water.
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chugalone100
Hsailer
RodC
hermank
📝 Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker
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Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
Online: 3 hours ago
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Well! So it's three meters, so it certainly couldn't have been easy to find or retrieve.
You found it under the golf balls, hahahahaha
You found it under the golf balls, hahahahaha
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Hsailer
hermank
chugalone100
📝 Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker
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Country: 🇨🇦 Canada
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Where the boat sank was 8-10’ but farther out it’s deeper. The pond was on a former golf course, where it “ate” a good diet of golf balls too. 😁
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Hsailer
RodC
hermank
chugalone100
AlessandroSPQR
📝 Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker
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Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
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Hi Ron, how deep was the pond (if you don't know exactly, a rough measurement is fine)?
Congratulations on the recovery and restoration.
Congratulations on the recovery and restoration.
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Hsailer
hermank
chugalone100
📝 Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker
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Country: 🇨🇦 Canada
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This incident was 10 years ago, but maybe you didn’t read that correctly.
I quickly learned the rules and have had no further issues with a boat capsizing.
That tugboat is now a lamp in my grandson Michael’s bedroom. He helped me to build and paint it, back then too when he was 5 years old. He is turning 16 on Friday this week!
I quickly learned the rules and have had no further issues with a boat capsizing.
That tugboat is now a lamp in my grandson Michael’s bedroom. He helped me to build and paint it, back then too when he was 5 years old. He is turning 16 on Friday this week!
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Hsailer
hermank
Wolle
chugalone100
AlessandroSPQR
📝 Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker
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Country: 🇺🇸 United States
Online: 26 minutes ago
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Ronald,
You’ve got my vote on this one.
Is this your first R/C?
No doubt—you have to restore it.
And now, with the experience you’ve gained, you can make it look even better.
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You’ve got my vote on this one.
Is this your first R/C?
No doubt—you have to restore it.
And now, with the experience you’ve gained, you can make it look even better.
😎
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Hsailer
hermank
AlessandroSPQR
📝 Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker
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Country: 🇺🇸 United States
Online: 1 day ago
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Incredible weathering! The ghouls are amazing😁😁.
Very glad that you recovered her and yes, your sequencing in correct. If in doubt, do not turn off your x-mitter until your boat is out of the water, safely cradled,and shut down.
Very glad that you recovered her and yes, your sequencing in correct. If in doubt, do not turn off your x-mitter until your boat is out of the water, safely cradled,and shut down.
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IanTurk
hermank
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