Line Plans by Lars Halvorsen & Sons Ltd

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Started 15 days ago by Ronald

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U.S. Easter Rivers - Towboats

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“Also, I modified my towboat (about 10 years ago) by implanting rare earth magnets in the tow knees as well as in one end of one of my barges. (Video link bel…”

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16 days ago by LewZ

Started 1 month ago by LewZ

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Sterling boat models

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

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18 days ago by jumpugly

Started 2 months ago by LewZ

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

Non-Hobby Chat

“Beautiful pictures Dave!”

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20 days ago by AlessandroSPQR

Started 23 days ago by DWBrinkman

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

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“Hsailer, I'm afraid he knows where I live. If one of those came up missing after a visit by me, I'm afraid I'd be found out in a hurry. I know how much he ge…”

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26 days ago by DWBrinkman

Started 27 days ago by DWBrinkman

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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…”

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28 days ago by VictorC

Started 29 days ago by Gdaynorm

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Adding a Reverse to Forwards Only ESC?

RC & Electrics

“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…”

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29 days ago by zooma

Started 8 months ago by zooma

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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…”

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29 days ago by ChrisF

Started 10 months ago by cheddarman

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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…”

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30 days ago by IGinBasel

Started 1 month ago by Ronald

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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…”

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1 month ago by EdW

Started 1 month ago by EdW

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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…”

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1 month ago by zooma

Started 1 month ago by EricMB

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Boat Identification

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“More pics.”

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1 month ago by GageHunt

Started 1 month ago by GageHunt

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two motors one esc

RC & Electrics

“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…”

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1 month ago by roycv

Started 1 month ago by Stephen T

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Is it 100% real or is it AI modified?

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“another.. old but may as well add”

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1 month ago by Northernflotsam

Started 2 months ago by LewZ

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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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1 month ago by Oxford-Dave

Started 4 months ago by GARTH

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LiFePO4 BATTERIES (Lithium-Iron-Phosphate batteries)

RC & Electrics

“No problem Alessandro, I had a look back in this thread to see if Duncan had posted something simmilar to me, I found it quite amusing at the time. I will al…”

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1 month ago by stevedownunder

Started 1 month ago by AlessandroSPQR

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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…”

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1 month ago by chugalone100

Started 1 month ago by chugalone100

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Smoke generator - question

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

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1 month ago by Yabbie1

Started 2 months ago by Northernflotsam

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Model Boat Show in Switzerland

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

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1 month ago by Hsailer

Started 1 month ago by EdW

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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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1 month ago by LewZ

Started 1 month ago by LewZ

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The BIG St.Albans Model Show

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SEP 26 2026

Started 1 month ago by robbob

Steam Glorious Steam.

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

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1 month ago by IGinBasel

Started 2 months ago by GaryLC

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"New" Kid on the Block: Meus Racing?

RC & Electrics

“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…”

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1 month ago by ToraDog

Started 2 months ago by LewZ

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not a boat

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

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1 month ago by Alan R

Started 1 month ago by Northernflotsam

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AWOL, MIAor KIA!

Non-Hobby Chat

“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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2 months ago by IGinBasel

Started 2 months ago by RNinMunich

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Robbe Atlantis Fttings

For Sale/Wanted

“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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2 months ago by Hsailer

Started 2 months ago by Hsailer

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Warship lighting

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Started 2 months ago by JSS4

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Happy Easter to ship modelers

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

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2 months ago by RogerA1

Started 2 months ago by AlessandroSPQR

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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…”

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2 months ago by bruce1946

Started 2 months ago by tim morland

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Anyone tried Solar Powered RC boat?

Hobby Chit Chat

“Any photos of your vessel?”

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2 months ago by Ronald

Started 3 months ago by Ronald

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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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2 months ago by ChrisF

Started 2 months ago by urantia

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Post-Scotland inspiration

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“Morse Code for "M" is 2 dashes, pronounced dah-dah.”

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2 months ago by RodC

Started 7 months ago by Ronald

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Is this site running slow?

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“Maybe it is because more and more things are being DUPLICATED and shown TWICE taking up double the domain space per submission? It’s not getting any better…”

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2 months ago by zooma

Started 3 months ago by ChrisF

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Graupner Vegesack

For Sale/Wanted

“Didn't see first reply !”

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2 months ago by Lupomen

Started 2 months ago by Beemerboy

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App

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“I have the same issue, galaxy S20 for reference. Telemetry viewer app has the same problem”

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2 months ago by JSS4

Started 2 months ago by PhilH

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1/16 SCALE RNLI Y BOAT KIT

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Started 2 months ago by lukeH

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Huntsman

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“Hi zooma Its bungalow we could not afford the upstairs Philuk”

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2 months ago by PhilH

Started 2 months ago by PhilH

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Transmitter brake down

Hobby Chit Chat

“Thanks for the post I had not seen this option before. The twin throttle we use only replaces the gimbal so it is just plug and play. Attached is a copy of a…”

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2 months ago by BobbyN

Started 2 months ago by GARTH

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"Land" Ships

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“Yabbie1, I "liked" it, but wish I could give it 10 likes. I figured someone somewhere must have built one. Thumbs up down under! -Lew”

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2 months ago by LewZ

Started 2 months ago by JSS4

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Antique compass for a ship from the second half of the 18th century.

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“Thank you so much Phil, your words make me very happy.”

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2 months ago by AlessandroSPQR

Started 4 months ago by AlessandroSPQR

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