You have built a very nice model, one to be proud of.
Well done.

Martin555.

Very nice job! any pics on the water?
JB

I really hope you will do a build log on your Skipjack.

Martin555.

Martin555
Good idea....just assembling all components at the moment....keep watching.

Will do, looking forward to it.

Martin555.

Ed,
Thanks for posting....Steamboat Willie, the predecessor to Mickey Mouse. My favorite Walt Disney quote:

“I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing—that it was all started by a mouse.”
-Walt Disney

👍👍😁 Joe

Ed??🙄
That was me Joe!😉
Just a little something to raise a smile that I found 'along the way'!
Cheers, Doug 😎

Doug,
That's the second time I've called you Ed, maybe you should consider changing your name?
Joe🙄

WOT? Like the mechanical chimpanzee!!😮
Keep taking the memory tablets Joe.
Now then ... where did I put them???🙄
😁😎

Re- A good laugh from 92 years ago😊

Just noticed this Doug, I'm amazed you can remember that far back😂!
JB

Cheeky b****r JB!!😠
Remember, even Rear Admirals can be degraded or cashiered!!
Guess I'm not looking so bad for 112 tho😉
😎

Hi Doug,
I am unable to open it.
The file reads mp4a is it because of the "a"

Martin555.

I managed to get it to run with Windows Media Player. Media Player didn't recognise the .mp4a format, but gave an option to try and play it anyway, and it worked. Shame about the music 😉
I like the 90 year old 'remote control' method 😂🤣
Graham93

Hi Graham,
I am using a MacBook Air.
Perhaps that is why it is not working.
I don't get an option.

Martin555.

Odd! That 'a' has been added by the site. It always changes the file name to an index number☹️
Odd²; even with the 'a' the file opens immediately with MP on my PC!?

Martin: download the file to your hard drive (or whatever 'airy' memory your MacBook has😉
Rename the file by deleting the 'a' and it should work.
Cheers, Doug 😎

Hi Doug,
I removed the "a" and it worked.
Thank you.

Martin555.

Brilliant 👍

Congratulations Mike👍
You're the first to stick to the point and notice the brilliance, not only of the boat construction, but 'a steam powered outboard'!!!? Outstanding!
Many thanks to redpmg for sending me that to post on his behalf.👍
All the best, Doug 😎
PS None of this (apart from putting the video up) is my 'doing' or credit so maybe Stephen (Fireboat) can transfer it (and the Likes) to redpmg's account??

Learn something every day. I have not heard of a model steam outboard before. Very nice little boat.

Hi Doug, I finally figured out how to open this - it was well worth persevering with, this has a real feel good factor especially with the music and I like his R/C, and a steam outboard engine - brilliant.

Bill

Jervis Bay, a famous ship in the early part of WW2. Built in 1922, she was converted to an armed merchant cruiser and fought a valiant action against the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer, allowing the convoy she was escorting to disperse before she was herself sunk by gunfire. That was 5th November 1940. Made huge headlines at the time and I have to admit it, I'm old enough to remember it.

Nerys

Very nice. Well made.👍

So far so very very good David👍
I must say you've hidden the guns extremely well, just like the original!😉
Cheers, Doug 😎

Is it any easier JB ? - does look like its behaving a little better - not sure if that's my imagination - be interesting to see how she performs on water - think Airboats are probably drama queens in any event...........

Jb,
That looked like you definitely had more control over the beast this time.
Twin rudder training seems to be paying off LOL!
However i did find myself ducking to get under the trees.LOL!

Martin555.

Looks like you’re having fun!! Airboats are tricky little beasts aren’t they? I have a little Hobbyking Swamp Dawg which is okay, but in windy weather she’s all over the place.

Hi Cash, lots of fun, and hopefully we are allowed out next week (lockdown to level 3 from 4)
so might be able to do some drifting with a bit more space on the big sports grounds.😁 Bit confined in my yard due to full size boats, trailers, trees etc, too much to hit😁
JB

I bet the Kids go nuts when they see it.
I like things that are a little different.
Would like to see it on the water.

Martin555.

Uhhh..y’know, I’ve got friends that, if they saw that thing in the water they would try to catch it, clean it, cook it and eat it!!🤣

That looks like you will have your hands full trying to tame it LOL!

I am beginning to wonder which one of you will win.

Martin555.

Twin Rudders needed JB - make things much easier - only need one heavy duty servo

Re Twin rudders needed JB

Hard to tell at the moment Peter, but it's hard to tell, as the plastic is very slippery and the slope is around 30deg so hard to keep straight. Will probably make a better rudder set-up when I can get some bits from the hardware warehouse. Will probably act a lot differently on the water.
JB

Read somewhere that its something to do with tip vortex ?- babble about the tip being at a higher speed (supersonic ?) - hence better to have twin rudders - was a long time ago and cant find the reference - know it was an article on full size Airboats - so if you cant scale down water or air maybe it applies to Airboat models too ?
Thinking about it logically it seems to make sense - only the top of your rudder is in clean thrust air middle and bottom obscured by motor & stand respectively - whereas two would be in clear thrust (inside the tip vortex) air thrust faster at those points outside the stand - so would surely be better.

Probably right Peter, also I think a couple of reasons for twin rudders is height/area and ease of mounting (supported top and bottom,- a big tall single rudder would not be as strong and harder to get a top mount on over the prop (also get caught on trees). The twins seem to be set apart just around 50% of the blade arc (round the fattest part of the prop) to grab the best air.
This waiting to get to the shops is a pain as I think it's forcing us to waste time trying to improvise with rubbish, (mind you, it keeps you busy thinking of ways round things rather than just going to the shop and buying it😁 I'll start making a set of twin rudder blades in anticipation of shop access in the near future. Will have a crawl round my large stash under the house and see what I might have forgotten I had😁, I might surprise myself!
JB

Definately need to try some wheels on airboat

Hi Jb,
Ref:- "mind you, it keeps you busy thinking of ways round things rather than just going to the shop and buying it".

This is what i have to do all the time.
I think it add's to the fun, and when you have made something out of nothing it makes you feel that sense of achievement.
Talk about making something out of nothing my wife has been doing that for years LOL!!!

Martin555.

This is going to fly, probably not literally, when you can get to the sports field. Might be uncontrollable on water though. Looking forward to those trials though.

RE - Ref:- "mind you, it keeps you busy thinking of ways round things rather than just going to the shop and buying it"

I was thinking of you and chuckling as I was typing that Martin😁😂 and you are correct on the feeling of achievement having that "eureka" moment when finding the perfect piece of junk for the job😊
JB

Hi Jb,

Ref:- "I was thinking of you and chuckling as I was typing that Martin"

With a bit more practice you will be a master at making something out of nothing LOL!!!

Then the word "eureka" will be a common saying in you'r house, and you will have to lower your workshop seat as your wallet will also benefit.


Martin555.

Hi JB,

Looks like a lot of fun.
But, wouldn't it be better on a pond! LOL.....
OK, when you can go to the pond!

Cheers, Ed

Lovely little tug, quite ingenious. Could you tell us the dimensions please, looks about 6" length overall.

Nerys

Really nice little boat.👍

Hi Purser1944,

Great little tug!
I really enjoyed the pic's!

Cheers, Ed

Neat😊👍
A sort of early, round Springer😉
My guess would be about 9" LoA.
Cheers, Doug 😎

What a lovely little Tug,
You have done a super job.
Well done.

Martin555.

Very nice model. I have just bought their 1:16 Tamar Class Lifeboat.
Peter.😊