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sigfortunata
Petty Officer 1st Class
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RAF Target and Towing launch (Kitshack)
My 1st excursion into model boat building about a year ago....steep learning curve!!!

Currently powered by 2 x 480 brushed on 11.1v, both motors independently controlled by 2 ESC but soon to be refitted with 2x 1000KV brushless.

Planes beautifully and with twin rudders turns on a sixpence!
#build #model #motor #brush #esc #tow #brushless #brushed motor #boat building #brushed #twin rudder #target towing launch #rudder
Liked by robtroi
6 comments
  • boatyChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    That's an excellent running time for a fast model.
    😀
    It gives a great indication of what can be achieved with brushless motors.,

    I'll have to try brushless motors in some of my fast scale boats. I only have one brushless powered model at present, this being the Proboat Blackjack 29 fast electric.

    Boaty
  • reilly4Warrant Officer
    That's a great model. Do you have any photos or videos of the boat at speed?
sigfortunata
Petty Officer 1st Class
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Aerokits Sea Hornet
Kit built but I scrapped the plywood for mahogany as I wanted something in the "Riva" Style.
Powered by a 1000kv brushless on 11.1v, its quick across the water and very stable.

I sail with the Potteries MBC in Stoke.
#aerokit #kit #plywood #wood #brush #sail #brushless #mahogany #wanted #sea hornet #horn #built
Liked by BOATSHED and watson220 and
3 comments
  • John2Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
    nice job 👍
  • circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    BRAVO ZULU! Nice boat, it reminds me of my brother's 13' 1956 Penyan that he completely restored back in the 90s. Love the mahogany btw.
    HAVE A SAFE RC BOATING DAY
    FAIR WINDS & FOLLOWING SEAS
    GOD BLESS AMERICA
skegness
Petty Officer 1st Class
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Monster Mersey Interior
Some photos of the interior of the Mersey,what details you see is what is in the real boat
#mersey #monster mersey
Liked by Falmouth1729 and circle43nautical and
4 comments
  • jarvoLieutenant
    Has he seen the results of your superb resto work?
  • skegnessPetty Officer 1st Class
    Not known,but he knows and congratulated me at a show for putting the talus back to how it was,he is on another site in which I have put photo images on and he likes what he see's
skegness
Petty Officer 1st Class
1 / 4
Monster Mersey
Will be put on display for the first time on sat/sun 2/3 July at a show in Newark,will have talus tractor connected and an overall length of 9ft,then when I get back from show I will put electrics in then put her on the water
Talus 33"
Carriage 66"
Mersey 78"
scale 1:6

Figures are action men
#display #figures #mersey #monster mersey #show #electric #action
Liked by Falmouth1729 and circle43nautical and
1 comment
  • skegnessPetty Officer 1st Class
    This boat has now been sold,soon at at show near you.
    Liked by figtree7nts
Trillium
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
1 / 2
Wahine
Wahine was a car passenger ferry of the Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand, and completed by Fairfields in 1966. She was lost in a major storm in the Cook Strait in 1968 with the death of 53 people. The model is substantially scratch-built with some fittings purchased. it is driven by two Graupner Speed 500 motors powered from two 6.6V 3200mAh LiFe batteries. it is fitted with twin stern and a single bow rudders, and bow and stern thrusters as on the original. The smoke effect is provided by a Steam Master Unit.
#fittings #graupner #model #motor #scratch #scratch-built #ship #steam #stern #sub #batteries #scratch built #power unit #smoke #bow thruster #twin rudder #bow #smoke unit #built #rudder
Liked by jbkiwi and Gascoigne and
4 comments
  • figtree7ntsAdmiral
    Trillium, great job on the model it looks so realistic. the smoke adds an amount of realism that's unsurpassed !
    what is her LO£
    Ed
  • TrilliumChief Petty Officer 1st Class
    Thanks.
    She is 37" on the waterline, 6" beam, with a draft of 1.9".
shavings
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
Edna May ll
First run in test tank
Liked by John2 and Rowen
3 comments
  • RedRiderPetty Officer 1st Class
    Love that setup mate!
  • shavingsChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    Thank you red rider, didnt turn out bad for back of fag packet designing, still having trouble making a good poker type burner but will get there in the end.....Roger
lesfac
Petty Officer 1st Class
One Twelfth Scale Speedline Severn Lifeboat try out
Having installed the running gear I just had to try it out. The boat is about half the weight it should be so ballast is something I will have to add. But lots more to do yet
#ballast #lifeboat #weight #speedline
Liked by John2 and McCluskey
3 comments
  • lesfacPetty Officer 1st Class
    Hi figtree7nts,
    The reason it can pivot pretty much in its own length is because it is fitted with a bow thruster.
    In this case it's a Raboesch model
    The two main motors are Emax BL4030 brushless motors running with Hobbyking 90 amp escs. I power these with two 5 cell lipos batteries in parallel.
    The Raboesch bow thruster has a brushed motor rated at 7.2 volts and this runs through an esc for brushed motors. (I was lucky to have one ready after I converted one of my boats to a brushless motor). I power the bow thruster with a 7.2 volts nimh battery pack again left over after going to brushless and lipo batteries.
    Les
  • figtree7ntsAdmiral
    Hi Les, fantastic job on your lifeboat! I'm thinking I'd like to build a pilot boat, maybe the one from aeronaut. as long as the model is made of plastic I'm good anything else and I'm lost! hope you don't mind but I think I'll put a bow thruster in mine also.
EricMB
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
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Toby Tug (previously a Seaport Workboat)
Here's the photos of the cord coming through the middle of the crane, connected to the sail winch on the bottom end. The bracket to get it to go round 90 degrees had to be modified as it started jamming with no weight on the hook, now a piece of bent tube cut in half as a channel.
#weight #sail winch #port #sail #tug #channel #winch #seaport workboat
Liked by daveevans and shavings
3 comments
  • EricMBChief Petty Officer 1st Class
    Nope, an Estate Agent! (As well as bring the son of an engineer... %uD83D%uDE0E)
  • figtree7ntsAdmiral
    That explains your abilities! My abilities are what can I glue next!
trynewskillsnow
Able Seaman
Try New Skills 1
This is another step forwards!
All the electronic parts arrived last week! The good news is they are all working and I knew how to assembly thanks to the info I found in this website!
#parts #web site #website
Liked by John2 and figtree7nts
3 comments
  • jarvoLieutenant
    Sanding always BL@@@Y sanding, what ever happened to self leveling paint, nice job with the glass cloth, what weight cloth did you use

    Mark
  • trynewskillsnowAble Seaman
    Hi Mark.
    To be honest, I don't know. The company I work has supplied the resin and the fibreglass cloth. They told me that is the best one for what I need, so I believe at they said. I will try to find out what is the weight cloth and let you know!

    Thanks,
    Robson 👍
shavings
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
new steamer
Finished my first boiler with home made engine and reversing valve small leak on main steam valve still to cure but other than that all is well. Am I a happy bunny!
just got to fit it in boat and its off to the pond
Roger
#engine #steam #steam boat #boiler
Liked by John2 and figtree7nts
2 comments
  • trynewskillsnowAble Seaman
    Work of art!
    👍 👍 👍
  • figtree7ntsAdmiral
    Great job, what I wouldn't give to put in a steam engine in Serenity!
EricMB
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
Toby Tug (previously a seaport workboat)
Crane story part 3! Now that the jib raised and lowered, I had to tackle rotating the turret. I canibilsed a radar setup I'd made (again from helicopter parts after a crash!) to rotate the turret. Video of the radar motor in operation shown.
#motor #parts #port #show #tug #video #seaport workboat
Liked by John2
EricMB
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
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Toby Tug (previously a Seaport Workboat)
Crane story continued.. once the swash plate was connected via servo arms to the jib, I had to develop an arm to control them from a servo - pics attached. Once the bracket was attached to the servo, it allowed the jib to move up and down, whilst the turret rotated. I then had to work out how to rotate the turret! More photos to follow..
#port #tug #servo #seaport workboat
Liked by cenbeth
4 comments
  • EricMBChief Petty Officer 1st Class
    As the turret is mounted on a hollow tube, this allows the cord to run through the middle of the crane, over the jib and down to the hook, and on the other end, attached to a sail winch so that the hook can be raised and lowered. Will add pics in a sec.
  • JulioPetty Officer 1st Class
    Nice job...

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