The boat is scratch built,designed by Hal Harrison,contruction plan in Marine Modeling mag.whitch was designed as a freelance coastguard patrol boat .made from balsa/cardboard sise 18" aprox.weight 2.5kg.
Our model is 36"twin motors and all moving parts and weight is 10kg.
This is the latest pictures of Vigilant Star on the lake at NewBrighton Wirral
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The boat is scratch built,designed by Hal Harrison,contruction plan in Marine Modeling mag.whitch was designed as a freelance coastguard patrol boat .made from balsa/cardboard sise 18" aprox.weight 2.5kg.
Our model is 36"twin motors and all moving parts and weight is 10kg.
This is the latest pictures of Vigilant Star on the lake at NewBrighton Wirral
LCT 247 built from scratch by some one ?
Bought off Ebay, it runs on 7.2volt with a johnson 565 motor. Go's like the wind.
{"text":"LCT 247 built from scratch by some one ?\r\n\r\nBought off Ebay, it runs on 7.2volt with a johnson 565 motor. Go's like the wind.","subject":"LCT 247 restored by Bob Jones","media":[{"id":"1210194236","name":"1210194236.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://model-boats.com/media/1210194236/l","thumbUrl":"https://model-boats.com/media/1210194236/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1210194237","name":"1210194237.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://model-boats.com/media/1210194237/l","thumbUrl":"https://model-boats.com/media/1210194237/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1210194238","name":"1210194238.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://model-boats.com/media/1210194238/l","thumbUrl":"https://model-boats.com/media/1210194238/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"}],"youtubeUrl":""}
Rescued from e-bay.
Decaperm, MonoPerm motor ? was wired for 6 V but very slow so have fitte a Viper Marine ESC and wired for 12 V - not sure if it would take 18 V - any advice would be appreciated.
As no pond near Camberley I boat Sunday mornings at the Stoke Park pond, Guildford. Not a large pond but great for scale and small to medium speed boating.
Second picture of a Skimmer scratch building (plans from Model Boats magazine Sep 2007) - work in progress.
{"text":"Rescued from e-bay.\r\nDecaperm, MonoPerm motor ? was wired for 6 V but very slow so have fitte a Viper Marine ESC and wired for 12 V - not sure if it would take 18 V - any advice would be appreciated.\r\n\r\nAs no pond near Camberley I boat Sunday mornings at the Stoke Park pond, Guildford. Not a large pond but great for scale and small to medium speed boating.\r\n\r\nSecond picture of a Skimmer scratch building (plans from Model Boats magazine Sep 2007) - work in progress.","subject":"Fire Boat. Skimmer","media":[{"id":"1214271694","name":"1214271694.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://model-boats.com/media/1214271694/l","thumbUrl":"https://model-boats.com/media/1214271694/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1214271695","name":"1214271695.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://model-boats.com/media/1214271695/l","thumbUrl":"https://model-boats.com/media/1214271695/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"}],"youtubeUrl":""}
Rescued from e-bay.
Decaperm, MonoPerm motor ? was wired for 6 V but very slow so have fitte a Viper Marine ESC and wired for 12 V - not sure if it would take 18 V - any advice would be appreciated.
As no pond near Camberley I boat Sunday mornings at the Stoke Park pond, Guildford. Not a large pond but great for scale and small to medium speed boating.
Second picture of a Skimmer scratch building (plans from Model Boats magazine Sep 2007) - work in progress.
Scratch built SDM MkII tug 1/48 scale.
Hull started out as polystyrene foam and plywood. Started July 29,2006 and in the water by Aug. 11th for sea trials. Detailed over the following 18 months.
The model is powered by 12vdc using Graupner Speed400-2.33:1 gear drive, and the small Graupner Schottel drives #1761. Separate ESC and Steering control for each drive.
The Lighting is 3mm LED cast into clear, or tinted, polyurethane lamps.
It sails the Pacific Northwest, USA, homeport Portland, Oregon.
{"text":"Scratch built SDM MkII tug 1/48 scale.\r\n\r\nHull started out as polystyrene foam and plywood. Started July 29,2006 and in the water by Aug. 11th for sea trials. Detailed over the following 18 months.\r\n\r\n The model is powered by 12vdc using Graupner Speed400-2.33:1 gear drive, and the small Graupner Schottel drives #1761. Separate ESC and Steering control for each drive.\r\n\r\nThe Lighting is 3mm LED cast into clear, or tinted, polyurethane lamps.\r\n\r\nIt sails the Pacific Northwest, USA, homeport Portland, Oregon.","subject":"Scratch built SDM MkII tug built by UmI Ryuzuki","media":[{"id":"1210195145","name":"1210195145.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://model-boats.com/media/1210195145/l","thumbUrl":"https://model-boats.com/media/1210195145/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1210195146","name":"1210195146.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://model-boats.com/media/1210195146/l","thumbUrl":"https://model-boats.com/media/1210195146/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1210195147","name":"1210195147.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://model-boats.com/media/1210195147/l","thumbUrl":"https://model-boats.com/media/1210195147/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1210195148","name":"1210195148.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://model-boats.com/media/1210195148/l","thumbUrl":"https://model-boats.com/media/1210195148/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"}],"youtubeUrl":""}
Hull started out as polystyrene foam and plywood. Started July 29,2006 and in the water by Aug. 11th for sea trials. Detailed over the following 18 months.
The model is powered by 12vdc using Graupner Speed400-2.33:1 gear drive, and the small Graupner Schottel drives #1761. Separate ESC and Steering control for each drive.
The Lighting is 3mm LED cast into clear, or tinted, polyurethane lamps.
It sails the Pacific Northwest, USA, homeport Portland, Oregon.
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Svitzer tug Ayton Cross, built by Terry O'Rourke in 2006/2007. Mostly scratch built, on a Mobile Marine Models GRP hull.
She is powered by two car heater motors, with a Marx luder bow thruster. I have used an Action kit motor mixer, it works well.
These photos were taken at the Chantry club lake, at the Bluewater shopping centre in kent.
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Terry:
Do you have a hatch to access the rudder linkage?
How do you keep it sealed to prevent water from sliding in?
Can you post some pictures?
Thank you
Julian😎
Terry:
Do you have a hatch to access the rudder linkage?
How do you keep it sealed to prevent water from sliding in?
Can you post some pictures?
Thank you
Julian😎
This is the Brackengarth, it is semI scratch on mobile marine models grp hull. Built 2005.
It's powered by a car heater motor plus bow thruster. it is sailed with Chantry Club on lake at Bluewater shopping complex in Kent.
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Scratched built prototype 1880s victorian tug (hull) by Metcalf Mouldings H.M.S kit length 44" beam 10".
The original tug was built to tow sailing ships in shallows, hence it's shallow draught and wide beam. Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it!!
Another one not finished!
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This is the Hugh William Viscount Gough. She is a solent class lifeboat. She went into service in 1963 as the Stornoway lifeboat. She was there for around twenty years.
She then went on to Barra and ended her service at Dunbar. She was sold in 1993 and is now out in Malaysia.
I have scratch built her from the hull up. She has a fibre glass hull and the super structure is made from plasticard. She took four weeks to build. I have some bits and bobs to do to her.
She runs on two MFA 850 torprdos, but I am going to down size to 800's.
We sail her at Mote park Maidstone most Sundays and also at shows.
She is 48" long with a scale of 1:12
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The Hugh William Viscount Gough built by Debbie and Alan
This is the Hugh William Viscount Gough. She is a solent class lifeboat. She went into service in 1963 as the Stornoway lifeboat. She was there for around twenty years.
She then went on to Barra and ended her service at Dunbar. She was sold in 1993 and is now out in Malaysia.
I have scratch built her from the hull up. She has a fibre glass hull and the super structure is made from plasticard. She took four weeks to build. I have some bits and bobs to do to her.
She runs on two MFA 850 torprdos, but I am going to down size to 800's.
We sail her at Mote park Maidstone most Sundays and also at shows.
I agree with Larryshaw48. Many of the members of this site have a general interest in vintage boats including the fireboats, I'm one of them! Other categories are available to cater for that and it keeps the site busy and of broad interest. it also helps build a data and information archive for others to access - a vintage boat treasure chest! The more the merrier I say 😊
I agree with Larryshaw48. Many of the members of this site have a general interest in vintage boats including the fireboats, I'm one of them! Other categories are available to cater for that and it keeps the site busy and of broad interest. it also helps build a data and information archive for others to access - a vintage boat treasure chest! The more the merrier I say 😊
HI Alan and Debbie
Nice to see your Aerokits Solent still going strong 😊 . My original kit sails infrequently but I really enjoy sailing her. I intend to update the control from a Bobs board to twin Mtronic ESc's but will keep the two Bhuler motors and 12v 18Ahr SlA. I also need to update the number I originally allocated as mine still has the original Watertight door. Thanks to the internet, this and other on line modelling sites I can now make the model represent an original lifeboat. I enjoy looking at all 😊 model boat pictures and my Aerokits Crash Tender was restored with help from this site. I have a model tug that has fire monitors fitted and I intend to make them operational. Previous attempts showed up my poor soldering in the connection piping 😟 . I agree with thelegos.
Dave
HI Alan and Debbie
Nice to see your Aerokits Solent still going strong 😊 . My original kit sails infrequently but I really enjoy sailing her. I intend to update the control from a Bobs board to twin Mtronic ESc's but will keep the two Bhuler motors and 12v 18Ahr SlA. I also need to update the number I originally allocated as mine still has the original Watertight door. Thanks to the internet, this and other on line modelling sites I can now make the model represent an original lifeboat. I enjoy looking at all 😊 model boat pictures and my Aerokits Crash Tender was restored with help from this site. I have a model tug that has fire monitors fitted and I intend to make them operational. Previous attempts showed up my poor soldering in the connection piping 😟 . I agree with thelegos.
Dave
This lifeboat was a part-kit from Metcalfe Mouldings, being just a bare hull and superstructure. All the detailed work was scratch- built by my son and I did all the drive and electrics.
It is powered by two 540 motors through a single water-cooled speed controller and the props are about 35mm. My son and I sail it at our club water at Knightcote in Warwickshire. it is now about 4 years old and, (touch wood), pretty reliable.
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This lifeboat was a part-kit from Metcalfe Mouldings, being just a bare hull and superstructure. All the detailed work was scratch- built by my son and I did all the drive and electrics.
It is powered by two 540 motors through a single water-cooled speed controller and the props are about 35mm. My son and I sail it at our club water at Knightcote in Warwickshire. it is now about 4 years old and, (touch wood), pretty reliable.
"BOO BOO Kitty" is a scale model of a Crosby designed Cape Cod Cat Boat.[USA] it was built from scratch at a scale of 9.04" = 1"; the model being 26.5" oal.
The dimensions were taken from a book that highly detailed the building of a real Cat Boat.
The hull is plank-on-frame with epoxy and glass cloth as the final surface. A separate and detachable fin keel was used for sailing of the centerboard model.
Radio controls were a Hitec sail winch [HS-785HB] and one servo for the rudder with a 2 channel JR transmitter.
Copying the book plans, scaling them down, and construction took up the winter of 2006/2007. The model is sailing better than anticipated on a local lake in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
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"BOO BOO Kitty" is a scale model of a Crosby designed Cape Cod Cat Boat.[USA] it was built from scratch at a scale of 9.04" = 1"; the model being 26.5" oal.
The dimensions were taken from a book that highly detailed the building of a real Cat Boat.
The hull is plank-on-frame with epoxy and glass cloth as the final surface. A separate and detachable fin keel was used for sailing of the centerboard model.
Radio controls were a Hitec sail winch [HS-785HB] and one servo for the rudder with a 2 channel JR transmitter.
Copying the book plans, scaling them down, and construction took up the winter of 2006/2007. The model is sailing better than anticipated on a local lake in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
She's an RAF Seaplane tender, Scratch built from FROG plans and is around 30 years old.
Power is now by Electric motor, but it was originally "Diesel" powered. I sail on Southchurch park pond, Southend on sea Essex.
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I believe this is a 34 inch aerokit, I "rescued" it from Ebay, and will bring her back to how she should look...
Watch this space...
After lots of hassle I finally got the motor and prop.shaft aligned.
with a scratch built mastshe's beginning to "LOOK" the part.
More to follow.....
{"text":"I believe this is a 34 inch aerokit, I \"rescued\" it from Ebay, and will bring her back to how she should look...\r\n\r\nWatch this space...\r\n\r\nAfter lots of hassle I finally got the motor and prop.shaft aligned.\r\nwith a scratch built mastshe's beginning to \"LOOK\" the part.\r\nMore to follow.....","subject":"Fireboat being restored by Bob Jones","media":[],"youtubeUrl":""}
