COMPLETED THIS ONE ABOUT A YEAR AGO,
LOVE THIS BOAT AND SHE LOOKS GREAT ON THE WATER,
REALLY LOVE THE STYLE OF THE OLD WOODEN BOATS, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN CHARM!!!
WORKING MY WAY THRU THE AEROKITS COLLECTION,
LOOKING FOR A SEA NYMPH IF ANYBODY SEES ONE LET ME KNOW,
CHEERS
CK
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COMPLETED THIS ONE ABOUT A YEAR AGO,
LOVE THIS BOAT AND SHE LOOKS GREAT ON THE WATER,
REALLY LOVE THE STYLE OF THE OLD WOODEN BOATS, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN CHARM!!!
WORKING MY WAY THRU THE AEROKITS COLLECTION,
LOOKING FOR A SEA NYMPH IF ANYBODY SEES ONE LET ME KNOW,
Just got my Sea Rover today as well as an Aerokits MTB with a lovely Taycol Double Special in it. I'd forgotten how twisted the Sea Rover is!!
It'll need some serious cutting and regluing aft. I need to remake the screen area and canopy. it has an original MFA Humming Bird 15 motor complete with the label.
Westquay
Just got my Sea Rover today as well as an Aerokits MTB with a lovely Taycol Double Special in it. I'd forgotten how twisted the Sea Rover is!!
It'll need some serious cutting and regluing aft. I need to remake the screen area and canopy. it has an original MFA Humming Bird 15 motor complete with the label.
Westquay
COMPLETED THIS ONE ABOUT A YEAR AGO,
LOVE THIS BOAT AND SHE LOOKS GREAT ON THE WATER,
REALLY LOVE THE STYLE OF THE OLD WOODEN BOATS, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN CHARM!!!
WORKING MY WAY THRU THE AEROKITS COLLECTION,
LOOKING FOR A SEA NYMPH IF ANYBODY SEES ONE LET ME KNOW,
CHEERS
CK
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COMPLETED THIS ONE ABOUT A YEAR AGO,
LOVE THIS BOAT AND SHE LOOKS GREAT ON THE WATER,
REALLY LOVE THE STYLE OF THE OLD WOODEN BOATS, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN CHARM!!!
WORKING MY WAY THRU THE AEROKITS COLLECTION,
LOOKING FOR A SEA NYMPH IF ANYBODY SEES ONE LET ME KNOW,
Lesro Sportsman kit, wood sports fishing boat 33'' in length, weight about 8lb. MFA 850 on 12v (10 NiMHcells 3.5ah) MTroniks 40amp esc, X50 prop. Built by Ian Gardner.
March 2010. I am now using 12 cells and a Graupner speed controller. I added watercooling too and the boat goes noticeably faster- but melted a fuse holder on first outing so I need to upgrade some of the wiring. There was also a bit of prop aerating on turns so might reduce the prop size.
The last photo is with increased voltage.
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Lesro Sportsman kit, wood sports fishing boat 33'' in length, weight about 8lb. MFA 850 on 12v (10 NiMHcells 3.5ah) MTroniks 40amp esc, X50 prop. Built by Ian Gardner.
March 2010. I am now using 12 cells and a Graupner speed controller. I added watercooling too and the boat goes noticeably faster- but melted a fuse holder on first outing so I need to upgrade some of the wiring. There was also a bit of prop aerating on turns so might reduce the prop size.
The last photo is with increased voltage.
Can anyone tell me what boat this is?
I think its a modified Aerokits fire boat or Sea queen,
The deck is different because it steps down, the cabin looks to be modified, the hull is all fibre glass with wooden bulkheads.
Nice 10cc Merco engine.
Will upload more recent pics as the pics are from about 18 months ago, I've since started re building the boat to sail then in future sell.
{"text":"Can anyone tell me what boat this is?\r\nI think its a modified Aerokits fire boat or Sea queen,\r\nThe deck is different because it steps down, the cabin looks to be modified, the hull is all fibre glass with wooden bulkheads.\r\nNice 10cc Merco engine.\r\nWill upload more recent pics as the pics are from about 18 months ago, I've since started re building the boat to sail then in future sell.","subject":"Aerokits boat? with Merco 61 resto project","media":[{"id":"1263569805","name":"1263569805.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://model-boats.com/media/1263569805/l","thumbUrl":"https://model-boats.com/media/1263569805/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1263569806","name":"1263569806.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://model-boats.com/media/1263569806/l","thumbUrl":"https://model-boats.com/media/1263569806/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1263569807","name":"1263569807.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://model-boats.com/media/1263569807/l","thumbUrl":"https://model-boats.com/media/1263569807/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1263569808","name":"1263569808.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://model-boats.com/media/1263569808/l","thumbUrl":"https://model-boats.com/media/1263569808/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"}],"youtubeUrl":""}
Can anyone tell me what boat this is?
I think its a modified Aerokits fire boat or Sea queen,
The deck is different because it steps down, the cabin looks to be modified, the hull is all fibre glass with wooden bulkheads.
Nice 10cc Merco engine.
Will upload more recent pics as the pics are from about 18 months ago, I've since started re building the boat to sail then in future sell.
About the fibre glass hull it looks to be ply with a thin coating of fibre glass.
It's roughly 34" long.
The guy who the boat used to belong to had a couple of aerokits boats as well as this one, he had a sea queen and another boat but I cant remember the model name.
from looking at other boats the only boat I can really compare it with is the sea queen.
I will be uploading the boat with or without the engine on ebay in the next couple of months, I have two merco 61 marine engines that will be on ebay soon.
About the fibre glass hull it looks to be ply with a thin coating of fibre glass.
It's roughly 34" long.
The guy who the boat used to belong to had a couple of aerokits boats as well as this one, he had a sea queen and another boat but I cant remember the model name.
from looking at other boats the only boat I can really compare it with is the sea queen.
I will be uploading the boat with or without the engine on ebay in the next couple of months, I have two merco 61 marine engines that will be on ebay soon.
HI it is ST LAURIE made by LAWRENCE MANUFACTURING 106 Lawrence Road liverpool sold for A£4. 10 shillings or A£4.50p to days money in the 1950 fiberglass hull and cabin roof ply cabin sides length 42in beam 12in
HI it is ST LAURIE made by LAWRENCE MANUFACTURING 106 Lawrence Road liverpool sold for A£4. 10 shillings or A£4.50p to days money in the 1950 fiberglass hull and cabin roof ply cabin sides length 42in beam 12in
The boat is a scratch built and started life in the shed. it is a semiscale model at aprox 36inch, built with balsa wood.It is full remote control and fitted with two Mtroniks Vision 600 motors one 12volt 7ah battery,one seasprint esc.
It was built as a fun boat so I could sail with my friend Peter thomas with his variuos boats.
Several things have now been added since this boat was first built, IE smoking stacks, fireing torpedoes and magnetic pickups for colecting them. Also has working radar/moving gun + a home built bec.
Flag poles and flags/compas has been added on the superstructure.
Each motor draws 6amps at full power, I have measured the speed from one point to another at a spacing of 60mtrs, and timed at 15 seconds, but this is a bit fast for this boat as she starts to plane out of the water.
We sail her at New Brighton lake on the wirral most wednesdays. As the weather is now a bit cool I have just purchased a simular model to this at 1:48 scale 110ft island class USCG Patrol boat so I can look at them both in action when the weather picks up. Anyone wanting info can contact me via this website.
{"text":"The boat is a scratch built and started life in the shed. it is a semiscale model at aprox 36inch, built with balsa wood.It is full remote control and fitted with two Mtroniks Vision 600 motors one 12volt 7ah battery,one seasprint esc.\r\nIt was built as a fun boat so I could sail with my friend Peter thomas with his variuos boats.\r\nSeveral things have now been added since this boat was first built, IE smoking stacks, fireing torpedoes and magnetic pickups for colecting them. Also has working radar/moving gun + a home built bec.\r\nFlag poles and flags/compas has been added on the superstructure.\r\nEach motor draws 6amps at full power, I have measured the speed from one point to another at a spacing of 60mtrs, and timed at 15 seconds, but this is a bit fast for this boat as she starts to plane out of the water. \r\nWe sail her at New Brighton lake on the wirral most wednesdays. As the weather is now a bit cool I have just purchased a simular model to this at 1:48 scale 110ft island class USCG Patrol boat so I can look at them both in action when the weather picks up. Anyone wanting info can contact me via this website.","subject":"vigilant star test 3","media":[],"youtubeUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMPPJ3GVsjk"}
The boat is a scratch built and started life in the shed. it is a semiscale model at aprox 36inch, built with balsa wood.It is full remote control and fitted with two Mtroniks Vision 600 motors one 12volt 7ah battery,one seasprint esc.
It was built as a fun boat so I could sail with my friend Peter thomas with his variuos boats.
Several things have now been added since this boat was first built, IE smoking stacks, fireing torpedoes and magnetic pickups for colecting them. Also has working radar/moving gun + a home built bec.
Flag poles and flags/compas has been added on the superstructure.
Each motor draws 6amps at full power, I have measured the speed from one point to another at a spacing of 60mtrs, and timed at 15 seconds, but this is a bit fast for this boat as she starts to plane out of the water.
We sail her at New Brighton lake on the wirral most wednesdays. As the weather is now a bit cool I have just purchased a simular model to this at 1:48 scale 110ft island class USCG Patrol boat so I can look at them both in action when the weather picks up. Anyone wanting info can contact me via this website.
This is one of the Aerokits models, however it has recently been stripped down to the wood to apply a fibreglass coating.
These video clips show the boat undergoing trials before being completly re-fitted.
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My Dad built this Fireboat 40 years ago, following the Practical Electronics magazine article. I watched as he built the plywood boat then built the discrete electronics; it was full of batteries but was great fun. I later fitted the 2-channel radio and then dad repainted it blue? its now time to give it some TLC and get it back as it should be.
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34" 1968 Fireboat built as a Practical Electronics Proj
My Dad built this Fireboat 40 years ago, following the Practical Electronics magazine article. I watched as he built the plywood boat then built the discrete electronics; it was full of batteries but was great fun. I later fitted the 2-channel radio and then dad repainted it blue? its now time to give it some TLC and get it back as it should be.
It'll need some serious cutting and regluing aft. I need to remake the screen area and canopy. it has an original MFA Humming Bird 15 motor complete with the label.
Westquay
Cheers,
Westquay