Photos & videos

Sign in to share

Search results

20 posts · Page 1 of 2
lesliebreame
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
Clyde Puffer
Coal fired Clyde Puffer project. GRP hull with vertical boiler and oscillating engine both of which i made from scratch. Goes very nicely . pictures taken at ilfracombe boating pond. Les Breame
Liked by ianed57 and sandkb and
5 comments
  • sandkbChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    Really good. What is her length? Cheers
  • lesliebreameChief Petty Officer 1st Class
    Hull is about 36" long and from ORION Mouldings[i think !!] its quite nice and shows all the rivets in good detail. We are at present making a Puffer 54" long and i am going to make the hull from soldered tinplate[ i hope !!! ] Les Breame
none
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
1 / 3
springer tug no 3
Well this is the 3rd version I have made of a springer tug.

Grp Hull and this time using 2 mm plastic.
Balsa wood and again what ever I could find laying around.

The decking is just printed paper and stuck down with Varnish.

Just needs some ballast and it is ready to go.
Liked by Brucef102 and chugalone100 and
none
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
1 / 3
Number 2 attempt springer Tug
So this was attempt number two at a springer tug.. A little better than the very first one.

Again a home made grp hull and everything else Balsa wood and a few bits I could find about the house..

Well this one too has been scrapped and the hull reused.
Or set aside for another one at a later date.

So at this time is just a fitted out hull
Liked by John2 and Dave M
none
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
1 / 3
1st ever Spinger tug model
Well this was the very first model boat i made.
A springer tug.
I made a mould and then made a few just in case i was to the point of everything going wrong at least I could start another one.

Apart from the home made GRP hull everything else was made in Balsa wood.

Since been scrapped but the hull and all the electrics ect have been reused again for another version..
Liked by John2 and Dave M
davidhgreatbatch
Warrant Officer
PS Waverley
Scratch Built on a GRP Hull 10 years ago
Liked by RNinMunich and Brightwork and
2 comments
  • Dave MVice Admiral
    Realistic looking model sailing at scale speed. A pleasure to watch, thank you for sharing
  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Simply brilliant 👍👍👍
    Highly appropriate soundtrack too
    "Sound action stations Number One, Tally Ho"!!! 😉

    Something went wrong here? This applies to David's brilliant HMS Sussex video that I just watched !? 🤔 But this vid is neat as well, 'cool vibes' to go with it 👍
davidhgreatbatch
Warrant Officer
HMS Sussex
Scratch Built on a GRP Hull. Built her 20 years ago and sail her on Mary Stevens Park Pool, Stourbridge
Liked by Brightwork and John2 and
2 comments
  • figtree7ntsAdmiral
    She has interesting history. Thank You, for sharing a Video of your Model.
  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Now attached to correct vid (I Hope 🤔)

    Simply brilliant 👍👍👍
    Highly appropriate soundtrack too
    "Sound action stations Number One, Tally Ho"!!! 😉

    Must get around to sticking my HMS Suffolk together!
davidhgreatbatch
Warrant Officer
TSS Manxman
Scratch built on a GRP hull. Built her in 2016 and sail her on Mary Stevens Park Pool, Stourbridge
Liked by Brightwork and suntugs
2 comments
  • cenbethWarrant Officer
    Looks good. Well done!
    Liked by figtree7nts
  • ThreelegsLeading Seaman
    A lovely model. Having built one myself I appreciate the work. I love the presentation and the National Anthem!
    Liked by Dave M
davidhgreatbatch
Warrant Officer
MV Balmoral;
Scratch built on a modified GRP hull, finished building her at the start of this year, powered by two 385 electric motors. Sail her on Mary Stevens Park Pool Stourbridge
Liked by circle43nautical and Brightwork and
2 comments
  • John2Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
    Good job 👍
  • circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    BRAVO ZULU!
davidhgreatbatch
Warrant Officer
1 / 4
TSS Manxman
Isle Of Man Ferry TSS Manxman Scratch built in 1/87 scale in 2016 on a GRP hull. Powered by two 385 electric motors. Sail her on Mary Stevens Park Pool, Stourbridge
Liked by NicolasM and Brightwork
2 comments
  • cenbethWarrant Officer
    She looks really nice. How long did she take you to complete? is she based on a fibreglass hull or are you working from scratch?
    Well done.
    Edward
  • davidhgreatbatchWarrant Officer
    As I am retired she only took about 10 months to build and is based on a "Models By Design" GRP hull. The rest of the model is scratch built. You can view her sea trials and more details on you tube.
    Liked by Brightwork and Inkoust

Liked by

Loading…

Delete this post?

It will be removed from the site.

Discard this draft?

Your draft will be deleted and cannot be recovered.

You have an unfinished draft

What would you like to do with it?