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'Fairacre', Broads Cruiser
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6 years ago by 🇳🇿 jbkiwi
Fairacre plan built (MM709, early 70s) Rescued from rubbish bin on farm, rebuilt hull and f/glassed. restored, varnished and re 'glazed' cabin and added grab rails, mast , lights, curtains (leftovers from a Graupner Commodore I built in the 70s) cleats and boarding platform. Restored the deck and varnished. Fitted new prop shaft and rudder and made name decals. cleaned and painted hull interior. (Motor: Graupner 400 monoperm) (ESC: China) (5/10) Plan appears to be modeled on an early UK Bates Starcraft cruiser. 
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5 months ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR (
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Thanks so much Jbkiwi.
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5 months ago by 🇳🇿 jbkiwi (
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Hi Hermank, this will make you feel even older😂
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5 months ago by 🇳🇿 jbkiwi (
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Hi Alessandro
re Can I insert the data of this RC model of yours in the list of the first message of this topic? please feel free to do what you like with it.👍 JB ▲
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5 months ago by 🇺🇸 DWBrinkman (
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Amazing restoration! The before and after pictures tell quite a story. Brilliant work.
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5 months ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR (
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Hi John, thanks for your reply.
Can I insert the data of this RC model of yours in the list of the first message of this topic? ▲
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5 months ago by 🇧🇪 hermank (
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what do you do to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i feel very very old now. The commodore was the second boat i made after Graupner's constellation which is now over 55 years ago😋😋😋😋 ▲
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5 months ago by 🇳🇿 jbkiwi (
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Hi Alessandro
Re dimensions the length is 770mm width average 180mm (tapers from bow) weight is 1.75kg (with 2s 2200mah LiPo) prop is a 70s Graupner 2 blade 40mm diam (pitch unknown but moderate) JB 
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5 months ago by 🇳🇿 jbkiwi (
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Hi FB, thanks for the comment curtains are actually left over material from a Graupner Commodore kit I built in the late 70s (as mentioned). Knew it would come in handy one day. I found out that the actual 100% boat (Fairacre) the model plans were drawn from, was a Bates 'Starcraft' (not a 'broads cruiser' as I was originally told it was). A number were used as hire launches,- now a fair few restored and collectable. There is also a Starcraft owners site on the web.
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5 months ago by 🇬🇧 flaxbybuck (
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Congratulations on a great restoration JB. She looks beautiful, and a boat for which you can feel rightly proud. And I do like the curtains; they seem so fitting and of the period. Sometimes it is the small details that really set off a boat. 😉😉
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5 months ago by 🇺🇸 jumpugly (
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Rescues and rebuilds are their own rewards. Great lines on this one JB!
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5 months ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR (
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Hi jbkiwi.
Excellent recovery and restoration. Could you tell me the length of the model and the diameter of the propeller? If you also know the weight. ▲
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