Another airboat, this time made from a 33" x 18" foam body board, and powered by a TGY3542 1000kv 38A outrunner with a pusher prop, and 3s 4000mah LiPo

A 1/5 semi scale model of my 15ft day sailer,- designed by US naval architect Edson I Schock in 1953. The original was built in NZ in the late 80s and I bought and restored it in 2008. Thought it would be nice to have an RC model of it, so measured the boat and made the model 1/5 scale. Model is made from polystyrene foam, shaped and f/glassed with a ply deck and ply lined cockpit and ply transom. Uses a HiTec winch with a floor mounted sheet hauler pulley system. The skipper is servo powered and ducks under the boom when tacking

My latest build finished in December 2026. Waiting for water in Spencer's boat pond.

This is a Thornycroft range safety boat Having had this boat that was loaned to a club now back in my ownership she was built in the 1960s the number 7112 is at the end of ww2 and served in the English Channel stations

MS Tomahawk is my rescue boat to help retrieve a disabled sailboat back to our landing pad.

This boat is used for training new RC sailors who want to give the sport of Radio Sailing a try.

This is my DF95 racing boat, which we race at the Black Mountain Radio Sailing Club.

This is my DF65 Racing boat.

So where to start. I took ownership of this broken, split and damaged Emden that had been in the club for many years. The hull is around 50 years old and had never been sailed before. Hull is a mystery as there's cardboard, plywood then fibreglass. Fittings kit on deck was completed around 12 years ago and obtained from the Deans marine Embden. I had to remove the original prop shafts and motors as everything was seized solid. I believe this boat was sunk when our clubhouse was flooded! Twin Radiolink esc's, rc helicopter gyro and a 12v lead acid battery 3D printed scale like props Overall she sails very well. https://youtu.be/0fmu3HIOO9s

So I had success with a small cruise/ferry last year. I had received what could only be called broken stl files. Overall it was a lovely design though had come from someone with no experience in the marine side of things. He had designed it though upon printing it realised it had a tendency of capsizing or splitting the back in the middle. So gave up on the whole thing. I saved the files and updated them all for a strong and more scale like hull. My small 40cm version was great and even though a tiny ship the presence on the water was incredible. I've decided I need a larger one for this year. The difference though is this build isn't going to be a simple stick together, sand and paint then get on the water. No this is going to be wood line the internal space then sand and coat in resin thus creating a smooth one piece hull. That'll add the extra ballast weight for me instead of having to add weights. I'm then going to hand paint her to mimic the real version though will be altering a few parts of the paint design to my own taste. For power she's going to be a triple motor. One speed 400 in the middle and 2 380 brushed on the outside that run through a Forge mixer for differential steering. There will also be a scale like rudder in the centre with the centre motor only being used for windy or rough days. A bow thruster may be added though thats not for certain just yet. Power will be supplied by twin 2s 1000mah lipo batteries along with 2 60amp esc and 1 40amp esc. Rudder will use a metal gear 9g servo. There will also be a Rudder gyro onboard that will help her track easier and fight any tendency to slide out The plan is to install working navigation lights that will operate off an electronic switch allowing on and off from the transmitter and spinning radar powered by a 3v motor. A Bluetooth speaker system for some music that combines a cruise ship horn and engine sounds. Overall she should come in at around 1.1m long and an auw of 8kg She continues to print as i type this so will add more photos as she continues to grow

A altered tug boat from a old deceased friend not sure if its from mobile marine it wasn't there's also it seems to be modified boat it has a very chunky prop

This is fresh off the printer and custom built for my local river. She will be the next first person viewing boat for this year ahead and will be powered by a 540 brushed motor running through a 40mm jet drive system. Forced and independent water cooling system, bilge pump and 5mm thick hull for bashing off rocks going upstream. Twin 2s 2000mah lipo batteries in parallel and a 160amp esc as theres no airflow Should get a maiden in the week of 7th of February 2026

So tuggy came about from a tugboat/working boat i see on a visit to New York many years ago as a child. The classic design remained etched in my mind and last year decided to design that same elegant form and print my version. She has a working fire monitor which is variable. It'll happily reach 25ft! And 10ft high. Working lights and is powered by a mighty 850 brushed motor which doubles as ballast. She has a working bilge pump for if used in the sea and she gets water onboard. An own design 3 blade high torque low rpm propeller and a rudder curved out an old Krick model stand. She runs very well and had in excess of 100 hours time on both pond and sea last year

So this is a mix mash. The original file for similar i found for sale on a 3d printing website however the design had lots of flaws and one that included a hole in the bottom. I got to work and addressed all the issues along with redesigning the hull to allow for a single prop and 90 degree rudder. She's powered by a tiny 1000kv brushless motor and 5amp esc. Runs on a 1s 1000mah lipo. She's now permanently in dry dock and lives as an ornament as she didn't work out as well as I'd have liked. As I type this her mk2 version is printing and is bigger, more powerful and has a far better hull design.

So I always wanted an rc version of my own Hurley 22 sailing yacht and it came along in the form of this little broken toy grade yacht. I stripped her internals out and replaced with a drum winch along with a standard servo for rudder. Reworked the lines and resprayed her to mimic the real yacht. She sails very well and with the permanently installed 2s 1800mah its enough for a weeks worth of sailing

Here is my Zulu. She is approximately 70 years old and had been a static display model in a museum, church and community centre for many years. I spent some time carving deeper into her timber, fibreglass and metal hull to get low enough to line with lead in order for her not to capsize instantly. I fitted her out with a simple return to shore propshaft and 540 motor though that isn't used often at all unless we have no wind. Her sails fly freely. There's no winches etc. A large 15kg high torque servo powers her rudder. No stick on keel here she is as she would have been in real life. Sails majesticaly and has great presence wether sailing on the pond, river or at sea https://youtu.be/0fh1gt9lIPo?si=KR438OkUGxrbHR2y

The boat is a Fairey Huntress by Slec.

Built approx 2005. Fitted with JJC Sound Unit, electronize ESCs and twin 600 graupner motors. Fowey 14-18

2 but shortly will be 20 rc airboats. I found a free stl file for a 3d printed airboat and got to work altering it with an inbuilt air tight section in the bow and a better laid out hull along with clean wire free motor and rudder installation. Everything is serviceable and removes with a couple of screws. They have a small gyro to help them track better and are powered by 1800kv motor, 40amp esc and a 2s 1000 30c lipo. Rubber bumper strip and the option for FPV camera These are for a new low cost racing league for our club this year. I say low cost as its £2.19 to print each boat. 87p for esc, £1.10 for servo, £6 motor, £7 propeller, £10 lipo! So £27.16 if you have you're own transmitter and receiver. The optional gyro can be found for as little as £5 though i increased the depth of the strakes on the flat hull to help them track better

New to the fleet this year and one i'll be sailing the most is this beautiful Robbe Atlantis finished in sky blue

Own design to breathe a fresh new look into the Club 500 style of racing. A sharper hull design for better choppy water handling along with increased manouverabilty. 540 Motor, 9g metal gear servo and 2s lipo

I got this model from a fellow Cofederation modeller member. The Model boat needed a few things, like a battery box area and a steering wheel that I'm still working on installing, plus a few other small things. I always like to have a driver, so I'll use my Dail Ernhart junior figure that I had in my duel cockpit runabout . The model was a wooden Sterling model kit that was well-made by that member. found the kit on Google images

Not sure what the run time will be with the new brushless set-up, so I've put 15mins as a start point; I know I can get 10-12+ mins with this size motor and a 3200mAh 4s Lipo in a 63ins span KK Super Sixty trainer plane revving an11x4" prop alot higher, so driving a 35mm prop in water at a range of speeds should get over 15 mins ( I hope...). Same with the speed - I'll let you judge from the video, but it's difficult to tell how fast she can go in such a small area. As for current draw - no idea at this stage, but I'll try and do an amp test in the future. The photos on open water are with the original brushed motor set up. I've also included comparative photos of original motor set-up and the brushless set up. The short video should speak for itself, it's the same one as in the Classic Model Power Boats thread. Best regards, Nick

These come from the era of classic boats, including the 1960s and 70s and were timber hulled. The Fisherman 27 could be called a classic as it was a popular boat but I'm talking here in the context of models. I don't know of any of these being built and there certainly weren't any drawings or kits produced unlike with the classics like the Huntsman 31 etc. These builds were borne out of my desire to build something different but still Faireys and were inspired by photographs found in books, which in the case of the River Cruiser, a small B&W photograph being my only source of information though with the hull being based on the Huntress made things easier.

In addition to the Huntress I'm building all the other classic Faireys at the same scale of 1:12. None of them are finished yet! The first of these was the Huntsman 28, followed by the Swordsman 33 (raised aft cabin version) and the Huntsman 31 aft cabin version - this started off as the full rear cockpit version called the Sport which was primarily intended for off-shore powerboat racing, but as I'd sold off my big 47" aft cabin version and my number of rear cockpit versions was increasing I decided to convert it to the aft cabin version mid-build. Chris

I mainly scratch build my own models but when Dave Milbourn offered me one of the prototypes he'd built for testing the drawings for his scale 1:12 model it was too good to miss. This then set me on the course to build all my models to the same scale. This included a Huntress Long Cabin version which features a stern-drive. Whilst wanting to build the classic well known Faireys I like to build some of their less well known ones as well. Dave sadly passed away but I was then given the opportunity to obtain the second prototype which was even more detailed.

NB some of the stats above such as run time, max amps, speed, are estimated. The actual finished weight was 727grams,. This boat was recently finished and maidened on Christmas day on our new back yard pond. Since then I have added some LED navigation lights and cabin lighting. I'm very pleased with the result and would thoroughly recommend Glynn Guests designs for small pond models. They are simple and relatively cheap to build, yet with a little effort can emerge with plenty of character. Due to the success of this one, I intend to build a couple more of his small designs, as well as a couple of Hal Harrisons, so watch this space. Full details of this build are on this website in the build blog section. rgds, Nick Ward

This is a reduced model down to 28" from the 34" Crash Tender. I then built it out of balsa wood and covere the bottom balsa skin with 1/16th ply. I will get around to finishing it one day. Only part painted up to now. The propellor on it in the picture is not the one that it will be run on it will have a 25mm 3 bladed brass one on it. But I do also have a 20mm as a back up incase thats too big.

Original Aerokits 46’’ 850 motor

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