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Fleeting Star
… y required cleaning up and finishing off. A graupner 6 volt steam unit is fitted in the funnel and to make the boat a little more realistic on the water,a maplin steam sound system has been used to generate the sound of the engine. A simple …
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African Queen
… t for me as a Christmas pressent in 2009. A graupner 6 volt steam unit is fitted in the funnel and to make the boat a little more realistic a maplin steam sound system has been used to generate the sound of the engine. A simple mod allows t …
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Lifeboat fun day
… f 1 Pound will be made for each boat entered. Slower IC and steam lifeboats & Fire/Rescue Boats are also welcome. If you would like to come along please contact: Bill Warder on 07712 465863 or email (Email Removed - PM Only) Roland Duffet o …
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RAF CRASH TENDER 46 Inch
… arch so time is precious. I sail yachts, scale electric and steam boats. Have a look at my harbour for some of the models. My 34" Fireboat gets an occasional outing if I feel in need of some excitement I use a brushless and LIPO set up and …
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Propulsion
… the wheelhouse and out to the escape roof where, with mast steaming light and search light they will be wired into a small pcb strip mounted under the hatch lid. A bigger job I have in mind is to try to replicate the Meteorite engines as f …
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Fun Boats for Sale.
… 6 -16 cell,controller, + 6volt battery for the Graupner 6v steam generator smoke stack,also comes with a battry charger/Zebra 4 FM Remote.Has a moving gun wich can be used to spray water ,pump Inc. To use the water Cannon + the Radar rotat …
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The COROMANDEL
… luck. So the paint colours will my guess as the " Cromandel Steam Ship company" only had one ship and was taken over by the " Northern Steam Ship Co." in the 1890's, so it is unlikely that any record exists. There appears to no small coasta …
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Everything else
… ake on the ships name, I got it confused with my other trampsteamer. This is the Theodore Ferris all wooden cargo steamer. S.S. MOJAVE. I am truely sorry.
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Everything else
Ahoy Here is my George Ferris Emergency cargo Steamer the first all wood trampsteamers. durring the first world war the U-boats were sinking more cargo vessels then what they could produce. ECF aquired under contract to George Ferris to con …
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Plating of hull commences
… l know more then. Still waiting to contact the owner of the steamer, Dave
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Plating of hull commences
… r blog or some large batteries or it could all be driven by steam !!!! nasraf
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Plating of hull commences
… e upper lights. I will post more details in due course. The steamer is a Dean's Marine kit I think but I wll ask the owner and get back to you. Godd luck with your build Dave
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Plating of hull commences
… er the better. I am interested to know a bit more about the steamer on the front of your stand. nasraf
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Plating of hull commences
Attended the Malpas steam rally and exhibited one of the hulls. We have now commenced the plating of the hull. This will help us to position the portholes. We may use 5mm leds as portholes as they can then be Illuminated which will give a r …
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Hull prepared for display
… nic) ready for our display at the Malpas Yesteryear vintage steam rally on Saturday and Sunday. The rudder and props are installed and decks have been shown with the rough templates we have made to progress to the next stage of the build. D …
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Genarator/alternator
No doubt that it is an exercise for satisfaction - like steam power - and to be encouraged. That is one of the reasons for our hobby. I have seen an article about a model with a home built four cylinder marine diesel engine driving a genera …
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The COROMANDEL
… ll drawings included and one was for a single screw coastal steamer, that had the characteristics I wanted, so I had a photocopy made at twice size. From this with a bit more assistance from a local print shop I was able to produce prints o …
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The COROMANDEL
… ok to see if I could find any other models of small coastal steamers from NZ. I looked at a number of places on the internet with no result. I then contacted a member of the World Ship Socy. in NZ who replied with a detailed e mail on ships …
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St Helens Funday June 26 2011
… aters to come and sail with us. no I.C. engines allowed but steam, sail, electric all welcome. website Is www.sthelensmodelboatclub.co.uk if you could let me know If you are coming that would be handy just so we have an Idea of numbers than …
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34" Fireboat
… ould straighten out if you apply gentle heat ( you may need steam) and allow to dry whilst clamped between two flat pieces of wood. Dave
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Hitec Live View Full Telemetry Package
… nt is great and would be even more useful in the likes of a steam boat if it could give feed back from the engine and boiler peter
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1935 thames fireboat gamma
… nav lights. Was a older display model now fully working but steam generator is a bit temperamental.only used at shows has been at Twyford water works open day recently.
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fireboat cof g
… de of the world to my request for information on NZ coastal steamers. So I may be able to make some progress on my next project.
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fireboat cof g
… e. Next project is to make a model of a New Zealand coastal steamer of about 1875, the COROMANDEL. Although there must have many hundreds of ships like that built there is very little information on them available so the research is taking …
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Gannet 15cc engine
… , hence can take a very large daI prop with a big pitch as steam boat props tend to do. 8. Remember it is not a high revving glo at 14,000 to 23,000 and more revs, but a nice high power for its day of latter day design and machining toller …
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PS Bournemouth Queen
… ms very well having suffered the vices of most model paddle steamers. The boat is 54 1/2 ins long and 13 1/2 ins beam, plank on frame construction.
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Freelance tug - sort of!
… he hull is based on a (very small) Pinacce photo of a model steam open boat. I did not fancy making a steam unit (time is the problem) and I had had an idea of doing a tug for quite a while. I liked the shape so started in the usual way. I …
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Who Is building/restoring what fireboat?
… dad then found a huge 46" unfinished RAF Safety Launch at a steam rally. Over the last fews months he's finished it of to a high standard but its just a bit slow powered by 2 540's. Back in January I found a 39" wooden hull on ebay, wanting …