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Aeronaut's Cabin Cruiser Diva - My First Build of an RC Boat - Part VI
… fittings I gave the hull and superstructure a nice coat of rch-hit">yacht varnish. My next job is to complete the fitting of the rudder servo which I have had problems getting the servo to fit in its location and to stop the servo arm from hitting …
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"Gypsy Queen" Motoryacht
… s, this boat 1/16 scale was build using a fiberglass hull purchased in the internet from Orion Mouldings. The deck and cabin were build from 2mm ABS plastic sheets. It is powered by two 540 brushed motors and two 12v Nihm batteries.
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Sourcing timber
Hi, I used venetian window slats to plank my dragon rch-hit">yacht which is still in build, highly recommended! Tony A........
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1920 10 rater yacht
… used on my ratter 10 .... hope this helps please note I can RC the rudder if required
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Dragon 'Bluebottle' Yacht
… rn. When the pins were removed the sanding before white undercoating covered up all the holes -in the next stage the hull will be lifted from the board turned over and a jig made -then I can start thinking about what I'll do with the inside …
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Grand Banks Yacht
Purchase this Amanti kit about 15 years ago , started to build the cabin found that every thing went to gether real good but when it came to start on the hull I had no idea of how to fasten the lap stape to the fibreglass hull so model was …
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Re: OK, you forced it out of me!
… description wrong Ed, looks more like a Grand Banks trawler rch-hit">yacht (not really a trawler as such, more a cruiser). Great well built quality boats. We have a number of them down here (Aust/NZ) Hold their price well due to the quality build. S …
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Re: (Yacht) US1Meter
… th rigs, but sail with the standard rig. After getting into RC pleasure sailing, just for fun and not racing, the idea of building became an interest. I have done two builds. Those will be email later. Ron
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(Yacht) DMI 'Pirat"
… ld under the name DMI pirat. a full wooden sailboat without RC controls. the keel was extended to improve stability. In the 90's the wooden strips from the hull were so dried out, that I had to fill it complete with epoxy and sprayed the un …
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Restore An American Nirvana Yacht
… with white spirit. b) Fill scratches and re-sand. c) Reinforce mast position surrounding area.
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Cleaning sails, toy yachts, etc....
… waterproofing. I have some new 1.3mm cord coming from Caldercraft. I just hope I can remember how it was rigged. I ain't great with knots. The sails were absolutely filthy with some sort of oil based grime, but my dear bride sorted them ou …
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(Yacht) Bella
A very frustrating boat to build. Had to reinforce the keel with a sandwitch of fiberglass, the materials do not look sturdy enough but looks good once finished. (8/10)
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(Yacht) Adele
… s. Running lights and cabin light. Built with removable interchangeable bridge windscreen or windscreen with roof. (Motor: MACK 5045) (ESC: MACK 35) (8/10)
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Ishimasa. Blue Sonic 600. yacht.
… urple wires. All input gratefully received. after much research managed to ascertain that less than a 1000 came into UK in the early 1970's Cheers all, will be at WMBC display on Sunday with a trailer full of my boats. Cheers to all Colin.
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(Yacht) aura
… vicar water and won trophy in under 30"not bad built late march and only won a trophy by october (10/10)
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(Yacht) Experimemtal
Ebay Purchase. Originally a test tank model. Pumped water ballast no rudder or keel. Now fitted with lead fin ballast plus 2 7ah gel cells. and auxiliary motor. Sailing rig "A" class . 72in long 32 in beam .Hull strip wood deck fibre board. …
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(Yacht) 36 Rater model yacht
Purchased at Henly on Thames wooden boat show in May 2016 again by my brother in law who likes to see me recycle old model boats. Thin GRP hull with stess fractures one mast and one thick canvas sail. Hull was coated with polyester resin an …
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(Yacht) Alice the motor yacht
… plate and glass fiber, regards plans buyed from Czech Rep. RC Revue e-shop. The model was built as a sample in the project for beginners "Build your own Alice" at Slovak modeller web www.rcportal.sk (Motor: MIG 400, 7,2V) (ESC: Hobby King) …
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(Yacht) two floats
… I have built it plank on frame and this is my first try at rc boat building (5/10)
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(Other) Pacer - Land Yacht
… trieve it! ) Built from a free plan largely of balsa with aircraft landing wheels and carbon fibre mast carrying drafting film sails. Ballast in outrigger helps stability from gusts. (8/10)
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(Yacht) Fairwind
Kyosho Fairwind RC Gear Futaba 2.4 s3003 on Rudder and a SuperTec Mega S666/2BB on the sails (10/10)
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(Yacht) monsoon (nauticus)
… ker rigging lines and ready made keel weight,superb.I reinforced the hull internaly around the keel weight fixing point with carbon fiber. (10/10)
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Sail control
Hi All, new here and in the process of building model rch-hit">yacht. ! metre in length, bilge keel, class, type, designation unknown. The bare hull sat in the garden for more than ten years and then in my wife's workroom for a further 5 years so I …
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Re: SHIP MODELING: WHICH MODEL COMPANIES ARE STILL ACTIVE? WORLD OVERVIEW, CHARACTERISTICS AND PECUL
… . Here is my 1984 release of the Otaki "Long Beach" sailing rch-hit">yacht. It was part of their "exact scale" line of sailing rch-hit">yachts which started with the "Palawan" in 1974. It's a fabulous kit and has been long out of production as Otaki focused …
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Legacy of the Lakes Boat Museum Opening Day - Model Boat Gallery
… day was the season opener, and 3 of us from the Edina Model rch-hit">Yacht Club drove up for the opening day. There are four EMYC members that have boats/motors on display in the "Beyond the Bathtub" Gallery. One of our members also created a circul …
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Boat Identification
… aft control unit on deck be used on a pond boat that is not RC but just for sport? The answer is Yes, and there are more features. Earlier I asked about the connection between the mast and the boom stating it doesn’t look like a connection …
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Re: Classic Model Power Boats
… g as you've asked explicitly re the rudder assembly on Sea Urchin, I'll give you a sneak preview before getting around to the build blog post itself. I've started to make my own rudder assemblies using 0.5mm brass sheet soldered to (usually …
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Steam Glorious Steam.
… th top workmanship - as here - is a joy to behold. My steam rch-hit">yacht here started life as a Kingston Moulding hull of the famous 1911 50 foot Steam-Pinnace-199. It lay around for 20(?) years untill I happened to stumble over a neat Chinese ste …