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Rhona, Steam Tug
Scratch built model of a staem tug based on the St Canute. Length is 24 inches, and is radio controlled. I have attempted to make the finish as working boat , rather than something from a show case. I have just about completed the build. I …
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Outboard steam launch
Second outboard ive built. The engine/drive takes weeks to make and needs careful setting up to get the gears to mesh. The first one i made goes really well [ pure chance !!! ] so ive knocked up another for Lee. The boiler is twin 28mm copp …
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Naval Pinnace (or Royal Navy steam picket boat)
Finally completed after 35 years, must be a record! Boiler clad in balsa insulation and then mahogany strips. Four channel radio, throttle, steering, reverser and gas isolation valve - in case the prop gets stuck on something out on the wat …
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Naval Pinnace (or Royal Navy steam picket boat)
I bought the fibreglass moulding for this hull in 1981 and clearly it has taken a long time to get round to building it... I bought it from Aero Nautical Models in Camden Town and have long thought it was a Kingston Mouldings Hull. Since th …
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EMPRESS QUEEN ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET
More photos of various sections of the ship and the completed model.
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EMPRESS QUEEN ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET
1. Stern View, these ships of this era were very ornate. The gilding on the model was made from cake doily's. 2. The bow section plenty of brass fittings and loads of portholes. 3. Another view of the stern showing more of the portholes and …
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EMPRESS QUEEN ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET
1. Some of the deck detail and access to down under. Stanchions again from Display Models in Northumberland 2. Paddle motors in place and wired up. 12volt 7AH battery and fuse holder also on view. 3 The rudder servo in place. Close inspecti …
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EMPRESS QUEEN ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET -
Construction of the paddle boxes. The IOM three legs plaque was carved in wood by a guy in the isle of Man for a nominal fee and I cast some more in fibreglass resin in a plasticine mould. The paddle boxes were made from various thickness's …
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EMPRESS QUEEN ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET
Photo 1 The geared motor drives for the paddles. These were taken from disused cassette juke boxes by Wurlitzer Photo 2 The paddles were purchased as a kit from Waverley Models, not cheap but well made and the right scale. Photo 3 The home …
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EMPRESS QUEEN ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET
The Bow and the stern now have the right shapes. Work could now start on hull strengthening inside with wooden formers. Decking was done in liteply and the laborious task of marking out the planking. This was done with a 4H pencil and later …
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EMPRESS QUEEN ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET
Considerable thought was given as to how I was going to make this 7ft long hull. As luck would have it I was given the opportunity to borrow a mould which was not the right format at the bow or the stern but I felt I could add a new bow sha …
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Trial fit (steam plant)
Yes it fits also made paddle shaft. Too the side can be seen the cut out from the deck, this will be the boat deck. The rudder made from aluminium. and fitted. Note the balsa has not been sanded in this photo.
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MMM Lady "T"
… w some time back in the mid-90s, and on the MMM stand was a steam tug that I thought was the Perseverance (hull in my loft). As it happened, it was the Lady “T”, so I asked Brian if I could buy her. The answer was NO, so over the years, I k …
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Plate No 15
The steam winch The nearest model shop is a day's drive away and the only way I can buy the bib n bobs for my models is at the local hardware store / supermarket . The string I used was cooking string from the supermarket, it wasn't that go …
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Vic Smeed Remora from 1964 Model Maker Free Plan
… rare and expensive (often hand made) four stroke engine, or steam. Some electric motors were available ranging from the smaller Mabuchi types to the larger Taycol motors and others that I don’t remember so well. It is with this background t …
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Build progress
… I used 1,5 mm ceddar for the hull, these I bend with a hot steamer. This is used by my wife to clean stone tiles. The stringers in the hull are oak. Next to come is the rudder and how to operate this with a servo.
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Britannia
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Fairey Swordsman 31
… o said there was a danger of the mahogany sheet twisting if steam was used to bend it? I managed to find a piece of mahogany sheet without a pronounced grain pattern on a part of it and cut out the roof capping/screen former. As before I ma …
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Fairey Huntsman 31
… lem of bending it to the curve of the roof. I thought about steaming it but it's difficult to get sheet, especially thick sheet, to bend to a uniform curve and also there is a danger with it twisting. So I resulted to the other method of mu …
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Gunwales - fitted
… e - which bent around the gunwale without the need for any "steaming"
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Start of the planking
… ill be applied to the inside afterwards. There is a need to steam the planks, especially at the bow. The hull is still fixed to the baseboard. Think I'll plank up to the chine line and then turn the boat over.
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Fitting a Mahogany Gunwale.
… extremely well to the compound curvature and I then wetted, steamed and bent both pieces so that they fitted closely to the curve. These bow pieces only need to go far enough around the hull to a point where a regular strip of mahogany can …
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Seguin
… eep her from capsizing. I posted a photo and a video of the steam engine operating, before it was installed.
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The Seguin
… e Seguin as it seemed straight forward and was designed for Steam. The keel has been laid. The Frames installed. The sub deck installed. The one by attached to the keel is to keep it from hogging. The build will be delayed, so I can process …
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Spray Rails.
… square Obeche that I had in stock but this would need to be steam-formed to follow the line of the chine without snapping or splitting. Fortunately, I have a wallpaper stripper, of which the steam generator is ideal for such a process. Firs …
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P2000 patrol boat (HMS EXPLOIT) 1/16
… is, I was moving ok with this till I injured my left hand. (steam burn) Had the drawings for this and some parts cut for over a year now.. Finaly got things on the move.. messed up a few times due to issue with the drawing (frames off from …
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Day 11
… ndency to split when pinning them to the hull. I started by steaming them in a pot for about 30 minutes until they were softened up quite a bit. Then I laid them up on the paper where I traced the outline of the hull on day 2. I used glass …
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Venice water Taxi just about complete.
… t update will cover the launch and hopefully a video of her steaming along. I am not sure if the notes for each photo is attached but if not I am sure you will all get the idea. Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers Ian