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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 …
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Re: The build’s inspiration & into the water early
… erencing your inspiration for your model. A quick google search reveals a number of these for sale giving photos. https://midcoastrch-hit">yacht.com/boats/36-northern-bay-lobster-boat-2001-sold/ https://soundingsonline.com/boats/northern-bay-36/
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Anyone tried Solar Powered RC boat?
… t on a paddle board it is dangerous. Everyone has a boat or rch-hit">yacht here and some of the larger motor boats are so ugly! Marinas galore. We are able to easily sail down the coast to Sydney Harbour which is an enormous area and go further in t …
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New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
… t range of batteries in NZ, (to fit the dozens of different RC vehicles, tanks, diggers etc they sell) I've managed to find all sorts of batteries there for various projects (eg modifying TXs to last for numerous outings and doing away with …
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Re: Classic Water-Cooled Model Power Boat Engines.
… not much to do with models at all apart from a few Airfix aircraft kits, toy boats and a pond rch-hit">yacht, though I did experience full-size boats and was in the Sea Scouts (despite being in the Midlands!) hence my interest in model boats when lo …
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Re: DF95 Training
The DF65 and 95 are great rch-hit">yachts for training and racing. I bought the slightly cheaper HydroPro Affinity to learn to sail. This was only available for about a year and as everything apart from the hull (which has a wider beam) is exactly t …
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New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
… ing dinghy, which is going on display with many other small rch-hit">yachts at our next Auckland Wooden Boat Festival in March, plus- putting a new roof on my bathroom,- so modeling progress is a bit slow at the moment. Hopefully pouring some lead t …
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Toy model conversion to replicate my real yacht
So I always wanted an rc version of my own Hurley 22 sailing rch-hit">yacht and it came along in the form of this little broken toy grade rch-hit">yacht. I stripped her internals out and replaced with a drum winch along with a standard servo for rudder. Rewo …
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Edina Model Yacht Club at the Minneapolis Boat Show
Ron, I've circled the boats I brought .... 1. Bandit Boats B1 Fire Tug 2. Midwest 960 1:24 Fireboat 3. Midwest 962 1:24 Tug (Modified Harbor Master) 4. Midwest 964 1:12 Tour Boat (Modified from Booth Bay Lobster Boat) 5. Dumas 1234 1:8 Chri …
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Edina Model Yacht Club at the Minneapolis Boat Show
… e are located in the east lobby area. We again have an "interctive" pond set up with our Vac-U-Tug boats for people to operate. We originally created these thinking youngsters would be the primary users. What we have observed is that they e …
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New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
… d with 3 pieces of basswood, then glassed using polyester aircraft cloth. Another resin coat after that. Stock was from basswood, coated with resin. Will be painted eventually. Slowly progressing. JB
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New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
… d away at this stage,- just getting it to a stage worth undercoating, as I want to see if it sails before spending money on paint. I'll be tinting a colour for the bottom as well, as that's not looking too bad at the moment, fairing wise. J …
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Re: New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
Hi Steve, not jealous at all, bet your aircon's working overtime ! Only 28 inside here today. Putting a new roof on my bathroom on Tues, you could have fried eggs on the roof, - you'd set fire to them on your roof at 42! Saw the fire risk w …
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New Moth MKII semi scale yacht
… . The centerboard case is also epoxied into the lower reinforcing pad, ready for the unit to be epoxied into the bottom hull rebate. - (Pics added to show the centerboard case parts with the assembly method.) Once that's set, the upper cent …
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Re: Classic Model Power Boats
… rash Tender. I was, Member No,, # 583. Registered, * 26th March 2009. I was very disappointed at first when it changed and added al sorts of other model boats, it took me a while to come to terms to it. There are many other style model boat …
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My ARTR Plastic Yachts
… h the DF65 racing regulations. Like the more common DragonForce 65 it was built by Joysway and was introduced as a slightly cheaper model but as it used many parts from the DragonForce I doubt it was very viable and wasn't available for ver …
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For Sale - RC Brixham Trawler - Revive
For Sale - RC Brixham Trawler - Revive The Brixham trawler was a heavy displacement boat of some 60–80 ft length on the deck, with a long straight keel, a straight vertical stem, usually a fantail stern, and a low freeboard to ease the hand …
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For Sale - RC HMTY Adventurer
… al naval officer. The model is a replica og a Sail Training rch-hit">Yacht that was used by the Royal Navy and took part in several Round The World Races The model was built by a naval officer who took part in the 1973 race. The Camper & Nicholson 5 …
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Pats QOD 28/07/25
… y David Monroe & Sons on the Clyde, as a ketch-rigged motor rch-hit">yacht, but was converted to a brig in 1938. Her hull is carvel built of pitch pine on oak frames, fastened with copper nails. She has a pointed bow with a plum straight stem and a …
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Where do you build your models?
… nsulation came via a friend who worked at the building research establishment not far away. He said it had come from an old paddle steamer which was being possibly refurbished but the various sheets about 2 inches thick, had been at the est …
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AliExpress Delivery Times
… n in Oswego, NY is selling a Midwest Cranberry Isle Lobster rch-hit">Yacht kit. Similar to what I have in my collection. I have not purchased it, but we did correspond.
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(Yacht) Midwest Cranberry Isle
Recently purchased this boat built by Don Sutton, Scale Captain, Metro Modellers Toronto, Canada . Don built the boat about 15 years ago, but to make room for a larger new model he is selling older models. This style of rch-hit">Yacht has long been …
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Saturday 6-21-25, at the White Bear Lake Calssic and Antique Boat Show
The Edina Model rch-hit">Yacht Club was again invited to set up a display at the annual White Bear Lake Classic and Antique Boat show. We had a 30' X 10' tent with 30 boats on display (plus one scratch built 3D printed RC snowblower ... providing ba …
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Weight calculation
Hi ToraDog Aircraft yes, and rch-hit">yachts, but we are talking biggish planing hulls here and in my experience the hulls are so buoyant it almost doesn't matter. Having said that, I always try if I can to even out the weight along the hull with th …