… 100,000 examples built, ranging from canoes to large ocean rch-hit">yachts. Hartleys have been built since their plans were first produced in 1938, and wherever you go in NZ or Aust you are bound to find one example. The most common runabouts in th …

As an introduction to RC rch-hit">yacht sailing I purchased the above kit. I would like some advice on a technical question about assembling the hull. In the instructions, which I might add for a beginner could be better explained, when building the …

… ld. Most of my boat building and sailing experience is with RC Sailing rch-hit">Yachts so I decided to build Star 45. This boat is a AMYA Class sailed among sailing clubs in the States, not sure if it is popular elsewhere in the world. Let me know i …

… hed hull of a PBY flying boat. There are also unbuilt R/C aircraft kits X2 somewhere in the area, plus two ARF aircraft. (DHC-2 Beaver, and a Cessna 182, also in that ship's hull.) But my friends, last night I had a dream, and in it was of …

… anity, so I will just stay put at home and make yet another rch-hit">yacht! In the past I have built several US1 Meter racing rch-hit">yachts, but when fighting cancer I gave them away to friends so as not to burden my wife. Having survived it's time to get …

… old club. They have a 50 metre each side pond and race pond rch-hit">yachts back and fore across it. They are free sailing no vane gear or RC. All depends on good sail adjustment. Photos show some of the boats out of the water, a start of a race, th …

Robbe San Diego super rch-hit">yacht. Leopard 4074-1400Kv watercooled motors 100A Mystery ESC's. Excellent on 2 cell lipo, mad on 3 cell, stupid on 4 cells ask me how I know! would not recommend 4 cell as maiden voyage! Deck lights, figures very nic …

… but the big boys too! A lot of sport boating, a few sailing rch-hit">yachts, cabin cruisers and of course House boats ( have one in the works soon). As a young man I got to ride in all of them. But I was so impressed with these old flat bottoms . ( …

… improves and the grass needs cutting. I currently have two rch-hit">yachts, a Wee Nip and Ellen, a Gaff rigged Pilot Cutter. I sail the Wee Nip most weeks, and the Pilot Cutter occasionally when the weather is suitable (it needs a 'good blow'). I d …

… ilding from the Nexus Plans Service, the 1/0th scale Dragon rch-hit">Yacht designed by A E Palmer taken from Camper & Nicholson's plans of Prince Philip's 'Bluebottle'. A Christmas present! From the start I planned to deviate from the plan to some e …

Hi y’all. After building the Caldercraft Clyde Puffer, and taking a break from building for a few weeks, I decided it was time to crank up my bench again. I had originally started on a kit that I got in a trade, a Deans Wacht Am Rhein…this …

Who is the owner of the rch-hit">yacht Aquila? The owner of the AQUILA rch-hit">yacht is Ann Walton Kroenke, an heiress of the Walmart fortune who purchased the rch-hit">yacht in 2014 for a total price of US $150 million. Bill Gates bought for $650.000.000, The Super …

… is forum and new to scale model boats, my other hobby being RC 1 Metre rch-hit">yachts. For my first foray Into boats I have acquired what Is like a Vosper Firefloat Mk.2 but It Is different. The bridge section of my boat Is different being longer, …

About 12 months ago after building a beautiful 1mtr Nimbus rch-hit">yacht I fancied building another type. After insufficient research I decided upon the Graham Bantock designed Romanza, a 6mtr popular 1.532 long rch-hit">yacht. I have the plans, sufficient …

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 …

… y with one boat, going home with three as also found a pond rch-hit">yacht in a charity shop. Does anyone recognise the design of the Marblehead?

… rent, Portgarth and scratch built, Cervia, Brave Borderer, Orca, and Rttl 2755, I have in dry dock a Tyne class, another Aziz and my latest acquisition an empty hull and decking of a Inga IV. As you can gather none of my fleet consist of an …

… or perhaps I should say original set of sails for my Gracia rch-hit">yacht. After a wash and iron, please do not let my wife know I can do those things, I thought there was not enough sail for the job and decided to have a fore sail which I made qui …

… ike shed, I came across what remains of my kids old sailing rch-hit">yacht. I must have bought it for them in the late 70's/early 80's. There's not a lot of it left (see pic) and it was covered in expanded foam (a can exploded in the shed). I cleane …

Hi Model Boaters I am a newbie to RC Model rch-hit">Yachts so I purchased a pre made kit from eBay. I have encountered issues with the re threading of my sail winch servo after it got into a right mess is there anybody who could offer me any useful …

… , with new ships and their modern RNZN namesakes. Also Bismarck and other German ships, PT boats, Perkasa, Thornycroft ASRs etc - too many to list. So many amazing models, but only a few seem to be sailed locally, (mainly rch-hit">yachts). I did mak …

… addles turned to maintain max area to the water. While researching found this web site with more detail. However the text is in German but it has loads of detailed drawings in PDF format. http://www.john-tom.com/RcShip/Strongbow%20Paddle%20 …

… with white spirit. b) Fill scratches and re-sand. c) Reinforce mast position surrounding area.

I'm looking at three model rc rch-hit">yachts just now and can't decide. JOYSWAY DRAGON FORCE 65 V6 JOYSWAY DRAGONFLITE 95 PROBOAT RAGAZZA V2 Am I right in saying they are all IOM rating so I could enter the race circuit. Do any of them have any nig …

… f the last few days, I had a very interesting call. A local rch-hit">yacht manufacturer wants to build a scale model of their rch-hit">yacht to use as demonstration. I am very excited about this and although the model will not be commercially available to or …

Built a Dumas ace sloop nice little free Sailing rch-hit">yacht when somebody yells up pity you cant make it RC so here we go

The J Class rch-hit">yacht half hull models turned out rather well and were well accepted as presents which left me without one for myself hence the start of the classic fishing schooner "Bluenose". I have admired this rch-hit">yacht for many years and was o …

… Manukau harbour (Waiuku 1985) and still have some of the merchandise from the restoration supporters shop. She was run on the Manukau for a few years till 2000, taking passenger excursions, but ended up needing more work than the group had …