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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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Found these at an Estate Sale today......
… Room. I plan to do some work on the Cranberry Isle Lobster rch-hit">Yacht. It was not built/finished to run. I'd like to open it up and put running gear and electronics in it to make it a working RC. The front opens to access where the motor and el …
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Ra ingaIV
… ot been drilled out yet.The rear cabin was missing when I purchased the barn find hull. as for your question regarding the winch set up this is my next project. I have not owned a sail rch-hit">yacht before and it is taking a lot of research to fill …
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CGINGA 1V
… ition of all deck structures, much head scratching and research of some of the most beautiful rch-hit">yachts ever, I chose to make a modest copy of the topsides of an Alfred Mylne 105 ft Gaff Ketch built 1937. This entailed deciding on what to inco …
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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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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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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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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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MATAKANA MODEL BOAT SHOW NEW ZEALAND 21.04.24
… , 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 …
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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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Graupner Krabbe Ton 12…the kit, not the boat😁
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 …
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1965 Sterling Yacht America
… 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 …
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Albert IV - Rebuilding Albert
After the dust had settled, plus a reinforcing tot, I started the rebuild. Whilst there was plenty of wood surfaces for a successful glue up I nevertheless felt the need for additional reinforcement. I settled on using a number of cable tie …
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Ship of the desert ? new project (land yacht)
… l might work ok. Getting frustrated with the weather and overcrowding in our area. 12 yrs ago none of these massive subdivisions with thousands of houses, shops, town center, mall, playing fields existed. Now people have moved in from the o …
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Ship of the desert ? new project (land yacht)
… s held in place with 2x 4mm bolts threaded into cyano reinforced balsa, plus a rear magnetic catch. The new 'experimental' test sail is made from black art card, with double sided battens from the same material, and painted with aircraft do …
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Aeronaut's Cabin Cruiser Diva - My First Build of an RC Boat - Part VII - Final Part
… hull and superstructure they were painted with one coat of rch-hit">yacht varnish. The legs of the table and the helmsman's seat were first primed with a metal primer and then painted in an acrylic Ochre coloured finish. I was going to apply anothe …
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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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Aeronaut's Cabin Cruiser Diva - My First Build of an RC Boat - Part V
… end of the tube which I must have done. This was easily overcome by cleaning out the tube with a round file. The rudder now fits okay. The next job is to fit the servo which I will be doing this weekend. I am now ready to finish the remain …
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Inga1v
… 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 …
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Speedwell - part 3
… e Joysway transmitter and receiver borrowed from a Dragon Force rch-hit">yacht. The result of these efforts is that I now sail Speedwell more than ever before, and really enjoy the fact that whenever I chose I can bring her back into port, either un …
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Speedwell - auxiliary ketch
… I made a pendulum switch that turned the motor on when the rch-hit">yacht was becalmed and upright. Steering was with a simple Braine type gear made from an old school set-square. Masts and spars were simple dowel, and the first set of sails were m …
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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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MGB 81 UK and HSL W1 (NZ)
… boat has been re-modelled into a luxury launch with full aircon, pop up tv etc in a total interior and topsides rebuild, virtually back to a bare hull. Propulsion is now by a single Detroit 8V 92T - around 430hp(from memory) which still ge …
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New RC Yacht
Whoa! Now that's a worthy project! Gorgeous craft!! I just recently got roped into a scratch kit-bash commission build for a local model railroad collector (see below). Hence my delay to start my USCG boat. Nevertheless, have to enjoy the c …
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New RC Yacht
… 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 …
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Again back to the masts.
… eep the cover in keeping with all the other fittings of the rch-hit">Yacht so I’m using 0.010" brass sheet . To make a container of suitable size I am going to make a press tool to form them making them uniform throughout. A small piece of brass bar …
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RA IngaIV New sails
… ttempt i am well pleased with a hopefully working set. This rch-hit">yacht modelling is all new to me so am winging it and could not have got this far without the help of you guys here at model boats, thankyou. Its all a steep learning curve, so com …