… 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 …

… 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 …

Finally! some good wind from the right direction to try the rch-hit">yacht out on the beach, Sand is very sticky still and a bit soft, (last cyclone ruined the sand with tons of silt from subdivisions up the estuary) so the speed and tacking wasn't …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… nce I let you catch up with progress on the Dutch Auxiliary rch-hit">Yacht, and I have been involved in adding the mahogany planking to the sides and a solid mahogany transom. The latter task was a bit tricky but was able to use clamps and rubber ba …

… 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 …

… ave by luck, not judgement acquired a second hand 'Nirvana' rch-hit">Yacht, it is a sloop rigged craft that was only sold in America and retailed between $250 and $350 according to the revision version and the year brought. This was a bit of a surpr …

Purchased new in kit form, from Robbe. 1998. Specifications:- Overall length: 1380mm. Overall beam: 360 mm. Draught: 300 mm. Mast height: 1800 mm. Overall height: 2200 mm. Standard sail area: 80 square dm. Sail area with Genoa: 94 square dm …

… h glass fibre I cut out some of the solid formers using a circular saw, a bit of a hairy experience and a lot of sawdust. a few pics as it is now, next task is to fit floor to cut out area and refit deck, but first is to learn a bit more ab …

… etting to the sailing bit. So my attention turned to the source of many of the models on this site, e-bay. After watching for a few weeks something that looked like a good start came up, a timber built rch-hit">yacht hull, not too far away for colle …

… 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 …

… 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

… 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 …

… . 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… t Company's Small MOD police Launch. The Slec UK Bob-A-Bout rch-hit">yacht. My introduction to sailing. Sarik Hobbies Wee Nip rch-hit">yacht. My intermediate level introduction. Aeronaut's rch-hit">yacht Bella. Because I just like boats from the recent past. I would …

… 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 …

… ch luck. Need to do test run on steam engine yet. Built a Mercedes RC Tamiya Semi truck and trailer to haul my boats to the water. picture attached to folder. Always open for suggestions or Ideas.

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 …

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

… ction in Rhode Island and plan on restoring it. It's an old rch-hit">yacht showroom sales demo (note the hook eye), but with a nice history. It's a Pearson Triton 28 designed by legendary designer Carl Alberg in 1958 for the (now defunct) Pearson Ya …

… in acetal with a single groove. The fine Dynema cord was sourced from our local fishing shop where I was given 5m for free,- (very nice of him). I had also bought my stainless trace rigging wire from him previously, (apparently a lot of yac …

… 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 …

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 …

… 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 …

… ansom flap overhang down by almost 50% and decided to reinforce the adhesive with a couple of small bolts to avoid coming off in operation. The end result is good. The bow now lifts slightly on a full plane as the stern is no longer sucked …