… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… I have the electrics to finish and then apply some coats of rch-hit">yacht varnish to the hull. But you are quite right, the jungle, sorry, garden is starting to become foremost in my mind. To be able to get the Brownie points from my wife to be abl …

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 …

… 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 …

… 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 . ( …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… o attention turned to making a proper stand. An internet search came up with drawings for a stand for the IOM rch-hit">yacht http://nmsclub.org/files/documents/IOM-Boat-Stand.pdf The drawing was scaled down to a suitable size and then the stand was …

… t build I decided to attempt building a couple of half hull rch-hit">yachts. I sent for a reference book about half hull modelling but it covered basically the carving of half hulls from a large piece of timber, very nice but I wanted to persue my f …