CapnJim
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Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class · 322 pts
Modbury, Devon, United Kingdom
Member since Feb 2013
Last online 10 years ago
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13 boats(Working Vessel) Atlas - Thames Lighter
This was built from an MMI woodpack and free plan. it has styrene chines and floor. An electric drive was a…
(Other) Footy Thames Sailing Barge
Home designed and built from a commercial moulded styrene hull. Scale approx. 1/80th. all above deck detail…
(Other) Micro sail 'Half Footy' Scow
Built to see if I could fit it all into a hull length of 6" (150mm) and to then see if I could make it sail…
(Naval Ship) Freelance MTB
Refurbished MTB with additional near scale, but not specific to 1 type, detail. Looks good with converted G…
(Tug Boat) River Otter
Purchased built (poorly) from a Metcalf Mouldings kit (River Star). Am gradually tidying up, refurbishing, …
(Yacht) Graupner Collie (or Collie II ??)
Bought at a car boot sale and refurbished (not rebuilt) but is still not performing as I think it should. C…
(Pleasure Craft) Magic Vee
Commercial RTR minI electric proportional 2CH RC weighing 170gms 280mm loa, 70mm beam. 7.2v 260mAH battery.…
(Other) Pacer - Land Yacht
Quite different to sailing on land and avoiding capsizes is fun! (However you don't get your feet wet to re…
CapnJim’s build blogs
3 blogsThe final construction job on the hull was to fit the cabin/cockpit sides which had been broken off. With the basic hull completed many o…
Trials at home (easily done since the model Is so small) confirmed the freeboard, balance (virtually no additional ballast required) and …
The topsides were finished off prior to fixing to the hull. All running and radio gear was also put Into position and Its operation and p…