#9114

Nick Ward 🇳🇿 Basic

Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class  · 440 pts Christchurch, New Zealand Member since Oct 2024 Last online 13 days ago

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Last posted 18 days ago
Blog reply Re: Classic Model Power Boats Chris , Just seen the pictures of your Faun on the water - looks similar in style to my Sea Urchin which I've just started to do the sealing & painting on. Loo… 45 370 Blog reply Episode 5 I mentioned earlier that I had made a mistake with the shape of the cabin windscreen former, so... 46) 12APR2026 - a shaped piece of 3/16" balsa was glued to t… 7 131 Blog reply Episode 4 36) & 37) 03APR2026 - battery box for 5-cell AA pack built up over the keel from scrap balsa to fit under the rear deck. 38) Scrap spruce blocks glued in to mo… 7 224 Blog reply Episode 3 So far I'd got the basic shape/frame completed - onto the hull sheeting. As I was using balsa, I chose to upsize the thickness to 3/32 sheet and orientated the… 7 275 Blog reply Re: Classic Model Power Boats Hi Bob, seeing as you've asked explicitly re the rudder assembly on Sea Urchin, I'll give you a sneak preview before getting around to the build blog post itse… 45 708 Blog reply Episode 2 9) 02MAR2026 - 3/32 hardish balsa cabin sides cracked and glued at 'crease' line shown on plan - propped up at approx correct angle and held with weights. 10) … 7 362 Blog LESRO/AEROKITS/SLEC SEA URCHIN I decided to start this following a suggestion from one of you on this website, that the smaller Lesro designs such as the Sea Urchin, Sea Nymph and Fast Patro… 7 5 395 Blog reply Re: Classic Model Power Boats Hi again folks, apologies I haven't posted for a few months - been busy on other stuff, mainly property related. As a result, my Vivacity build stalled after f… 45 733 Blog VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY Hi all, just posting a summary of (mainly) previously posted pics to kick off this build log and show progress to date since I first started researching the bu… 9 1 518 Forum reply VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY Hey guys, just a heads-up regarding my Vivacity build; I'm transferring any future comments (and possibly re-writing some of those started here) to the Build-B… 5 481

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