Thanks Doug. Yes that is the account of the demise of 2760 that I remember. I have been unable to find any information regarding her active service however.
A few years ago I was fortunate enough to be given a conducted tour of 2757 at Hendon and was able to get photographs of the internals of the wheelhouse and engine room. I haven't been down recently but I hope she gets preserved under cover. Work had been going on to replace some deck planking and fill some holes in the hull. With the weight of engines removed hull distortion should have been eased a bit. Regards, John

I too started a model from these plans back in 1958 when I was a member of the Hull branch of the Radio Controlled Model Society. I got as far as skinning the hull and intended to mount a marine glow plug engine as per the design. College, wife, kids came along and the model got put on the shelf. When I retired 10 years ago own it came from the shelf but I found that the original cascamite glue I used had turned to powder. To cut a long story short I carefully dismantled it and rebuilt to the stage where it is almost finished (I never seem to completely finish any project, as my wife will confirm). I have kept the single prop shaft design with two rudders. It performs well driven by a ReMax? electric motor and Sanyo 2400 battery pack. I decided to number it 2760 as I found a photo of this vessel (attached). Only later I discovered that there is very little history available. Apparently she slipped anchor, drifted onto rocks and was scrapped. If anyone has any more interesting information on 2760 I would be pleased to hear from them.

I have pictures of RTTL 2757 taken at Hendon RAF Museum a few years ago. Attached is a picture of the mast if this helps. There is a second craft behind 2757 so don't get this confused.

Hi teejay,
There are a number of photographs on

http://www.rafboats.co.uk/galleryrttl.html

HI Gerry,
I can post scans of the Model Maker pages if this site allows. I am new to the site so not sure what is allowed or how to add scans. I don't think the mag article is the whole story though as I have seen a photo of No. 2757 with a flat engine room hatch! I started building the hull in 1958 and now I have retired I hope to finish it, but it has taken me 2 years to find the plans again! Regards John

I have the original Model Maker mag from December 1958 which states: 'all from No. 2754 up had a raised deckhouse over the engine room hatch' - like yours. No. 2753 is shown with a flat engine room hatch.