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๐ฌ Revell HMSC SNOWBERRY
12 years ago by
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Thanks fellas for your replies I havent been on the website for ages been far to busy with other projects in mind. Thanks fellas. Boats
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๐ PB2-Y5 CORONADO Flying boat
12 years ago by
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Here is something you dont see everyday, I built this from scratch made from pinewood. This consolidateds PB-2Y5 Coronado flyingboat, used as a trnaport and submarine patrol bomber.scale 1/72
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๐ USS MAINE 1898
12 years ago by
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Here is model of the USS MAINE as she appeared in 1898, Please note fellas this is not a opperating model. I built this from paper and would love to share it here it is 10 inch,s long in the scale of 1/384.
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๐ Details of HMS RANPURAH. required.
13 years ago by
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Tow places to check out try the www.floatingdrydock.com Ot Abe Taubman plan service between these two venders I think they will fill the bill. it,s nothing they dont have. Boats
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๐ Revell HMSC SNOWBERRY
13 years ago by
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Here is another of my RC collections this the Revell of Germany Corvette SNOWBERRY. My spouse got this kit 7 years ago for my 64th birthday. I never got one of these before I know that Matchbox made this kit and went out of buisness. in overal view this is the Matchbox kit. I was overjoyed when my wife present this kit to me.After opening the kit examining the contents in the kit the hull comes in four peices two bow sections port and starboard. Two stern sections Port and Starboard.. To my horror they gave me two port bow sections. all there to do is to email the company and filed a complaint about the problem but it got worse. with the instruction sheet in my hand I gave them the part No. I need the Starboard bow section 2 weeks later they sent me another port bow section now I have 2 of them. This time I gave them a piece of my mind, I finally called up the company and filed my complaints. they were very humbled over this and they opoligized greratly. 3 weeks later a UPS truck pulled in. the driver approached my door with a huge box and a package I wondered with excitement whats this of. They sent me a new kit and the starboard bow section. What a del of the century, you dont see that no more.
As to the kit a modlers delight this kit is loaded anyone who has built this kit will share the same experince to the attention of detail. the hull length is 36 inch,s scale is 1/72 there aree plenty of room for your RC gear it to can make a good static model as well. Mine is powered by a dumas 6.0 volt electric motor with speed controll. 2 channel system. to make a stronger model for RC opperation use epoxie. The hull comes in 4 sections leaveing no seams to fill. on back of the instruction sheet they give you a selection of color schemes and ships names. I like the north Atlantic color schedule. So I modeled mine as the Snoewberry. These kits still can be purchased I see thgem all the time on ebay.
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๐ฌ Lindberg Blue Devel Destroyer U.S.S. MELVIN
13 years ago by
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Thank you for your reply I am honered. The other 3 were given away as Christmas presents. Deals of yesteryear are over with the price of plastic his 10 to 20 times higher then the price I paid back in that day. What once was a retail price of $11.95 is now $100.00 and going up.The details of the kit it is scaled in a odd scale of 1/225 giveing you a model length of 36 inch,s just under a meter. the kit came with a gearbox that opperated the turrets,torpedo tubes and turning the twin screws. in order to sail the selected course, there are 4 cams that ride off the gearbox circle, square figure eight, and straight . this was gimic model there were many in the 1950, through the 1960,s but much seriousness is applied to scale and RC these gimic models are now radio controlled. the insides are quite small to work with. But still large enought to modifiy it to RC opperation. get rid of the relic gearbox and 9.0 electric motor, you need to add a 6 volt motor and gear reduction box. speed controll and a new rudder linkage system. Still today the kit is still worth looking in to. The only modification I made as to the overal perspective of appearence is the Hull I am a retired navy man of 30 years I have a trained eye for destroyers I served on 4 of them. the kits hull from the bridge superstructure to the bow the camber is allwrong useing plastic surgury and sheet plastic that portion of the hull has to be raised up to the proper camber, I also added bilge keels the kit didn,t have them. all kits from the 1950,s throught the 60,s never paid that much attention to scale and detail. not much nit picken in that da neither.
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๐ Lindberg Blue Devel Destroyer U.S.S. MELVIN
13 years ago by
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this model dont need any introduction because there are thousands upon thousands of these kits were produced and even being produce as I post this this build. I purchased this kit when it was first released in 1963. there was a discount store that sold anything from appliances to plastic models. I went in there one day to see what they have, there to my delight and surprise there was a stock table that must have had atleased a 100 or more of these kits they were sold for $11.95 but the only way the store could sells these they marked them down a little more then half price, the sale tag on the stock table and the kit was $ 4.95 with a steal of a deal I couldn,t refuse. I bought 4 of them for $ 20.00. the kit was a typical gimic model for that day it was designed and ran on 6 D cell flashlight batteries, opperating a cam gear box that opperated the 5 inch closed mount turrets torpedo tubes and the twin screws. Also in the kit you a choice of courses that could be set if desired useing a cam that worked off the gear box. 10 years ago I scuttled the gearbox and modernized it with up to date RC she runs on a 6 volt dumas electric motor with a gear reduxction turning two screws and speed control Boats
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๐ U.S.S. ARIZONA BB-39 1941
13 years ago by
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Here is my RC powered 1/96 scale U.S.S. ARIZONA made from Original copys of the builder plans. I modled her in the measure of 5d. She is powered by 1 dumas 12 volt super panther electric motor driveing 4 screws, Boats
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๐ฌ S.S. AMERICAN SCOUT C2 Merchantman
13 years ago by
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I have a bunch of them I will be posting a few more here I am happy to share these here. On most of my plank and frame builds I fibre glass the hulls and seal the insides with resin. if you dont over the passing of time the planks will seperate and you will have to do the the job all over again. thank you for your reply Boats
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๐ S.S. AMERICAN SCOUT
13 years ago by
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Here is my video of the Sterling American Scout, Under way for the first time in 50 years. Powered by a dumas 6 volt electric motor and a 1957 Babcock citizenship all tube radio. the predisessor of RC.
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๐ S.S. AMERICAN SCOUT C2 Merchantman
13 years ago by
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๐ฌ Everything else
13 years ago by
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Yep sure did, I got a set of these plans from Abe Taubman plan service. you still can get them.. thanks for your reply its a little different then wahts on the forum if floats and its RC its for me Boats
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๐ฌ Car Boot RIB project a bit further on!
13 years ago by
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Very Very nice I enjoyed your video this little gem gets around, HARDY WELL DONE.
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๐ฌ Everything else
13 years ago by
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I made a mistake on the ships name, I got it confused with my other trampsteamer. This is the Theodore Ferris all wooden cargo steamer. S.S. MOJAVE. I am truely sorry.
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๐ Ferris Cargo steamer
13 years ago by
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Here is my 1918 EFC Cargo Steamer the theodore Ferris S.S. MOJAVE.
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๐ Everything else
13 years ago by
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Here is my George Ferris Emergency cargo Steamer the first all wood trampsteamers. durring the first world war the U-boats were sinking more cargo vessels then what they could produce. ECF aquired under contract to George Ferris to construct a lot of these old steamers because they were made from wood, These were the liberty ships od the first world war. Here is my trampsteamer S>S> GEORGE FERRIS She is RC powered by a dumas 6 volt electric motor with speed controll.
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๐ Sterling American Scout
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๐ LINDBERG PT-109
14 years ago by
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๐ฌ DOUGLAS GREG TUG SAN PEDRO
14 years ago by
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Thats how you do it John I built mine the same way from her keel to the fore top. These Hatman douglas Greg Tugs are very popular to scale boaters. they are a lot different ever scince Harbor models got there hands on it. Like I memtioned before when Dwight was ghetting Ill all the molds went to Steve Lillard they were all destroyed because he didn,t use the proper mold release agent. Harbor has done a fine job reconstructing the molds. Take your time it will be a fine tug when done and one heck of a show stopper. Franklyn
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๐ฌ DOUGLAS GREG TUG SAN PEDRO
14 years ago by
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John your all set now, all you need is scratch the rest of the goat and your on the way a lot money saved concidered too. the extra detail set has the costome made stand and the fittings with the lighting system for your running nad toeing lights. a great set and must for this tug. I hope you get the hull.
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๐ฌ DOUGLAS GREG TUG SAN PEDRO
14 years ago by
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After you buy the hull, get the plans if they sell them or not you can take them and build it from scratch, Thewre are two sets of plans Dwight had drawn, 1st set is the tug itself and the detail to build it, and the set NO.2 the detail plan set these are a must. This plan sets offers you more detail then the first set does, and it it has a detail section to show you how to construct the lights that work for the towinbg lights and running lights. A great set at $245.00 for the hull it is a steal at todays prices I would get the hull and get the plans you will have a project to behold.
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๐ฌ DOUGLAS GREG TUG SAN PEDRO
14 years ago by
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John Ever scince the late Dwight Hartman passed away the kit was re manufactured by Harbor models. I am one of the original owners of this kit hull NO.27 I got this in 1971 when it was first released. Dwight use to sell semI kits of this or what ever you needed to build this kit but ever scince he passed away the kit was re tooled. The original molds were destroyed when Dwightt was getting Ill he in trusted a fellow name Steve Lillard,to carry on in makeing these kits by phone order only. Steve ruined all the molds and stiffed a lot of people who sent him money, he was a con artist . As to the any semI kits of this legend to my knowledge they dont make them. but the kit is available very expensive your looking at $500.00 on up I got mine for $125.00 the price was right back in that day.
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๐ฌ New York Firefighter 1/8th scale
14 years ago by
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The Revell New York Firefighter kit is out of production perhaps some day Revell might reissue the kit like everything else they produce so many and go to something else. the best suggestion I can give you is to check ebaythese New york fireboats appear from time to time, I bought this kit in 1966. Had it all those years, she was originally a static display peice got the urge to RC her I followed up on the urge to do this. Now I take out to the metro pond.
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๐ฌ Amsterdam
14 years ago by
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Very Nice I have the same kit I sail it akmost every week end a great Tug 12 volt Dumas motor 3 to 1 ratio. running light and tow light plus horn all work a Hargy Well Done.
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๐ฌ New York Firefighter 1/8th scale
14 years ago by
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New York Fire Fighter converted from a static kit to RC opperation I generally take it to the near by Metro pond here and there. very syable in the water can take 12 inch swell with no sweat. Thinking of building a larger scale of this Beauty, Next on my build log.
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๐ New York Firefighter 1/8th scale
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๐ DOUGLAS GREG TUG SAN PEDRO
14 years ago by
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HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF MY 1971 DOUGLAS CREG TUG SAN PEDRO IN DISPLAY AND UNDERWAY
FRANKLYN DAY
RETIRED U.S.S. NAVY BMC
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