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DuncanP Bronze

Commander · 2,817 pts North of Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Member since Dec 2021 Last online 19 minutes ago

558 Posts 9 Followers 4 Boats in harbour 4 Build blogs

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4 boats

Lisa M Sports cruiser

Recently finished this Krick kit. On her maiden voyage she sailed very well but later the wind got up which…

7 2 1 month ago

Marblehead

Built in the early 70's and then refurbished during the Covid lockdown

6 1 3 years ago

Truly

My wife bought me this kit for my 70th and I spent 2 years and 2 months building her to launch date. Since …

26 5 3 years ago

Aerokits Fireboat

I built it around 1968 and then refurbished the model during the Covid lockdown. Just recently added a work…

17 4 3 years ago

DuncanP’s build blogs

4 blogs

LISA M Motor Yacht

I've bought the above kit to keep me busy during these dark dank winter months. Originally I had planned to build a 880mm (34.6") Bluebir…

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2 months ago

FLYING Christine II

This is a build of a HA-Kits Flying Christine II which is a model of the St. John's Ambulance service boat which is used to take patients…

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10 months ago

Mantua Bruma - with possible conversion to sail

After weeks of waiting for the kit to be delivered from Italy I re-ordered instead from Cornwall Model Boats and received it next day. Th…

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1 year ago

Amati Riva Aquarama

Started the build of this boat in April 2021. Followed the instructions implicitly until now but realised that fitting the optional motor…

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3 years ago

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Blog reply Re: build blog Amazing build! I will look forward to more pictures in the future. I built the Amati 1/10th scale kit. The kit was a present from my wife for my 70th. Took me … 2 10 days ago Harbour reply Re: Riva Aquarama 1/10th Scale Beautiful model. I built the same kit about 5 years ago. My wife bought it for my 70th birthday and again it took me just over 2 years to build it. My wife als… 1 18 days ago Forum reply Re: Is my memory still working.... or..... I also worked at ICL mainly in software training but was I was very friendly with an engineer called Michael Stansbury. Do either of you remember coming into c… 3 27 days ago Forum reply Re: thinking aloud @BOB27600 Fabulous model. Well done! 1 28 days ago Harbour Lisa M Sports cruiser Recently finished this Krick kit. On her maiden voyage she sailed very well but later the wind got up which made her more difficult to sail with her high topsi… 7 2 1 month ago Blog reply Re: build blog @ColRay What will the overall length be when complete? 1 2 months ago Blog reply Re: build blog Looking forward to seeing your build as I planned to build the Chinese wooden kit of this beautiful boat. Unfortunately I got a refund as the small kit was out… 2 2 months ago Blog reply Video of maiden voyage Somehow I managed to post the video of the maiden voyage lower down in the text below so please scroll down to see the video of it on the lake. Sorry! 11 2 months ago Blog reply Re: build blog Here is a video of the maiden voyage of my Krick Sports Cruiser at Bury Lido (Nr. Manchester) on a beautiful hot Sunday. I was very pleased with how she perfor… 2 2 months ago Blog reply Re: build blog @StephenS3 Building a Bluebird if Chelsea is still something I would like to do but for a kit build that's no more than 36" long as I have very limited space. … 1 2 months ago

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