Perseverance and elbow grease . . . Fantastic!
I am contemplating the VMW 46" crash tender, solely due to your fabulous build logs (in spite of the missing flare in the bow).
Ian
pic: Bluejacket Maine Lobster Boat (considerably reworked)

. . . what a wonderful combination: a pre-WW1 warship and an Arduino GPS. Looks like you're in for a rather hectic summer!

The video works perfectly well on my laptop; media viewer possibly not installed??? An interesting model, the original being over 100 years old. By the way, is that really the entire armament this cruiser had; does not look very frightening . . . Ian

Hi Wolle
Couldn't agree more, and thanks for the warm welcome. The problem might be that after nearly 70 years of model building - with quite an elapsed time working for a living - I could be running out of questions, stupid ones and others. By the way, I like your "Tante Ju". Does that mean you not only sail models but also fly them? Ian

Absolutely, Mike. Looking forward to hearing more in the future.
Ian

Hello Mike
Na, wir Schweizer (ich bin auch halber Schotte!) sind ja so polykulturell, da üerleben wir auch die splendid isolation unserer kleinen Gemeinschaft innerhalb der grossen. Vielen Dank für die Kontaktaufnahme; gibt das gute Gefühl der Zusammengehörigkeit.
Ian in Binningen

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Hello Mike,
Well, we Swiss (I'm half Scottish too!) are so multicultural that we thrive in the "splendid isolation" of our small community within the larger one. Thank you for getting in touch; it gives me a nice feeling of togetherness.
Ian
PS: "Mike Stoney" does not sound like you took part in 1291 . . .

Thanks, Ronald, for the warm welcome. One cannot help but notice how active a bunch this is. The atmosphere reminds more of a local club than an organisation spanning ten thousands of miles. Ian

Try to keep life simple - even building finicky and complex models. The Polaron charger has been serving me for roughly ten years, charging anything up (or down) to my camera and motorbike batteries. The Lipos in the Firesafe (clad in firebricks - safety first!) are up to 8 years old and all in (near-) perfect condition. The last pic shows 2 useful gadgets: a VERY noisy voltage monitor you can even hear when flying gliders and a de-charger which lowers Lipo-voltage automatically to storage state (storage voltage is IMPORTANT). Good when you have not emptied the battery; happens more often when running boats than flying planes . . . Both by the way cost so little I have a number of them. And I would never buy anything that has to do with electricity IN China. Yes I know, the stuff all comes from China, just like my Lenovo laptop. Differentiate! And when I fry things like ESCs I don't frown at the battery - I squint at the mirror. As I say: keep it simple and safe, don't change a winning horse. Your wallet and your nerves both say thank you.
Ian

Hi Stephen
In planes I mostly use a single (LiPo) battery, and in boats 2 batteries in parallel as a rule (ideal for low-down balancing and not getting in the way of the drive train). As Bobby mentioned use batteries of the same caliber (e.g. 3s/4.8A in LiPo). They do not need to be identical as long as you don't run them down to zero - which you shouldn't anyway.
Something puzzles me: You speak of a 320 A speed controller. That sounds like top-notch racing - with much more stringent safety precautions (like identical batteries). But if you race your boats you would neither be using NiMH batteries nor asking this type of question . . . 😉