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    ๐Ÿ“ New restoration project, 48" raf crash tender mk2.
    22 hours ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Aye! And a very worthy project that one Colin! Keep the pix coming!

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    ๐Ÿ“ Helping A Fellow Shipmate
    22 hours ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    ๐Ÿ“ Animal and nature photos to enjoy.
    2 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    One way to the Grand Canyon and the view itself.
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    ๐Ÿ“ Still No Luck
    2 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Hear yaโ€™ Pat. Iโ€™m having trouble locating an old Graupner Neptune Cargo ship at a decent price. But, hope springs eternal.
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    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: King Of Hearts
    2 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Simplyโ€ฆ.

    ๐Ÿ“ Animal and nature photos to enjoy.
    4 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Around the โ€œPark Avenueโ€ trailhead at Arches National Park. A humbling experience.

    ๐Ÿ“ Has anyone built the HA-Kits Flying Christine II Ambulance? boat
    4 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Iโ€™m with Roy. A 540 with a 6 cell Nicad is always a great reliable go-to method of propulsion. I never toss out my Nicads or any 540 that could be repurposed for good cruising in another build.
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    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Fwd deck and gun mount
    4 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Dang! It just keeps getting better!!!
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    ๐Ÿ“ Navigation RITA Festinavi 2025
    5 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Love it !!!

    ๐Ÿ“ Modello RC scala 1/60, di piroscafo armato a goletta, liberamente ispirato alle cannoniere classe US
    5 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Alessandro! These photos made my day!!!!

    ๐Ÿ“ Animal and nature photos to enjoy.
    5 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    The Sawatch Mountains part of the Rocky Mountain Range as seen from Leadville, Colorado today. The highest town in the US. And yes, there was a cannabis store on every block.
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    Ps: Leadville is 10,115 feet above sea level. This Sawatch group averages about 14k above sea level.

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    ๐Ÿ“ 1:20 Scale Crew and Guests - Pleasure Cruiser
    6 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Luis does naval crews in all scales. Heโ€™s tremendous! Look for him on his FB page: Holden8702. Heโ€™s never let me down.



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    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Galaxy by Mantua
    6 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    That is so cool!!!! Congrats!!

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Bluebird k-7
    7 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Thanks JB. These notes are a huge help! I will do my best to get the inlets to the fan as short as possible. I suspect that any sort of speed runs will be held to a minimum due to battery usage, not to mention the excessive heat. I recently saw a demonstration video of a guy bench testing a hi-speed LiPo brushless set up until it burned up. It didnโ€™t take too long. Yikes!!!

    ๐Ÿ“ Animal and nature photos to enjoy.
    7 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    A little Zen in Topeka Kansas. ๐Ÿ˜Š

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: RNLI lesro atlantic 28
    7 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Just the right outboard would make it AWESOME!

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Bluebird k-7
    7 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Yessir Ed, thanks for forwarding this to me!
    I have the 1:24 Speedline kit and was going to set-up for scale display, but then stumbled onto the large printed one and put it in mothballs...for now.
    I will eventually experiment with a fan, but I am unsure that it will work. Much more research to do.
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    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Construction report "Pilot Cutter Britannia" 1 : 24
    7 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Keep up the good work and feel better W!

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Bluebird k-7
    8 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    John!
    What a beautiful build and incredibly helpful information on the inlets and fan area!
    I truth be told I wish someone had come up with a traditional lightweight build kit of the K7, so I do appreciate your efforts to build from the ground up. This 3D print is light years away from what I normally do, but the printing was too much for me not to try after my Touchwood was destroyed.
    I will hold onto the EDF fan plan for now in order to make proper intake tunnels. But first I wiLL endeavor to calculate the surface areas soon and report back.
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    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Bluebird k-7
    8 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Thank you John! This is a major help!
    Oddly enough I almost bought a trashed Traxas Spartan just so could steal the brushless and all the related mechanicals. But stopped short, because I still feel that a 90mm 8-12 blade EDF could work if i fabricated the proper air tunnels on either side of Good Donald.
    The research will continue! But, first I will take this trial fit and throw it in my bossโ€™s pool to make sure this K7 floats. ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Thanks again for this link!

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Bluebird k-7
    8 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Just for the heck of it I would like to mention that I had the great Touchwood K-7 in 1:12th scale years back and lost it in the house fire. At the time and after some research I settled on Tamiya French Blue TS-10 as my color of choice.
    But upon further review last week I made a paint chip of three colors that may also fit the bill based on archival photos and some sketchy history on the actual origins of Campbellโ€™s โ€œBluebird Blue.โ€
    Then more digging came up the possibility that Sir Donald chose Fordโ€™s auto color โ€œFjord Blueโ€ that is way different than any of my choices.
    So any suggestions will be helpful when the time comes.
    This will be a long journey in so many ways.

    Ps: Mary is driving right now, we are almost to St Louis. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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    ๐Ÿ“ Bandit Boats RC from British Columbia
    8 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    On one of the rc blog sites from way back in 2009. They were a small outfit in British Columbia, now out of business? ๐Ÿค” They also made fiberglass tunnel hulls it seems.

    I like it DW! If you can grab go for it. Certainly a curio and a nice addition to the collection. ๐Ÿ˜‰

    ๐Ÿ“ American Scout C-2 Freighter
    9 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Just before getting on the roadโ€ฆhereโ€™s my C-2 freighter โ€œPacific Traderโ€ so far. Winches and more railings are next.
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    ๐Ÿ“ How Popular Are Live Steam Model Boats
    9 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    These are GREAT Pat !!!!!

    ๐Ÿ“ Suncoast Scale Model Boat Club is back in action!
    9 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    This is EXCELLENT LEW!!!!!!!!!!๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜€

    ๐Ÿ“ If Money Was No Object
    9 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Drifting back on this subject.
    Always wanted to have a go at the Nichimo 1:200 IJN Yamato with all the upgrades and also build another Sterling Emma C. Berry. Lost my first one in that damnable house fire in 2009.

    Still hoping for a 1:12th scale Speedline Shannon Class Lifeboat someday.
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    ๐Ÿ“ If Money Was No Object
    10 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Maybe a turbine for the 1/10 scale Bluebird I put in the build blogs earlier today. For now, it stays put away.
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    ๐Ÿ“ Bluebird k-7
    10 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Hello all! Before my two week sojourn out to California starting tomorrow...

    Here she is, all 31 inches and 4.8 pounds of 3D printed 1/10th scale madness. And the questions are starting arise after more than a few hours spent in research. How to get her to plane even close to scale?
    1) EDF? Probably not, actually I don't think even a 90mm fan, (which will, in fact, push a faomy jet) will ever get this boat to plane.
    2) Prop? Maybe with dual 6s and a killer motor, monster cooling etc. But, nowhere near scale with a big prop hanging out the back.
    3) Turbine? probably yes, but way out of my league in mechanicals and $$. There will be tons of head-scratching my quickly balding head on this experiment.

    This is going to go on the shelf for the long haul as my freighter needs finishing and the big Sterling Chris Craft Corvette is screaming at me. But, off to Cali for now...I will drop some pix from time to time of our travels.

    Best to all!
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    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Aft deck and details mostly done
    11 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Looking VERY sharp Cash!!! Great work and love the choice of paint!!!
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    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Construction report "Pilot Cutter Britannia" 1 : 24
    14 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ jumpugly ( Vice Admiral)
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    Brilliant Workmanship Wolle!!!!



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