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Lauriem 🇦🇺 Basic

Petty Officer 1st Class · 241 pts Perth. WA, Australia Member since Dec 2008 Last online 7 minutes ago Age 79

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Lauriem’s harbour

5 boats

(Naval Ship) PT109

Recently completed, this DUMAS kit is a bit of a disappointment in that its stability - or lack of it - loo…

2 2 11 years ago

(Pleasure Craft) Clare (a Basil Harley 'Mabel')

Made in the 1980's from a simple, balsa hulled design in 'Model Boats' magazine. Powered by a purchased 'US…

2 0 11 years ago

(Working Vessel) Le Marignan

Built from a 'New Maquettes' kit in 1984 and it was quite a difficult kit being plank on frame. Some repair…

2 0 12 years ago

(Naval Ship) K D Perkasa

Build was covered in build blog on this website (Motor: Turnigy 4084 - 620KV) (ESC: Turnigy) (10/10)

1 0 12 years ago

(Fire Boat) Scimitar

I built this originally in 1974 with a Veco 61 glow plug engine in it. it ran on lakes in Western Australia…

0 0 12 years ago

Lauriem’s build blogs

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Vosper Rescue -target towing launch

I'm starting to build a Veron kit of the Vosper Rescue-target towing launch, which I bought on Ebay. This boat seems quite rare - well to…

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8 years ago

Naval Pinnace (or Royal Navy steam picket boat)

Finally completed after 35 years, must be a record! Boiler clad in balsa insulation and then mahogany strips. Four channel radio, throttl…

2 3 1

10 years ago

1:24 scale KD Perkasa from an older Precedent kit

Nothing completes a model like adding some crew to drive It, so at last I have added five scale figures from the Battle Crafts range and …

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11 years ago

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Blog Vosper Rescue -target towing launch I'm starting to build a Veron kit of the Vosper Rescue-target towing launch, which I bought on Ebay. This boat seems quite rare - well to me anyway - although … 1 1 1,698 8 years ago Media Perkasa This is a 49" Perkasa built from a ply Precedent kit - the build blog is on this site. Videoed from a 46" Fireboat on a lake in Western Australia. Neither boat… 6 873 8 years ago Blog reply Naval pinnace or Picket boat completed Thanks for the compliments - a long time coming but eventually worth it. And now for something different...... 1 1,463 10 years ago Blog Naval Pinnace (or Royal Navy steam picket boat) Finally completed after 35 years, must be a record! Boiler clad in balsa insulation and then mahogany strips. Four channel radio, throttle, steering, reverser … 2 3 3,531 10 years ago Gallery reply Clare HI Roger, hadn't thought of a tube, and it's a lot simpler than my yacht keel idea! Laurie 1,047 10 years ago Gallery reply Clare Hi Roger, I have put a couple of bits of flat lead sheet in it but not very much. With a flat bottom hull it really isn't very stable, with little of the hull … 1,046 10 years ago Gallery reply Clare Thanks Roger 1 1,046 10 years ago Gallery reply PT109 HI blucher, I'm a bit late in replying but even if I had started straight away and Concorde was still flying I doubt I could have got there in time. I live abo… 2 1,049 10 years ago Gallery reply PT109 Hi, I bought my Perkasa fittings from http://www.battlecrafts.co.uk/ They are not cheap! 1 1,048 10 years ago Gallery reply PT109 HI blucher, The PT109 was built from a Dumas Boats plywood kit which is reasonably heavy, very strong and quite rigid. it has a quite shallow prop shaft angle … 1 1,048 10 years ago

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